On 1/31/23 18:27, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Jan 2023, Ali via cctalk wrote:
>> Hmmm.. I wonder if there is a program akin to Spinrite that will do
>> that on SSDs (i.e. reread and rewrite every byte). I know Steve Gibson
>> is working on a new version of Spinrite that will work with SSDs so
>> that could be the solution when it comes out...
> 
> If you just need READ, and not WRITE, howzbout COPY *.* NUL
> actually
> XCOPY *.* NUL /S/E
> to include subdirectories

On Linux, that would be:

cp -r / /dev/null

I think that you really don't want to rewrite SSDs.  As I understand the
wear-leveling technology, it's unlikely that you'll write the same
sector/block that you read.   Basically Heraclitus and rivers.

--CHuck

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