schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 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-square48fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-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 · 28 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·28 days agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoIt may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.
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.