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mlo356
 Post subject: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: November 29th, 2008, 20:46 
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Hello, How can you tell if a hard drive is refurbished? my hard drive is a western digital WD10EACS WD caviar GP.n if you guys need anymore info, please let me know. Thanks Ahead of time.
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 Post subject: Re: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: November 29th, 2008, 22:33 
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mlo356 wrote:
Hello, How can you tell if a hard drive is refurbished? my hard drive is a western digital WD10EACS WD caviar GP.n if you guys need anymore info, please let me know. Thanks Ahead of time.


Hello,

As i know, there is no real good solution.
The refurbishing/recertifying are more levels, and not the all showed up on the stickers. :(

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Janos
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DataRecGuy
 Post subject: Re: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: November 30th, 2008, 2:01 
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look for an "M" after the data code
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mlo356
 Post subject: Re: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: November 30th, 2008, 21:03 
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ty for the replies. Where would i find a data code? Thankx a lot
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scratchy
 Post subject: Re: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: December 1st, 2008, 4:31 
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It also depends on which company has refurbished the drive.

If it is seagate, they usually have a green or blue border around the label with the words 'Factory Refurbished' or something like that.
Hitachi + WD are usually (or used to be) refurbished by MDT so if the drive has an MDT (Magnetic Data Technologies) label on it, then it is refurbished.

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mlo356
 Post subject: Re: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: December 2nd, 2008, 21:41 
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thnak you very much. the WD still has the WD label but there is a piece cut out of the label. I have no idea why but i think the Ebay seller is hiding something for whatever reason and i still think its refurbished and thats why the piece out of the label is cut out. What do you think?
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scratchy
 Post subject: Re: Refurbished HDD
PostPosted: December 3rd, 2008, 4:22 
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Hi mlo365

could you post the ebay link..

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