Seagate ST2000VM003 Pipeline HD 2 TB 3.5-Inch Internal Hard Drive - Black

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The 'gfdisk -lu /dev/sda' showed that the reformat had tweaked the partition start points a little - post (maint menu) reformat it is now:

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Corroboration that the disk is probably duff is interesting, but ' a bloke on a forum says it is broken' won't help with the supplier. The 3.5-inch form factor ensures easy integration into desktop setups, delivering reliable performance, ample storage space, and seamless compatibility. They are built to withstand a lot of wear and tear, making them a good choice for long-term storage. RPM: So, is there anything else I can usefully try such as tweaking the e2fs parameters, or does it look like my brand new disk is just faulty ? repeats but with different 'First error LBA' entries (3521602976,3521602968,3521602960 etc.) up to ...

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ST2000VM003 Seagate 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 2TB and featuring a SATA interface. ST2000VM003 Seagate Pipeline 2TB 5900RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

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Your product serial number is a unique identifier that allows us to look up information about your product and its warranty. The disk failed again a while later and I did not get round to doing anything about it until recently, when I bought a 2TB Seagate Pipeline and popped it in. No obvious hardware issues on the install.Caution: Please Safely Remove, then physically disconnect and power down your drive before looking for the serial number. Laptop SSHD Repeating short and cryptic messages from the diagnostic without further 'aha - that means this definitive disastrous disk condition is extant', or just pointers to useful docs or explanations, does not really move things forward.