schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoGerman Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hourswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1425arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.
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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.