From my previous posts, I have finally, finally!!!! finished cloning my 16TB WD Home Duo onto a Seagate stock standard, no fans, non-networked external drive (I have a Mac, and I use Carbon Copy Cloner, so to the best of my ability I am 90% certain everything has been transferred)
I am forced to never use the drive ever again, as it continues to "phone home" anytime it overheats and gets "low on storage" anytime it is 5TB and lower, (previous owner is my dad and he gives me crap every time and sends me the emails.
I am reluctant to do what I have to do, but soon I will be turning it off for the last time, removing the drives, and connecting them one-by-one (there are only two) reformatting them, and using them individually to offload storage from my other drives, mainly focusing on a ton of documentaries I have accumulated over the years.