Re: [gentoo-user] Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.

[Mark Knecht]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:01 PM Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
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> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 3:54 PM Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
> >
> > The SMART test, long version, will do a very reasonable job catching
problems. Run it 2 or 3 times if it makes you feel better.
> >
> > Chris's suggestion about Spinrite is another option but it is slow,
slow, slow. Might take you weeks? On a drive that large if it worked at all.
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> Is spinrite really still of any use in this era?  I'm skeptical of
> that.  Maybe in the pre-IDE days it made more sense.
>

I used it a few years ago on some 2TB or 3TB drives, more out of curiosity
when I found my old license. Other than that I agree with you Rich