Re: trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help
On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:24:33PM +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> What I do for every new disk before I use it is an exhaustive read/write
> check with badblocks. It reads and writes every block multiple times
> with various bitpatterns and random bitpatterns, and check that they can
> be read correctly.
>
> If there's anything wrong with the drive, I return it to the store for a
> replacement. And yes, I have had to return drives sometimes. Those
> turned out to have thousands of bad blocks, so good riddance.
And they replace it, no questions asked? I've a feeling they'd want some
sort of proof?
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