I bought Seagate Expansion 2.5" 2T portable drive.
This is the SMART pictures by different programs:
https://imgur.com/a/LiQjh
It passes long and short generic test in SeaTools but I am told by some user that this test is way unreliable, that it can pass even if drive has bad sectors.
Error scan in HD tune is OK.
I am worried about Read error rate, after short time that number fall from 84 to 83.
Seagate support told me that portable drives are not reliable in SMART :"Additionally, SMART attributes are not applicable to external drives connected via USB. Since you have already run tests using Seatools, we believe the drive to be functional. You can try using the drive and let us know if there are any concerns"
Also I tried to update drive firmware but I couldn`t seems to find any firmware by my disk serial number . For that Seagate support told me this:
"With respect to your query about a firmware update, we would like to clarify that the hard drive is just a plug and play device and it doesn't require any firmware update. Please note that the essential drivers and updates for this drive will be supplied through an operating system and chip set drivers"
What do you guys think?
This is the SMART pictures by different programs:
https://imgur.com/a/LiQjh
It passes long and short generic test in SeaTools but I am told by some user that this test is way unreliable, that it can pass even if drive has bad sectors.
Error scan in HD tune is OK.
I am worried about Read error rate, after short time that number fall from 84 to 83.
Seagate support told me that portable drives are not reliable in SMART :"Additionally, SMART attributes are not applicable to external drives connected via USB. Since you have already run tests using Seatools, we believe the drive to be functional. You can try using the drive and let us know if there are any concerns"
Also I tried to update drive firmware but I couldn`t seems to find any firmware by my disk serial number . For that Seagate support told me this:
"With respect to your query about a firmware update, we would like to clarify that the hard drive is just a plug and play device and it doesn't require any firmware update. Please note that the essential drivers and updates for this drive will be supplied through an operating system and chip set drivers"
What do you guys think?
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