Question: I bought a new 1.5TB Samsung HDD, and since I heard that all the high capacity drives are very unreliable these days, I wanted to do some kind of burn-in test so that if there is a problem with the drive I can see it sooner then after I put my data on the drive.
Any suggestions? Thanks.
Answer: Running badblocks -w followed by smartctl -t long will find any defects it came with from the factory.