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Zeroing (and secure erase) are both kinda pointless considering the drives are new; I doubt the Seagate factory used them to store their linux distros.
– Gantendo
Commented Apr 27, 2023 at 7:46
As far as I understand, the idea behind the testing approach I chose is to supposedly engage all sectors and cause any bad sectors to be reallocated, which should show during the extended SMART test. If there are (m)any, it might be better to return the drive. @user1686 would the ATA Secure Erase achieve the same result I'm trying to get with the "format"?
– Kostadin Mandulov
Commented Apr 27, 2023 at 7:56
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I'd expect it to; with HDDs, the whole purpose of ATA Secure Erase is to have the disk wipe data from every sector (if not in regular erase then at least in "Enhanced" mode). It has caught a few bad sectors and dying disks for me when repurposing used disks.
– grawity_u1686
Commented Apr 27, 2023 at 7:59

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