![]() ![]() Of course an answer from high in the heirarchy does not guarantee a correct answer, it only increases the probability of a correct answer. ![]() Normally I think about Systematic Reviews > Randomized Controlled Trials>.>Case Studies>Expert Opinion, but none of that really works here. Thanks guys, All of this begs the question of what should be the 'level of evidence' in the context of technical artifacts. This accomplishes several objectives: 1) it tests the drive, because it writes to every sector of it and reports any errors 2) it securely erases anything the drive might have contained before - important or not, this gives one a clean slate to start from 3) #2 also applies to any previous partitioning, so no special steps are needed. Personally, I process drives, either new or slated for reuse, by performing a secure wipe on them using DBAN. Doing the same with non-WD drives, or if you didn't use Windows, could be different. You have chosen to use the vendor's tools (WD Data Lifeguard) and you wanted to know how to remove the Windows partitioning you say is required for it, so we are coming up with ideas for that. There's more than one way to do anything and people have their preferred solutions. You are not the only one, but the process of testing drives is outside the scope of directly having to do with the QNAP NAS. I can't believe I'm the only user here who prefers to test a replacement drive on arrival (and when it can still be easily sent back to Amazon) rather than crunch time when a drive goes bad on a NAS. It may be that both approaches are equivalent, but I guess I'm just surprised there isn't a consensus here on a process that I assumed would be in common use. ![]()
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