Chris Bannister <cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz> writes: > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:24:33PM +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> What I do for every new disk before I use it is an exhaustive read/write >> check with badblocks. It reads and writes every block multiple times >> with various bitpatterns and random bitpatterns, and check that they can >> be read correctly. >> >> If there's anything wrong with the drive, I return it to the store for a >> replacement. And yes, I have had to return drives sometimes. Those >> turned out to have thousands of bad blocks, so good riddance. > > And they replace it, no questions asked? I've a feeling they'd want some > sort of proof? >
The couple of times I've returned a drive after badblocks-reported failures, Seagate wanted a report from their diagnostic tool (basically equivalent to "smartctl --all" output) before they would issue a RMA number, and Western Digital didn't care. I've only returned drives directly to manufacturers. The stores where I live don't take returns, and direct you to the manufacturers themselves. -- regards, kushal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51d1185f.c402440a.2165.1...@mx.google.com
