2 identical HDD's which one to keep?

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I have to send one back. Tested 2 identical HDD's. One is faster but overall has more slower areas while the other is slower but more consistent..Same manufacturing date. Which one would you keep?
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One of those drives has more LBAs than the other, which seems odd?

Do both drives show up as SMART clean?

Why did you get two if you only want one?
 
toast0 said:
One of those drives has more LBAs than the other, which seems odd?

Do both drives show up as SMART clean?

Why did you get two if you only want one?
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Purchased one, contacted seller for an exchange, he advanced RMA the exchange while putting a hold on my CC..What you see is both the return and the exchange. Not sure which to keep.
I believe you say Device1 looks odd. That was my intended return.
 
ZodaEX said:
Keep the old one.
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now you threw me off.. by old one you mean the one called Driver 1..correct?..While it had faster read areas , overall it had slower blocks and i'm afraid these are prone to failure down the road. Also, as the above poster said what's up with the LBA?
 
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273,447... Is more than 273,444...

But how many LBAs does Seagate think that drive should have?
 
Not in the biz, but it seems like you're worried a little about Device 1 and it doesn't match the stats of your 3rd one that well. Logically then, keep Device Y.
 
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