Your hard drive's health check is lying to you

A Warning and a Plea

This is NOT actually my hard drive* Well, dear friends, it seems as though I have fallen victim to an incurably failed hard-drive… Without w

Report warns SSD health percentages in dashboard tools can mask imminent drive failure

Most PC builders and hardware enthusiasts rely on dashboard storage utilities to check if their drives are dying. You open Samsung Magician

Corrupt file system?

Guys this is a difficult post to make. Firstly I'm suffering some health issues (hopefully slowly recovering) which means I've lost the last

USB drives on Amazon have 20% complaint rate about faked storage

WTB: 12TB or larger SATA hard drives

One of the 12TB drives in my unraid server are giving me 'Helium Level Failing Now' errors. It's a WD Ultrastar 5400rpm and it looks like I'

1 in 5 USB drives recommended on Amazon have complaints about faked storage