schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1411file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1411external-linkGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·4 days agoactually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·4 days agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoIt may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.
actually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
SMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
It may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.