[geeks] Testing a new hard drive...

[Mark Benson]

Thanks.

I wasn't going to warranty it, as it would have been transit damage -
not WD's problem - I was going to return it as goods unfit for purpose
to the supplier. I figure if it passes the SMART test it'll be okay.
It's not like I'm putting iti in a mission critical server or
anything.

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Mark Benson

On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 1:43 PM, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would think DBAN would be a reasonable exercise of a disk drive since will
> repeatedly write to every sector on the platter.
>
> Also, if you submit the drive for a replacement under warranty the replacement
> drive comes from the manufacturer, not the retailer.
>
> Lionel
>
>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 4:04 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I just received delivery of a 500GB WD Black hard drive from a supplier I'm
>> not planning to use again. I think it's polite to say the packaging was in
>> a poor state when it arrived.
>>
>> I only needed it as a service spare (I got a Black for the 5 yr warranty)
>> so it's not urgently required but would like to assure myself it's okay,
>> before storing it.
>>
>> Suggestions? Do I test it then store it if it's okay or kick off and get it
>> replaced (beating in mind they'll probably send the replacement the same
>> way).
>>
>> Any good test routines I can run on it? I have Windows and Debian to hand.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Mark Benson.
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