September 16, 20232 yr Hello, What's the easiest way to zero a HDD in Unraid. I am hoping to repair a bad sector.
May 7, 20251 yr On 9/17/2023 at 4:12 AM, JorgeB said: Use the Preclear plugin. Will this actually relocate a bad sector in the "do not use" part of the HDD's firmware? If not, is there anything i could run in unraid to do this with? lets assume i don't care about the data on the HDD's. Over the years, i have gotten given many HDD's from clients, some work well, some not so much, but i would like to set up something to run all HDD's through a check/repair process (and trash the ones that fail at the HW level).
May 8, 20251 yr Community Expert 9 hours ago, miicar said: Will this actually relocate a bad sector in the "do not use" part of the HDD's firmware? It can. 9 hours ago, miicar said: If not, is there anything i could run in unraid to do this with? Any write can do the same.
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