> On 06 Aug 2014, at 09:55 , Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [C] <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > I recently bought a pair of internal 4-TB hard drives from an online vendor. > It looks like they probably bounced around a lot during shipping. Should I > expect problems? > > That is, if they don't work right from the start, then obviously I should get > them replaced. But what if they seem to work at first? My guess is that > it's not a perfect binary situation, where they either are obviously bad or > obviously fine. Can they be damaged and have the effects of that damage show > up slowly over time?
Essentially, no. However, most large drives only get a quick format since a full format will take many many hours. If the boxes are banged up a LOT (enough that you think the internal spacers were compromised) then do a low-level format. On a 4TB drive this might take a full day. -- There is no Humpty Dumpty, and there is no God. None, not one, no God, never was. _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
