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[Duo v2] bad sectors because the two disks are different
Hello, When I bought my ReadyNas Duo v2, only 1 hard-disk was included. A few weeks later, I decided to buy a second disk but the same disk was not available anymore. I then chose an hard-disk wit...
Did you read my post above or is that just a typo CC4H is the latest firmware.
Yes, it was a typo.
I put the CC4H firmware.
Here is an interesting article by Seagate concerning the SMART read by third-party software: http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/203971en
At the end they say:
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Please remember that these third-party programs do not have proprietary access to Seagate hard disk information, and therefore often provide inconsistent and inaccurate results. SeaTools is more consistent and more accurate and is the standard Seagate uses to determine hard drive failure.
Do they mean that if the SMART data report reallocated sectors but that Seatool says everyting is Ok that the disk is fine? This is the case I am
If so, they will run Seatool (which reports no error) and return me back the same disk again :(
Philippe
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