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Do S.M.A.R.T. requests wear off the harddrive?
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Mar 15, 20261206 viewsConfidence Score0%
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In a german ubuntu guide for the hddtemp program is claimed that every S.M.A.R.T. request wakes up the drive although no data is read. Because some harddrives that can park their head into a parking position can do so only a certain number of times and will wear off earlier. I never heard or read a…
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All hard drives park their heads at some point. It's part of normal hard drive operations. Normally hard drives park their heads when they experience excessive G-forces, or are being shutdown. A hard drive needs to move its head out of the parked po…
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