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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@gentoo.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2020 16:03:36 -0400
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Testing a used hard drive to make SURE it is good.
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 3:37 PM Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm sure there is many false positives out there but ignoring the real po=
sitives isn't a good solution either. By all means, if one wants to just w=
ing it and hope for the best, disable SMART and take the risk. At some poi=
nt, a drive will fail and without SMART, likely with no warning at all, not=
even a false one. ;-)
>
Agree in general, but your best practice is to be in a position where
you don't care if a drive fails without warning. Of course, warning
might be nice so that you can go ahead and start replacing it or
ordering spares.
--=20
Rich