Internal disk to be shut down permanently

[matematico65]

Hello everyone, I have this issue: I have a faulty internal disk "sdd," and every time I turn on my PC, it loads a series of messages describing attempts to access this disk. I would like to permanently turn it off because it's unusable and speed up the startup procedures. How can I do that?
Thanks in advance.

System:
Kernel: 5.15.0-92-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.4.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.18.1
tk: Gtk 3.24.33 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Linux Mint 21.3 Virginia base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: AB350M-DS3H V2 v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: AB350M-DS3H V2-CF v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: F1 date: 10/16/2018
CPU:
Info: quad core model: AMD Ryzen 5 2400G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
smt: enabled arch: Zen rev: 0 cache: L1: 384 KiB L2: 2 MiB L3: 4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2399 high: 3693 min/max: 1600/3600 boost: enabled cores: 1: 3686 2: 3693
3: 1477 4: 1476 5: 1477 6: 1477 7: 2956 8: 2954 bogomips: 57492
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Raven Ridge [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1
bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15dd class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,ati unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-0 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: Acer HA270 serial: <filter> res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
dpi: 82 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27") modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics (raven LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.42 5.15.0-92-generic)
v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.4-0ubuntu1~22.04.1 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 06:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-92-generic running: yes
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 16.59 TiB used: 15.44 TiB (93.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37240G size: 223.57 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 5A scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Seagate model: Backup+ Desk size: 7.28 TiB type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0406 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Seagate model: BUP BL size: 4.55 TiB type: N/A
serial: <filter> rev: 0304 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD
rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A8R0
ID-5: /dev/sde type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD My Passport 25E2 size: 3.64 TiB
type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 4004 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 218.51 GiB used: 145.82 GiB (66.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 180.8 MiB (8.8%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Speedy Supplies Pte. Skiller SGK4 type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1017:a003
class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Pixart Imaging Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,Keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2533
class-ID: 0300
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-2:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus type: Mass Storage driver: uas interfaces: 1
rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 0bc2:ab34 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 4-4:3 info: Seagate RSS LLC Backup Plus Portable 5TB SRD00F1 type: Mass Storage
driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 144mA chip-ID: 0bc2:ab28 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 6-1:2 info: Western Digital My Passport (WD40NMZW) type: Mass Storage
driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 896mA chip-ID: 1058:25e2
class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: N/A mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 69.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Repos:
Packages: 2549 apt: 2525 flatpak: 24
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb https: //linuxmint.mirror.garr.it/linuxmint/packages virginia main upstream import backport
2: deb https: //ubuntu.mirror.garr.it/ubuntu jammy main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb https: //ubuntu.mirror.garr.it/ubuntu jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb https: //ubuntu.mirror.garr.it/ubuntu jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Processes: 318 Uptime: 1d 13m wakeups: 0 Memory: 6.71 GiB used: 2.42 GiB (36.1%) Init: systemd
v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 11.4.0 alt: 11/12 Client: Unknown python3.10 client
inxi: 3.3.13

[shedyed]

See if you can get into the BIOS to disable it; without posting the info about your hardware,your best bet is to look at the manual. The link in the pink bar above is your friend.

[BG405]

If it's a desktop machine it should simply be a case of disconnecting the power and SATA cables from the offending drive. You might want to check your fstab to see if that drive is referenced there; if so add a # to the beginning of that line entry in fstab (to "comment it out").

I'm assuming you've run a SMART test on the drive?

[motoryzen]

While shedyed made reasonable points ( always try to post your system details. Forum rules how to get help, step 5, 2nd dot aka bulletin point easily tells you how..so others save time-wasting guessing )

+1 for BG405's comment. as that guarantees to take the faulty drive out of the equation 100%... The system can't be bogged down by a faulty drive that isn't connected what so ever. Can't beat that.

[matematico65]

I apologize for the missing information I have taken care of posting it.

I was hoping to be able to turn off the disk from terminal, but I am not familiar with the commands.

BG405 I have already checked the fstab file because it was suggested me by ChatGPT, but there are no references to the disk.
ChatGPT also provided other suggestions with much more complex terminal commands, but I was afraid to execute them.
Unfortunately, I am not able to find the suggested cables; I will try to look on YouTube to see if I can identify them with certainty.

shedyed I will also try to check if I can disable it from the BIOS.

For now, thank you for the suggestions.

[BG405]

Removing the lead which looks like this should be enough.