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What are the rules of buying used storage?
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Firstly, I'd check if there are any firmware updates for the drive and install them. Then I'd run a full disk scan/diagnostics using the manufacturer's diag tools - eg Samsung has their HUTIL software, Seagate has Seatools etc. The scan should also pick up any bad sectors or other issues with the drive. Finally, I'd do a full wipe - either a DBAN single pass, or if I'm within Linux then I'd just write zeros using
dd. Wiping the entire disk isn't really necessary, but I just feel like it gives me that "new drive" feeling - otherwise you'd be stepping over someone else's 1s and 0s, and that just feels gross.