Thread: Utility to burn in new hard drive?
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Old July 28th 06, 10:51 AM posted to comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,alt.comp.hardware,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.engineering.electrical
Rod Speed
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Default Utility to burn in new hard drive?
Osiris wrote
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 ?

Yep, that's what SMART is about.