Refurbished HD yes or no?

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#1 Second_Rook
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I need an external HD and am finding a lot of refurbishedTBsin the 70 dollar range. Is a refurbished hard drive a safe purchase or am I better off spending a bit more on a new one?

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#2 Firebird-5
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you can find external 1TBs for under 70

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#3 Second_Rook
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you can find external 1TBs for under 70

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New egg, tiger direct?
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#4 tequilasunriser
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Hard drives are just about the only refurbished items I refuse to buy.

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#5 JigglyWiggly_
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NO NO NO

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#6 Avenger1324
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wouldn't go near them. The fact it is refurbished suggests something has already gone wrong with it in the past, and while they may come with some limited warranty I would feel much safer buying new instead.
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#7 Elann2008
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Heck NO. :P I have a hard time with brand new ones as it is. I know, I have no luck when it comes to HDD's.
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#8 Second_Rook
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Alright thanks for the input. I will definitely be going brand new on this purchase.
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#9 Rusteater
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NO NO NO JigglyWiggly_

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#10 Obiwan_1O
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Hard drives are just about the only refurbished items I refuse to buy.

tequilasunriser

AGREE

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#11 middle-earth88
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Seems like you all are paranoid of refurbished HDD's for no given reason. I own a refurbished HDD and have no problems with it.

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Seems like you all are paranoid of refurbished HDD's for no given reason. I own a refurbished HDD and have no problems with it.

middle-earth88
Yep same here, refurbished items may have scratches, dents or other forms of cosmetic damage which do not affect the performance or quality of the item....
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#13 JigglyWiggly_
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[QUOTE="middle-earth88"]

Seems like you all are paranoid of refurbished HDD's for no given reason. I own a refurbished HDD and have no problems with it.

04dcarraher
Yep same here, refurbished items may have scratches, dents or other forms of cosmetic damage which do not affect the performance or quality of the item....

HDs have an average lifespan of 5 years, not to mention if you do long ~2hour smart tests with something like smartctl in Linux, you will probably find symptoms of failure coming. I got a refurb'd hd once, and it had been powered on 800 times...
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#14 imprezawrx500
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I would get a new one but it will probably be fine, just don't put important stuff on it.
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#15 imprezawrx500
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Seems like you all are paranoid of refurbished HDD's for no given reason. I own a refurbished HDD and have no problems with it.

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Well I had a hdd that died then they fixed it, then it seemed to die, suddenly not being detected, but they couldn't find any problems with it and now it does seem to work fine, but I don't trust it any more.
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