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  • SATA-to-USB bridges, like the one in your external drive enclosure, are notorious for messing up SMART features. You might get lucky, but it might be impossible to do what you want using the enclosure’s built-in USB electronics.

    If you don’t get it working and are determined, you can probably shuck the drive and plug it directly into a real SATA port, on either your motherboard (if you have one) or a known-good USB adapter (if you have a laptop).