On Wednesday 27 April 2022 22:02:11 alistair izzard via tde-users wrote:
This can happen due to something like a dirty bit on ntfs, try fixntfs or try another cable also has Kate said try smart to see if the drive is OK. Best idea actually would be to plug in to a windows box if you can get to one and that will repair filesystem problems better than fixntfs. Alie
I formatted these drives as ext3, not ntfs, so connecting to a Windoze machine will never happen.
Probably it is what Kate has already suggested, and as I was beginning to suspect. I might need to get another power supply or adapter, since the cooling pad for my laptop uses the same size adapter. Probably more power is all that is needed. I have 3 usb 3.0 ports on my machine, but they get used up fast. I try to use a single machine to do too many different things.
The simple, easy solution is that I need to get myself moved into a bigger place, somewhere that I can have a nerd cave, a room where I would have several machines running. For the present, though, I must make do.
Bill