I ordered a drive from serverpartdeals and was wondering if theres anything I should do beyond plugging the drive in to test it

Should I do a full format to check for bad sectors? Or is that bad and or a waste of time?

CystalDiskInfo wouldn’t help I assume because the SMART is wiped right?

Any tips or advice is appreciated

  • CaffeinatedTech@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    In unraid world, we preclear our disks before adding them to the pool. Not only does it zero the disk so it doesn’t screw with parity, it also ‘tests’ it. Helps catch still-born, and early death drives. There are other tools to burn-in disks; I think the old spin-rite can be used for it too.