May 17, 20251 yr Long story short found a 4tb "laptop" hdd in a drawer at work. Pretty sure it was a coworkers that quit about 3 years ago so figured it was up for grabs. Snagged it and ran a smart test on it. Has about 5500 hours of on time on it. Not super sure on how to interpret the smart log so see that attached. Should I avoid using it? I t was a free 4tb so I'm not super attached to it. Could be nice to have though as I am just starting to get into this hobby. tower-smart-20250516-2115.zip
May 17, 20251 yr a "laptop" hdd once focussed on "saving battery power". It runs slower as a normal drive and also shut itself off every few seconds of idle time. This can drive you crazy in a server environment. But, of course, if you think you can stand it, you can dare to use it. But don't expect a race horse then...
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