I think there are other factors at play. The community here is much smaller and the few people that are here are likely more dedicated and knowledgeable.
Malossi167
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I think there are other factors at play. The community here is much smaller and the few people that are here are likely more dedicated and knowledgeable.
I will just paste my standard procedure when I onboard any new (or used) drive: Everybody has their own ~~skin care~~ HDD check routine. This is mine:
I first check the SMART status with CrystalDisk, after this a short smart test, full surface check with Macrorit, full h2testw run, CrystalDiskMark, and then I check with CrystalDisk once again if anything besides power on hours did change.
Will take some days for a large drive but in terms of work hours we talk about less than 5 minutes and it covers pretty much anything without being too excessive.