Fill it with data, then copy it off again. Personally I
never trust a new drive for at least a few weeks, only
mirrored data goes onto it.


I extend the mistrust to the disks entire llifespan...
It's volatile memory...
backup procedures, redundancy etc..

Are there any drives that one could submit to diagnostics ALL the
time, that transmit "condition data" to the mobo/OS constantly ?