All Hitachis operate like that. Another cool thing is they don't require a custom tool for that, a standard ATA formst command is enough, and as a last bonus i

All Hitachis operate like that. Another cool thing is they don't require a custom tool for that, a standard ATA formst command is enough, and as a last bonus it'll also merge reallocated sector list into factory bad sector list. They made damn good drives, I wish they were still an independent manufacturer.