When migrating a drive between different systems, I take the stand that it's best to be safe than sorry. I'd rather waste an hour or so verifying the drive is okay, but that's just me
Yup, me too...
Have a poke around to see what options are available for the formatter before you let it loose (Probably under shell), that way you can turn on any hidden verify features (I'm sure I formatted a HDD once and I set it so that once it had formatted a block, it verified it - Sure enough bad sectors showed up...)
or even cleaning a hard drive because you are selling or donating your computer
Muhahaha...Yep...Some people just don't think to wipe their HDD before they sell it on... (Just as well, the Patriot PC I bought is a real bugger to get drivers for...)
engage dodgy market seller mode
I've been done before...Forked out for drives that just clicked and rattled... :madashell: Problem is, not many places sell small 2.5" drives these days (Except Amigakit ;-) )
Hodgkinson.
