Dead External Hard Drive

I have a dead external hard drive. I think the problem started when I was using the disk and my computer froze. I left it for a couple of hours, but it did not fix itself, so I did a hard restart on my computer.

I am now running Monterey 12.0.1 on on iMac18,3, Quad-Core Intel Core i5, 3.4 GHz

The Hard Disk does not show up in finder. In Dick Utility it shows up grayed out.


When I click on Info in Disk Utility it reports:
Volume type : Uninitialized
BSD device node : disk3
Connection : USB
Device tree path : IODeviceTree:/PCI0@0/RP05@1C,4/UPSB@0/DSB2@2/XHC2@0
Writable : No
Is case-sensitive : No
Volume capacity : 4,000,752,599,040
Available space (Purgeable + Free) : 0
Purgeable space : 0
Free space : 0
Used space : 4,000,752,599,040
Owners enabled : No
Is encrypted : No
Can be verified : No
Can be repaired : No
Bootable : No
Journaled : No
Disk number : 3
Media name : WD My Passport 260D Media
Media type : Generic
Ejectable : Yes
Solid state : No
S.M.A.R.T. status : Not Supported


Disk Utility sees the disk, but will not run First Aid. When I try I get this in the details box:

Running First Aid on “WD My Passport 260D Media” (disk3)

Fixing damaged partition map.
Couldn’t modify partition map. : (-69874)

Operation failed…


When I try to erase it with Disk Utility I get this:

Erasing “WD My Passport 260D Media” (disk3) and creating “Untitled”

Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed. : (-69825)

Operation failed…


DiskWarrior Version 5.2 does not see the disk at all.


I have tried Terminal. Diskutil list shows my iMac's Fusion Drive, then the problem disk:
/dev/disk3 (external, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: *4.0 TB disk3

When I try to erase it from Terminal (diskutil eraseDisk APFS External /dev/disk3) I get this:
Started erase on disk3
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed


Is there anything else I should try before I wipe the drive with a hammer?

For good luck there isn't anything on the disk that isn't backed up. In fact, this was my old off-site backup disk.