I Bought this “256 TeraByte” Drive from Ali Express for 13.50$ It was FAKE! And How I fixed It

To be clear, I do not hold ali express responsible for this, They are just a market place and have limited control over sellers. Link
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[@dylanhammond1442]

You were only "half expecting" something off on a 256tb drive?

[@LinuxInvictus]

@dylanhammond1442 Well let's just say no, I was really expecting to just get nothing in the mail, or a shell that didn't do anything. I basically saw this purchase as gambling.
The idea of faking the firmware however that really did take me by surprise.

[@MrBoboka12]

This is how you get a free (money back guarantee) small drive in case you need one. Often times it has a pendrive inside with a converter. 2 birds with 1 shot.

[@LinuxInvictus]

@MrBoboka12 hrm, it has a real capacity of 64gb so I might look. I don't really care if I break it

[@canyoudig_it]

Of course it is.

[@cjhickman2423]

Based

[@LinuxInvictus]

thanks

[@mcwolfbeast]

If it sounds too good to be true...

[@LinuxInvictus]

@mcwolfbeast But it was not, because for 13 dollars I got decent youtube content :)

[@connorlong3553]

Nice

[@LinuxInvictus]

Thanks