u/KristianKir

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▲ 10 r/BadUSB

So... I got scammed. I might be able to fix this.

(Skip to 2nd paragraph for short version) I wanted to get some extra storage so I could have some backup for my files. So I went on Alibaba (mistake) and saw these incredibly cheap, 512GB USB drives (miss) and, after not seeing any alarming reviews and the person I contacted assuring me that they were H2 tested, I decided to order them (blunder). After they arrived, I checked their capacity and, sure enough, it said 499GB left, however, I still ran my own, "quick" (10 days) H2 test on a couple of them. The results showed that only 32.5 of those GB were available. The rest were overwritten. Now, hindsight being 20/20, I can see where I might have made a couple small mistakes, but I wanted to see what I could do. First thing that came to mind was to get a refund. But to get a refund, I would have to return the USBs, and to return the USBs, I would have to spend more money than I spent on them to ship them all the way to China. So, to cut my losses, I'm thinking if and how I could use these USB drives.

Long story short, I bought some USB drives which I (naively) thought were 512GB, that, after an H2 test, proved to only have 32.5GB (As shown in the pictures). I was wondering if I could nuke these USB drives and use them like normal with their actual capacity shown.

u/KristianKir — 12 days ago