Last week I sent my 500 GB Seagate HDD for RMA, for which I got a "Certified Repaired" HDD Model ST3500418AS ...
After a 2-3 days of usage I found that the size of HDD is somewhat less than it should ....
I checked the total sectors in my HDD using Paragon Partition Manager = 976764911
But on Seagate site it states that it should be = 976773168
I also checked the total size of HDD (in bytes) its also less than it should be...
I ,
1. Deleted And Formatted
2. Ran chkdsk
3. Ran Seatools
4. Ran HDD Regenerator
But everythng went smooth and positive w/o any problems... Now its for a HDD with less space/sectors , now my ques is, Is it possible tht seagate may send a repaired hdd with less sectors as compared to it new hdd of same model??? Has anyone checked for it after getting a repaired HDD....
After a 2-3 days of usage I found that the size of HDD is somewhat less than it should ....
I checked the total sectors in my HDD using Paragon Partition Manager = 976764911
But on Seagate site it states that it should be = 976773168
I also checked the total size of HDD (in bytes) its also less than it should be...
I ,
1. Deleted And Formatted
2. Ran chkdsk
3. Ran Seatools
4. Ran HDD Regenerator
But everythng went smooth and positive w/o any problems... Now its for a HDD with less space/sectors , now my ques is, Is it possible tht seagate may send a repaired hdd with less sectors as compared to it new hdd of same model??? Has anyone checked for it after getting a repaired HDD....