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

@schizoidman@lemm.ee · 2 months ago

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

finley · edit-2 2 months ago

Because they can get away with it due to the fact that most people don’t know how to view the “hours powered on” information or other SMART diagnostic output.

HubertManne · 2 months ago

actually the article mentions the smart metrics did not show it. The guy had to use something deeper.

MaggiWuerze · 2 months ago

SMART data is reset by a lot of refurbished HDDs, but then you usually KNOW that they are refurbished

@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

It may depend on the level of “refurbishing” that’s been done, but I don’t believe that’s a very good idea.