Buyers thought they got new portable drives during Amazon Tech Week (www.techradar.com)
from throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to tech@programming.dev on 08 Aug 01:37
https://lemmy.nz/post/26564165

  • 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

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WatDabney@fedia.io on 08 Aug 02:06 next collapse

Boycott Amazon.

BCsven@lemmy.ca on 08 Aug 02:27 next collapse

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.

Sanctus@lemmy.world on 08 Aug 02:30 collapse

Its crazy how our society has evolved into a fraud machine