Re: trouble formatting 3TB Seagate external HDrives. need help
Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> writes:
> 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?
>
The couple of times I've returned a drive after badblocks-reported
failures, Seagate wanted a report from their diagnostic tool (basically
equivalent to "smartctl --all" output) before they would issue a RMA
number, and Western Digital didn't care. I've only returned drives
directly to manufacturers. The stores where I live don't take returns,
and direct you to the manufacturers themselves.
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regards,
kushal
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