Originally Posted By: mlord
As for diagnosing the drive, YOU REALLY MUST GET THE S.M.A.R.T. DATA!! Pardon the emphasis, but that is the first and FIRST step required.
Ummmm... I guess I whould have mentioned that I have had these symptoms with three different drives in that Vantec dock. Thinking about that, it is probably not a drive problem. More likely something with the dock itself, or even more likely, what Patrick suggested: a cable/connector problem.

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