Sorry to ask this funny question here, but i have to. I used to install several linux distros in my laptop in these days (formated 10 times ). I did it by choosing the "erase the entire disk option", i think its quick format !. The disk space used for the installation of my each os may took 10gb approx, and each time i may transferred about 20gb of other data to the hdd.

My question is: Reformatting Hard Drive Multiple Times - Harmful or Not?

My SMART details

ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
2 Throughput_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
3 Spin_Up_Time 0x0027 100 100 001 Pre-fail Always - 1092
4 Start_Stop_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 449
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0033 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
7 Seek_Error_Rate 0x000b 100 100 050 Pre-fail Always - 0
8 Seek_Time_Performance 0x0005 100 100 050 Pre-fail Offline - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 626
10 Spin_Retry_Count 0x0033 108 100 030 Pre-fail Always - 0
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 443
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 84
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4
193 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2340
194 Temperature_Celsius 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 39 (Min/Max 25/52)
196 Reallocated_Event_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
197 Current_Pending_Sector 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
220 Disk_Shift 0x0002 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
222 Loaded_Hours 0x0032 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 603
223 Load_Retry_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
224 Load_Friction 0x0022 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
226 Load-in_Time 0x0026 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 270
240 Head_Flying_Hours 0x0001 100 100 001 Pre-fail Offline - 0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

No, it's not Harmful.

HDD no.

SSD yes.

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