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USB 2Tbyte disk (EX-RAID 0) not seen

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I try to describe the problem the best I can. I've a 2TB disk initially formatted as a RAID 0 with another HD (that is lost) on another machine not mine. I attached it on an external USB box and I've tried to re-format it with Ubuntu (18.04.5). Sadly it was not auto-mounted, so I've tried some command-line options. I can see the USB device (the HD external box):

lsusb:
Bus 003 Device 005: ID 174c:1153 ASMedia Technology Inc. ASM2115 SATA 6Gb/s bridge



usb-devices:
T:  Bus=03 Lev=02 Prnt=02 Port=03 Cnt=01 Dev#=  5 Spd=5000 MxCh= 0
D:  Ver= 3.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS= 9 #Cfgs=  1
P:  Vendor=174c ProdID=1153 Rev=00.01
S:  Manufacturer=ASMedia
S:  Product=AS2115
S:  SerialNumber=00000000000000000000
C:  #Ifs= 1 Cfg#= 1 Atr=c0 MxPwr=0mA
I:  If#= 0 Alt= 0 #EPs= 2 Cls=08(stor.) Sub=06 Prot=50 Driver=usb-storage

but fdisk -l and lsblkshows only the /dev/sda Ubuntu disk:

Disk /dev/sda: 238.5 GiB, 256060514304 bytes, 500118192 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xed53fee5

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048    206847    204800   100M  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848 284869553 284662706 135.8G  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       284870654 500117503 215246850 102.7G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       284870656 484329471 199458816  95.1G 83 Linux
/dev/sda6       484331520 500117503  15785984   7.5G 82 Linux swap / Solaris



NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
loop0    7:0    0   2.5M  1 loop /snap/gnome-system-monitor/163
loop1    7:1    0 164.8M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/161
loop2    7:2    0  99.4M  1 loop /snap/core/11420
loop3    7:3    0 241.4M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-38-2004/70
loop4    7:4    0  61.8M  1 loop /snap/core20/1081
loop8    7:8    0 162.9M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-28-1804/145
loop9    7:9    0  65.1M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1515
loop10   7:10   0   276K  1 loop /snap/gnome-characters/708
loop11   7:11   0   219M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/66
loop12   7:12   0 155.8M  1 loop /snap/keepassxc/1309
loop13   7:13   0   548K  1 loop /snap/gnome-logs/103
loop14   7:14   0  64.8M  1 loop /snap/gtk-common-themes/1514
loop15   7:15   0   2.2M  1 loop /snap/gnome-system-monitor/157
loop16   7:16   0    99M  1 loop /snap/core/11081
loop17   7:17   0  55.4M  1 loop /snap/core18/2066
loop18   7:18   0  55.4M  1 loop /snap/core18/2128
loop19   7:19   0   548K  1 loop /snap/gnome-logs/106
loop20   7:20   0   704K  1 loop /snap/gnome-characters/726
loop21   7:21   0   219M  1 loop /snap/gnome-3-34-1804/72
loop22   7:22   0   156M  1 loop /snap/keepassxc/1522
sda      8:0    0 238.5G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   100M  0 part 
├─sda2   8:2    0 135.8G  0 part 
├─sda5   8:5    0  95.1G  0 part /
└─sda6   8:6    0   7.5G  0 part [SWAP]

How can I do for mounting and re-formatting the HD? Thanks a lot in advance for your help! Fabiano

ChanganAuto avatar
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It *shouldn't* be mounted if you intend to create and format new partition(s). Just use Disks or GParted (has to be installed).
Fabiano Petrone avatar
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Hi, tested GParted and it sees only /dev/sda...
ChanganAuto avatar
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The problem is either the drive itself or the USB enclosure.
Fabiano Petrone avatar
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yes, I guess the drive... I've tested the enclosure with a sane HD and all goes OK...is it nothing that I can do for testing the drive in this state of things? is it definitely gone?
oldfred avatar
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RAID drive may still have RAID meta-data which you need to remove. `sudo dmraid -E -r /dev/sdX` where sdX is your old RAID drive. Or with mdadm. `sudo mdadm --detail-platform` & `sudo mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sdX`
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