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For some time, I've been running a dos batch script that gets the
drive paths on the computer, and then uses -X to abort and currently
running test, and then runs a long test (-t long). I was doing the
abort to make sure the drive was ready for the test command.<br>
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However, I've noticed that recently when running these two command:<br>
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smartctl -X /dev/sda (or whatever the drive path you are testing is)<br>
smartctl -t long /dev/sda<br>
in sequence, NVME drives won't test in Windows 10/11. <br>
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Removing the smartctl -X /dev/sda fixes the issue (although if a
test is in process, the new test order is ignored).<br>
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