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> they are either refurbished drives Just a heads up: there's no such thing as a refurbished hard drive. It's not economical. Instead, those drives are actuall
by Unklejoe 6y ago
> they are either refurbished drives
Just a heads up: there's no such thing as a refurbished hard drive. It's not economical. Instead, those drives are actually just used drives with the SMART counters cleared.
I've been personally burned by this.
- neilv 6y agoSo they're just rolling back the odometer, and destroying records of accidents (errors)?
- kayson 6y agoYes and no. It's more like they're "recertified". It's pretty easy and non-invasive to replace the logic board, which can fix many problems that might warrant an RMA. I've also gotten refurbs back from Seagate and WDC RMA's that have new top covers on the drive (evidenced by a new, non-retail sticker, no old sticker underneath it). Presumably they're doing some inspection of the platters and heads before sending them out. These drives came with a 30day warranty and cleared SMART data. But I would argue that its fair to reset the SMART data after this kind of refurbishment/re-certification. That being said, there are definitely some sketchy drive resellers on marketplaces like Amazon who just clear the smart data on old drives and sell them as refurbished, or even new.