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Bad HDD or normal SMR ? (zerobytes.monster)

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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/syzygycat on 2024-01-17 20:24:56+00:00.

I've been using five 1TB to 3TB hdd to back up my data.

They're all seagate baracudas, all 9-15 years old.

I bought a 6TB Seagate SMR HDD to back up the back ups. I tried copying a 1TB folder, @ 0% "calculating time". I restarted the PC, 20gb had copied. I tried deleting the 25gb and it froze again. So I deleted the entire volume, created a new volume did a quick format... froze again during quick format., I left it alone for an hour, then just gave up on the drive. Rebooted the PC, the drive shows up but just freezes up during formatting.

Is this normal behavior for an SMR drive and I killed it or is was it a bad hdd?

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