Re: Unable to mount USB connected hard drive.

[elder sixpack13]

> The dd-rescue package on linux should work just fine.   Assuming you
> can get the disk to respond.  If the disk is taking 180s then the disk
> is not responding at all, and even if the disk were responding in 10
> sec any rescue program will take longer than anyone will wait.  The
> software tools will only work if the disk is bad sectors, with the
> disk not responding at all that makes it more likely the disk is
> simply dead, or the power supply/usb controller is dead.
>
> Best plan would be to get it out of the usb enclosure and see if
> smartctl will return anything useful and see if the disk behaves
> better.

well, when it's dead, it might be dead for smartctl command's too....
No ?
;-)