a system , method , and product are disclosed for verifying a condition of a storage drive &# 39 ; s media . a command is received within the storage drive to verify the condition of the storage drive &# 39 ; s media . in response to a receipt of the command , the storage drive attempts to read each one of the logical block addresses included in the storage drive . the condition of the media is verified by the storage drive by determining ones of the logical block addresses that are not in a readable condition .