the data _can_ be altered but likely only by the drive maker.<br><br>Most likely the refurb group put in a new drive.<br><br>Drive makers do refurb drives by replacing the board. That will reset the SMART data.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:40 PM, Neal Rhodes <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com">neal@mnopltd.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I got a supposedly refurbished HP desktop from Tiger Direct.<br>
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Various flavors of SMARTD utilities on Windows and Centos reported very low hours on the drive, like in the range of 5 hours. <br>
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Does this mean that the refurb operation put in a new disk drive, or is there a way of re-initializing the SMARTD data? <br>
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(or, do the drive manufacturers refurb their own drives and send out used drives with zero hours on them? )<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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Neal
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