Western Digital's fix - has anyone tried it?

I notice your propensity for seeking out a debate for purpose of debate, as to why, I am not interested.

Your degree in physics does not translate to hard drives specifically.

Storagereview and the site Server-fault discuss HD entropy at length.

Said expertise on their site, and personal observation of static drives show that data corruption escalates drastically on sitting drives.

As such, the statement: The second law of thermodynamics indicates that if you leave the drive sitting, the platter signal will eventually degrade as data on ferric platters toward equilibrium...

This statement is both not my own, and is factually correct.

Be kind, your use of curse words against myself is both uncalled for and detracts from any point you are attempting to make. 😍

Set a higher example.

PlotinusVeritas wrote:

I notice your propensity for seeking out a debate for purpose of debate, as to why, I am not interested.

I have no interest in debate. It is your misleading statements, sloppy use of language, frequent misquotes, vague & often erroneous attributions, & general tendency to write long & rambling posts full of sweeping generalizations that confuse rather than enlighten that concern me.

Storagereview and the site Server-fault discuss HD entropy at length.

Then you should have no trouble posting a link to that last italicized bit about the "platter signal" or to something else that supports your contention that a drive platter's coating typically will "entropy to the point of no return for data extraction" in 3 to 8 years.

Argumentum ad hominem, unsubstantiated claims, and your use of cursing above is an unrealistic premise for helping people on the board.

That is eristic dialectic which does not have truth or problem solving as a goal, and is Xenophonic σοφιστής.

Necessity for deductive problem solving suggests using a higher decorum, and be helpful rather than vindictive please. Set a higher example for others.

Maybe writing a few user tips like DStore or myself would be helpful to aid others.

- *To the OP, until WD solves its software issues, you should stick with disk utility formatted drives and no control software.

Peace 😊

I trust readers of this forum to figure out for themselves who is making unsubstantiated claims, along with a liberal dose of obfuscation to try to disguise that all too obvious fact.