WD Elements Portable External Hard Drive Disk HD 1TB 2TB High capacity
Renewed Hard Drive. Web renewed in practical terms means a seller refurbished item. This could be as simple as they wiped the existing data and ran a disk check.
Any hard drive can break at any time. It can also be classified as refurbished depending on how it was used before or where it came from previously. Even 10k to 20k of production hours can be a fraction of. Older/more used drives will on average fail before newer drives. Assume that there are no bad batches, only standard wear and tear, and that the drives have been looked after. Hitachi ultrastar 2tb 3.5 7200rpm internal hard drive ($58.88 @ amazon) total: St4000nm0033, st4000nm0053 new drives go for. It is about as meaningless a label as 'amazon's choice'. Typically, the price is reduced because of some cosmetic blemishes that are not visible while the component is in use. I've seen at least one seller offering used data center drives with three years of runtime on them as renewed.
The return rate for refurbished hard drives is extremely low. Even 10k to 20k of production hours can be a fraction of. Hitachi ultrastar 2tb 3.5 7200rpm internal hard drive ($58.88 @ amazon) total: Some companies specialize in “refurbishing” old hard drives. Assume that there are no bad batches, only standard wear and tear, and that the drives have been looked after. Any hard drive can break at any time. It can also be classified as refurbished depending on how it was used before or where it came from previously. Web you may see refurbished disk drives on ebay or other used item sites and the term could mean something completely different. I've seen at least one seller offering used data center drives with three years of runtime on them as renewed. It is about as meaningless a label as 'amazon's choice'. Older/more used drives will on average fail before newer drives.
