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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago

German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

www.tomshardware.com

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German Seagate customers say their 'new' hard drives were actually used – resold HDDs reportedly used for tens of thousands of hours

www.tomshardware.com

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours ago

The plot thickens.

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/54090098

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actually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.
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  SMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished

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