[Leaplist] Refurbished Hard Drive

[Bryan J. Smith]

First off, I would never, ever recommend the purchase of a
refurbished hard drive.  Mechanics are things I never like to
get refurbished.

Secondly, as you may have noticed, I'm partial to 2.5" drives.
Now I'm partial to 2.5" drives for everything, internal and
external.  But while some could argue 3.5" internal drives
(especially since 3.5" prices have dropped while 2.5" have not
nearly as much), I wouldn't disagree, I absolutely believe 3.5"
external drives should _never_ be purchased.

So for an external drive, I would recommend this 1TB drive
(WDBABM0010BBK):  
http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/Products.asp?DriveID=722  

It is a 2.5"x12mm high drive with 3 platters at 333MB/platter.
I've seen them for $160 on-sale.

Yes, it's more than a 3.5" drive.

But as someone who has flown at least twice per week, pockets his
drive in his bag and pulls it out at least twice per day, etc... for years,
I can honestly say I abuse the heck out of the half-dozen 2.5" external
drives I have.

None have died yet.

Cannot say the same about the 3.5" FreeAgent Pro drives that sat
on my desk in New York for 6 months.  I know others have had issues
with their MyBook as well.


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From: Ram K. Singh <rksingh54 at yahoo.com>

I am looking for a USB Hard Drive of one TB Capacity.
I am finding many Refurbished drives for a reasonable price.
Do the professionals have opinion on Refurbished drives?

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