Refurbished HDD

[mlo356]

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.

[N.C.]

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.

Regards,
Janos

[DataRecGuy]

look for an "M" after the data code

[mlo356]

ty for the replies. Where would i find a data code? Thankx a lot

[scratchy]

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]

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?

[scratchy]

Hi mlo365

could you post the ebay link..

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