I got here throughout a reasonably low-cost exhausting drive model, Frafuo, googled it and located the next submit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecovery/feedback/t8u4yh/i_was_stupid_and_bought_a_cheap_external_harddrive/
In that submit, I discovered that it’s attainable to “reprogram the (storage) machine to report extra capability and really simply overwrite the final 20% of the area repeatedly to suppress the error messages.”
I additionally discovered about systematic protocols I can undertake from:
https://www.winusb.web/articles/fake-flash-test.html
and any more I wish to make sure that I verify or check each storage drive I purchase, earlier than utilizing it to put in writing actually vital recordsdata.
Nonetheless, the article above is particular to flash drives and seems to make use of Home windows instruments.
How can I carry out an analogous protocol for exhausting drives on macOS10.13 or macOS12 (each Macs I’ve run these variations)?
PS: I’ve seen an analogous submit from Apple SE like:
Can I inform if a tough drive is usable or pretend?
The reply there mentions the best way to detect by eye with out testing whether or not a tough drive is actual or pretend, which does not absolutely deal with my concern. I would like to do a full check on a tough drive that may actually make me nearly 100% certain {that a} exhausting drive is usable or genuine, even once I already know I purchased it from trusted sources.
