schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square53fedilinkarrow-up1432arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sehardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1429arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@beehaw.orghackernews@lemmy.bestiver.sehardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareMaggiWuerze@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 days agoSMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 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.