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I recently purchased a few 8TB WD easystore hard drives. I don't yet have a FreeNAS system built that wont happen until Q1 or Q2 of 2018. I plan to shuck the easystore drives for use in the NAS, but I wanted to burn them in and return them under warranty first before building the NAS.
Since I don't have a system running FreeNAS, what can i use to burn in the drive using Windows? I could load Ubuntu on an old laptop if needed, but I'm a Ubuntu noob. What program(s) could I use on Windows to do a complete and effective test and burn in on these drives? Do I need to shuck them, or can the burn in and test be completed over the usb connection?
Since I don't have a system running FreeNAS, what can i use to burn in the drive using Windows? I could load Ubuntu on an old laptop if needed, but I'm a Ubuntu noob. What program(s) could I use on Windows to do a complete and effective test and burn in on these drives? Do I need to shuck them, or can the burn in and test be completed over the usb connection?