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  1. M

    DBAN not fix bad sectors

    I've researched online and Anandtech and still need some guidance. I've run autonuke (default) option of Darik's Boot and Nuke and now want to copy some data to a hard drive. The data is copied elsewhere, this is for redundancy on a used HDD. I plan to monitor SMART stats but just want to park...
  2. flexy

    SMART Error in BIOS - but!

    Yesterday I had to do an entire PC disassembly just to find that it's actually my monitor's HDMI input that is hosed. Sys is an old Asus Z87 Pro board Anyway, after I did all this, I replugged my drives, and one one of them is an old Seagate Barra 7000.11 which now SOMETIMES in BIOS throws a...
  3. P

    New SSD SMART [Power on Count] = [2] (used?)

    Whenever I buy a new SSD I always check the SMART data in a Ubuntu live desktop. For a brand new SSD the SMART [Power on Count] section has always been [1]. Yesterday I bought a Samsung SSD for the first time (850 evo 250gb) and the [Power on Count] was [2]. Did I buy a used SSD? The package...