Recently checked crystaldiskinfo again and within the last 24 hours my 12TB HDD SMART score went from healthy to bad because it’s (apparently?) completely depleted of helium? No issues otherwise.
GoHardDrive says they won’t replace, only refund, as they’re “out of stock for the replacement” (their Amazon listings show otherwise — I imagine they don’t want to replace given the high markup they have right now)
I’m betting it’s just a bad sensor, but if it could go any day I’m not exactly sure what I should do. Should I keep it, and can the sensor be tested somehow? Press them for replacement? Or just give in and take the refund? I still have 3.5years of warranty left so I could always hold onto it until later if prices go down, but that feels really risky.
TLDR; GoHDD won’t replace in-warranty disk, only refund and sell replacement for huge markup. Keep it and risk it or give in?