On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:24:33PM +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: > What I do for every new disk before I use it is an exhaustive read/write > check with badblocks. It reads and writes every block multiple times > with various bitpatterns and random bitpatterns, and check that they can > be read correctly. > > If there's anything wrong with the drive, I return it to the store for a > replacement. And yes, I have had to return drives sometimes. Those > turned out to have thousands of bad blocks, so good riddance.
And they replace it, no questions asked? I've a feeling they'd want some sort of proof? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130629021359.GC17160@tal
