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Will my NV+ need a "factory reset"?
If the increasing reallocated sector count is to be believed, my NV+v.1 soon will be needing a replacement HDD. If I'm reading this guide page correctly, I also will need to do a factory reset before...
Tennessee Slim, you seemed to have done your homework on sector alignment and realised that you probably needed to factory default. You were indicating from your other questions that were already planning to factory default.
Implicit in your message was that you did not have a backup, hence my reply emphasising that.
As far as the need for factory default goes, I think I was clearly indicating that you needed to do one, but also that you should do it before replacing the disk as it would be adviseable to back up the data before replacing the disk anyway.
I could have provided a simpler, more explicit answer for you, but you did sound like you had a good understanding and my reply was pitched accordingly.
Implicit in your message was that you did not have a backup, hence my reply emphasising that.
As far as the need for factory default goes, I think I was clearly indicating that you needed to do one, but also that you should do it before replacing the disk as it would be adviseable to back up the data before replacing the disk anyway.
I could have provided a simpler, more explicit answer for you, but you did sound like you had a good understanding and my reply was pitched accordingly.
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