[geeks] Testing a new hard drive...

[Lionel Peterson]

I would think DBAN would be a reasonable exercise of a disk drive since will
repeatedly write to every sector on the platter.

Also, if you submit the drive for a replacement under warranty the replacement
drive comes from the manufacturer, not the retailer.

Lionel

> On Oct 8, 2015, at 4:04 AM, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I just received delivery of a 500GB WD Black hard drive from a supplier I'm
> not planning to use again. I think it's polite to say the packaging was in
> a poor state when it arrived.
>
> I only needed it as a service spare (I got a Black for the 5 yr warranty)
> so it's not urgently required but would like to assure myself it's okay,
> before storing it.
>
> Suggestions? Do I test it then store it if it's okay or kick off and get it
> replaced (beating in mind they'll probably send the replacement the same
> way).
>
> Any good test routines I can run on it? I have Windows and Debian to hand.
>
> --
>
> Mark Benson.
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