Buyers thought they got new portable drives during Amazon Tech Week, what they got was alarming trash
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Old, used, error-ridden drives were sold as brand new
  • Hard drives sold as new contained decade-old internals from previously used Seagate and Western Digital units
  • SMART data was manipulated to hide prior usage, masking serious mechanical and read error issues
  • Analysis revealed leftover user data, proving zeroing only touched the start of storage sectors
  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    I had that once from an Amazon seller, it was an Xbox drive supplier. Claimed brand new. Looked new in proper store plastic. Sticker over case said void if removed. But one day I was curious what drives manufacturer was inside. When I opened it it was the most filthy drive I have ever seen. Oil, dust , coffee stain on label type filth. Turned out drive was from 2011, and control board with only Chinese text said 2017. So it had been rebuilt, and had smart data reset.