Help: Which Level to Use for HDD Reuse in New Computer

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What’s the correct Level to run SR 6.1 on HDD for this use case?

I have an older 4bay Qnap I am replacing with a newer one. The four 4TB drives in that Qnap have been in use for a few years. Before moving them to the new Qnap I wanted to use SR to check for problems.

I don’t care about data recovery since the drives will be reformatted. I just want SR to test the drive health/reliability and mark out the bad regions on disk.

What level and/or command line options do I need to use?
 
In this case I'd recommend Level 3. If you're willing to wait longer, Level 5 is a more thorough test.

Since you don't care about the data, use "DYNASTAT 0" as a parameter. That will keep DynaStat from trying to recover data if it finds a troubled sector.
 
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