First post, by tegrady
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Hi. I bought a lot of 7 IDE hard drives off of eBay recently. They were sold as "tested" by the seller.
I tested them all with CrystalDiskInfo by hooking them up to my Windows 10 PC with an IDE to USB adapter.
Two of them tested and formatted fine.
One is making clicking noises and cannot be detected by DOS or Windows. It's dead.
1 of them shows as "good", but when I try to format it in Minitool Partition Wizard, I get a "bad disk" error and it won't format.
The other 3 can be formatted, but CrystalDiskInfo gives me a "caution" warning with mainly reallocated sectors issues.
I don't know how the seller tested them, but I don't think he did a very good job. Therefore, I have asked for a refund. However, he is trying to give me only a partial refund. He says that they tested fine for him and I should have no problems with the drives.
So my question is, if the drive seems to be working fine, but I get a "caution" in CrystalDiskInfo with reallocated sectors being identified, should I trust these drives?
I am thinking the answer is no, but I just wanted some other opinions before I demand a return and refund from eBay.
Would you keep these drives or send them back?
Thanks.