Topic: refurbished or repurposed drives

$28 500GB HDD Tested: Shocking Results by Data-Recovery Experts

A suspiciously cheap $28 500GB hard drive (UnionSine HD2510) performed better than expected in tests, though it had notable caveats, including outdated internal hardware. The drive contained a genuine but nine-year-old Toshiba component, raising reliability concerns despite meeting basic advertis...