Hard Disk Monitoring

A few days later, I re-ran the Reinitialize disk surface test using Random sector order with level 4 reinitialization, test repeat set to 2, and again with the "unmount volume" option selected, all other settings in the default position and the test returned these results: 20140611_RI_ST30...

I recently purchased a Seagate 3TB Backup Plus HDD (ST3000DM001-1E6166) and finally got around to testing it. This drive will be used for long term media backup duty to replace two 6 year old 1TB drives. To begin, I ran the Conveyance test, followed by the Short test, and then the Extended self test...