HDD not ejected properly

[mick4545]

Base m4 Mac mini. Seagate 8tb external hdd.

I get the error ‘hdd not ejected properly’. The seagate gets its power from the USB port, so thinking that the USB port doesn’t provide enough power I bought a Ugreen docking station with its own 145w power supply and plugged the Seagate into that. I still get the occasional same issue.

The only thing I can think of is to shuck the Seagate, and put it in a mains powered enclosure, as both devices seem to be too feeble to supply enough power.

Any other suggestions?

 

[mick4545]

Be careful with this as it could lead to data corruption. Have you tired a different usb cable ?

The USB cable is hardwired to the external hdd.

 

[mick4545]

Is it a mechanical drive? I wouldn’t think a USB port would be able to power that.

It is a mechanical. It looks like I will have to shuck it and use a powered enclosure.

 

[mick4545]

I’ve moved this over to the storage drive section. It looks like I’ll have to destroy the enclosure. (Tamper proof case).

Thanks for the suggestions.