Strange Problems with new WD3200AAJB Drive

GMAN wrote in news:g5436q$ua9$1@news.xmission.com
> In article <6dkbrvF2ukidU1@mid.individual.net>, Arno Wagner <me@privacy.net> wrote:
> > Previously Brad Isaac <BradIsaac@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Jun 25, 5:08 pm, Arno Wagner <m...@privacy.net> wrote:
> > > > Previously mcp6453 <mcp6...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Sort of off topic...but not too far. I have had spinrite going on a
> > > WD drive for the past week and it reports there is still 4169 hours
> > > left. That's almost 6 months!
> >

> > > I bought the license for a client with the expectation

> > > it would take a month or less.

Just a month. Really. Wow.

> > > But had no idea it would be 6 months. Do you think
> > > it's falsely reporting that time or what would you do??
> >
> > SpinRite is practically useless today. Run a long SMART selftest,
> > it does effectively the same.
> >
> > Arno

> Spinrite 6 uses the SMART info from the drive

To what purpose?