I have an old laptop that I keep to run Spinrite 6.1 because it has an e-SATA port. That allows me to physically mount 2.5" and 3.5" HDDs in an external case that also has an e-SATA port, and the drive appears to the BIOS as an internal HDD, so no special drivers are needed - perfect for using Spinrite when booted from a USB stick!
I have run a number of 3.5" drives on level 3 using this setup with no issues. Today I inserted 2 different 2.5" HDDs, (a 2TB Seagate and then a 1TB HGST), and both of them refused write commands from the very start. I can read and write to both drives using the same physical setup via Windows, but Spinrite throws command timeout and comm/cable errors when attempting both maintenance write and recovery rewrite commands. Both HDDs ran all the way through with no errors on level 2.
Any ideas what could be going on here?
I have run a number of 3.5" drives on level 3 using this setup with no issues. Today I inserted 2 different 2.5" HDDs, (a 2TB Seagate and then a 1TB HGST), and both of them refused write commands from the very start. I can read and write to both drives using the same physical setup via Windows, but Spinrite throws command timeout and comm/cable errors when attempting both maintenance write and recovery rewrite commands. Both HDDs ran all the way through with no errors on level 2.
Any ideas what could be going on here?