Re: SDD partitioning and allocations

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM Me <me@nodatagrabbing.com> wrote:
>
> On 2025-07-12 15:19, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Why do you recommend that? Are you assuming the SSDs songbird got are
> > used, or do you recommend that even for new SSDs -- if so, why?
> Not the OP, but you never know what's on the disks. It wouldn't be the
> first time new disks contain unwanted "presents" straight from the
> factory. And old disks can contain all sorts of questionable stuff. You
> really don't want to know what I have found over the years when
> inspecting storage devices. Not only in the form of malware and such.
> People can sometimes have the weirdest preferences I really don't need
> to see (but had too to do my job). Luckily I don't have to anymore.

Malware on new drives is an old thing:
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/malware-found-on-new-hard-drives/>.

Jeff