On 1/5/24 15:20, Charles Curley wrote:
On Fri, 5 Jan 2024 21:01:28 +0000 Andy Smith wrote:
So has this coaxed the drive into reducing its pending sector count
to zero or does that still say 1?
Last I looked, it was still at 1. When I finish my reinstallation, I
will look again.
I like to do a secure erase before re-deploying an SSD. The UEFI ROM
firmware in my newer Dell computers provides an option to make secure
erase easy. Other choices include an SSD manufacturer toolkit or
install/ live/ rescue media with the right tools. It is also useful to
have a hot-swap drive rack and matching port, as powering down,
installing the target drive, powering up, and booting an OS (on
different media) can result in locked drive security.
I save 'smartctl -x ...' output to text files and check them into a
version control system. This facilitates looking for changes and trends
over time.
I would be curious to know if a secure erase forces the pending sector
issue and, if so, what the result is.
David
