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Ebay and, to a lessor extent, Amazon, have many vendors selling "new" Seagate HDDs that are actually refurbished. The SMART data is just reflashed to zero. The
by RachelF 2y ago
Ebay and, to a lessor extent, Amazon, have many vendors selling "new" Seagate HDDs that are actually refurbished. The SMART data is just reflashed to zero.
There is speculation that these are ex-Chinese drives from crypto currencies that used "proof-of-storage" mining like Chia coin.
- rwmj 2y agoIt's worrying that SMART data can be reflashed. You'd think the drive vendors would try to prevent this.