Hi,
After reading this thread, I was hoping to the same, as my HDD is old and noisy (but functioning perfectly).
Unfortunately I did not succeed in having the hard drive mounted by Linux (Ubuntu). I have tried two USB adapters with no luck, the system cannot read disk size and other information.
I have found many read errors (?) in the kernel message log:
[ 2486.407940] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access TOSHIBA MK1722FCV 0041 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0
[ 2486.408774] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 2486.410250] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 2486.411245] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size
[ 2486.411256] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] 4294967296 512-byte logical blocks: (2.20 TB/2.00 TiB)
[ 2486.415848] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
[ 2486.415854] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
[ 2486.420533] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] No Caching mode page found
[ 2486.420543] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
[ 2486.421367] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 2486.422369] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size
[ 2486.426871] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.426877] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.426880] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.426885] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.426889] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.426897] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.427986] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.427990] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.427994] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.427998] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.428028] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.428036] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.431252] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.431260] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.431266] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.431273] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.431277] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.431286] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.431313] ldm_validate_partition_table(): Disk read failed.
[ 2486.433230] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.433234] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.433238] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.433241] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.433243] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.433248] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.434242] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.434248] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.434253] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.434259] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.434263] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.434269] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.435366] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.435372] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.435377] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.435383] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.435386] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.435392] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.436477] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.436481] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.436485] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.436488] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.436490] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.436495] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.436512] Dev sdb: unable to read RDB block 0
[ 2486.437484] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.437488] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.437491] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.437494] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.437497] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.437500] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.438481] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.438484] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.438487] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.438491] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.438492] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 0
[ 2486.438496] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 0, async page read
[ 2486.439482] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_SENSE
[ 2486.439485] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current]
[ 2486.439488] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb
[ 2486.439491] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] tag#0 CDB: Read(16) 88 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 08 00 00
[ 2486.439493] print_req_error: critical target error, dev sdb, sector 24
[ 2486.439497] Buffer I/O error on dev sdb, logical block 3, async page read
[ 2486.441737] sdb: unable to read partition table
[ 2486.442741] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Very big device. Trying to use READ CAPACITY(16).
[ 2486.443746] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Using 0xffffffff as device size
[ 2486.445758] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
I have tried TestDisk Linux utility with no success: after entering correct disk geometry, every read sector seems to have an error.
On windows 10, the disk is seen as unformatted.
The USB adapter is OK: I have tried with another hard drive.
For the moment, I have put everything back in place and I'm a bit discouraged
Michel.