schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1357arrow-down12file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orghardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1355arrow-down1external-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 · 1 day agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orghardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareHubertManne@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·1 day agoactually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·24 hours agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 hours 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.