Western Digital "Complete Drive Test" Failed?
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Thread created 01-17-2016 by roykirk1
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Yes I would return it. I bought 5 or 6 drives for work one time. Half the drives failed the test. Amazon replaced them all with no real trouble. Not sure where you bought it but use the packaging...
Western Digital "Complete Drive Test" Failed?
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SMART only shows confirmed bad sectors, can be lots bad sector but SMART still good.
complete test is quite accurate, you either isolate/remap the bad, or RMA
Western Digital "Complete Drive Test" Failed?
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I never trust a new drive until it passes all diagnostics for 3-5 days in a row.
Try HDDscan, which reports marginal sectors as well as completely bad ones, but it also reports a lot of false...
Western Digital "Complete Drive Test" Failed?
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Thread created 01-17-2016 by roykirk1
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Hi
Just got a new Western Digital My Book 5 TB External HD. It passed the Smart Status check and the Quick Drive test. But failed the Complete Drive Test. No reason(s) given however...
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