hdd buy in aliexpress

[robson88]

I bought a 2.5" HDD on Aliexpress and it is inside an enclosure case. I know it is used, but most of the 2.5" HDDs sold on Aliexpress are used but show 2 hours of use and good health on crystaldiskinfo. What do they do?

Do these Aliexpress sellers also modify, remove or disable important functions within the firmware such as power management or other features, or do they use firmware from another HDD model?

 

[Laura Knotek]

If you purchase from Aliexpress, there's a good chance you're buying counterfeit goods that aren't what the sellers claim. If the price looks too good to be true it probably is. Caveat emptor.