[Leaplist] Refurbished Hard Drive

[Randall Perry]

I would just like to throw in here that there is indeed a distinction
to be made with the following terms:
1. reconditioned
2. refurbished (recertified)
3. remanufactured

I know I wrote at length about this somewhere (been a couple years),
so I will just make a quick summary:
1. reconditioned-least amount of work done.
   eg. store returns that get rudimentary testing (appear working, so
they box back up and sell..or clean the gunk off of and sell)
2. refurbished - tweak the obvious problems.  replace missing buttons,
repair only what is defective
   eg. my company refurbished hundreds of game consoles
weekly...replaced bad optical pickups, reflashed BIOS, minor soldering
3. remanufactured - complete tear down and rebuild --even if it
worked. all consumables (seals, gaskets, lube..) is replaced.
   Usually all the components that wear down get replaced.
   eg. remanufactured alternator - torn down, new bearings installed,
new windings (same old housing and shaft)
   oftentimes remanufactured also carries a warranty with it.

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Randall Perry
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the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand
that gives is above the hand that takes Money has no motherland;
financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole
object is gain. Napoleon Bonaparte, 1815

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