I just picked up a 2TB WD Red mainly as a backup drive and some data storage.
I would like to stress the drive some before I put anything on it but I'm unsure how to go about it. SMART seems fine and it passed numerous short/long self tests but ideally I'd like a program that would write random data across the entire drive then wipe it and start over, a few cycles of that would make me feel better even if it may be redundant. I remember using something similar to test one of my older Black drives but I don't recall the name and was hoping someone here knows something along those lines.
Alternatively if you think I'm wasting my time and the drive passes simple diagnostics then I should just go ahead and use it then let me know as well.
I would like to stress the drive some before I put anything on it but I'm unsure how to go about it. SMART seems fine and it passed numerous short/long self tests but ideally I'd like a program that would write random data across the entire drive then wipe it and start over, a few cycles of that would make me feel better even if it may be redundant. I remember using something similar to test one of my older Black drives but I don't recall the name and was hoping someone here knows something along those lines.
Alternatively if you think I'm wasting my time and the drive passes simple diagnostics then I should just go ahead and use it then let me know as well.
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