"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
02/10/2018 at 20:01 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
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I just installed a new hard drive in a computer for a friend/client. I want to exercise the new drive before I give him back the computer. What I’ve been doing is just making huge copies of folders that take a long time and just work the drive. Is there a better way to burn in a new drive?
coqui70
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02/10/2018 at 20:05 |
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None needed - format, partition as needed and you’re done. If it’s spinning it’s good.
functionoverfashion
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02/10/2018 at 20:07 |
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Why are you looking to “burn it in?” I work in an IT repair shop for a university with thousands of machines deployed and we don’t do that.
We just try and do a few things like opening a browser and/or Office app to make sure it works....
RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars
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02/10/2018 at 20:12 |
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No need to burn a drive in at all...just install the drive, install stuff on it, and you’re good to go.
DipodomysDeserti
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02/10/2018 at 20:19 |
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I just installed a new SSD on my wife’s Macbook. I’ve never heard of burning in a drive. I just formatted and partitioned it.
Shoop
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02/10/2018 at 20:31 |
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What are you talking about?
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> DipodomysDeserti
02/10/2018 at 20:32 |
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I wouldn’t be so worried about an SSD.
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> Shoop
02/10/2018 at 20:32 |
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Make it fail if it’s going to.
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> functionoverfashion
02/10/2018 at 20:33 |
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I just want to make sure it’s not going to fail. Folks here are saying it’s unnecessary. I installed three drives for this guy a couple of years ago and two of them failed. Western Digital...
beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard
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02/10/2018 at 20:38 |
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I use badblocks, but I only bother if it’s a RAID array. for a home computer or user workstation I wouldn’t bother. If it’s a work computer they should be covering themselves with backups and/or cloud storage anyway.
TheTurbochargedSquirrel
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02/10/2018 at 20:40 |
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I have never heard of burning in a drive.
If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent
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02/10/2018 at 20:53 |
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There are drive benchmark/stress test programs.
facw
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02/10/2018 at 21:08 |
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I use HD Tune (last freeware version here: http://www.hdtune.com/files/hdtune_255.exe )
Do a full error scan (rather than the quick one), and it should test the whole drive for problems. Much better than trying to just arbitrarily stress it.
The freeware version displays some stuff oddly for large drives, but all of the benchmark and testing tools work.
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facw
> functionoverfashion
02/10/2018 at 21:14 |
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Burning in isn’t so valuable, but especially with hard drives, I like to test them thoroughly before they end up with a bunch of confidential information on them. If you notice a failure later, it’s a pain, if not impossible to scrub them for a warranty return, so better to know right away if there are problems. Doesn’t help you if it fails later, but at least you know you don’t have any issues out of the box.
AMGtech - now with more recalls!
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02/10/2018 at 23:12 |
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Oxy-acetylene with a rosebud tip