Recent content by 68k2x86

In other words, I should run bad blocks again, with an additional 8 passes, and if all is well, keep the drive?

I actually did but since it came up clean I didn't include it in the original post. Does this change your recommendation?

After buying a 4TB WD HD, I captured the SMART stats, ran badblocks (4 passes, read + write), and noted the SMART stats again, looking out for reallocated sectors. I didn't get any reallocated sectors, but I did get 6 raw read errors and badblocks reported 4 bad blocks during the first pass...