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I’ve never cosplayed as an “infosec home lab data specialist”, but I’ve had many bad personal experiences with used harddrives, drives that were working perfectly fine but failed after few months from several sources.

Well, that’s good to know, I’ve always avoided those drives and tend to pay extra for smaller drives so I can get them new.

Because there’s a rather high likelihood that the HDD has been mistreated and will fail soon, it’s a gamble. Or at least I’ve had bad experiences with used hard drives personally.

If you the seller has warranty and you don’t mind the hassle of shipping back and possibly paying for the return shipping and pray that everything goes smoothly and you actually get the money back or a working replacement then it can be a good option, I personally rather not go through all that stress.

It’s the best tip, buying an used HDD is asking for trouble

Yes, tip number 1: never buy an used HDD

Tip number 2: check smart if there are relocated sectors return it

Tip number 3: run badblocks on the drive, (-w mode) and if there are no errors then check smart again, if there are errors or relocated sectors return the drive

Good luck!

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