A refurb of a good disk is fine. A bad disk won't pass the refurb process. In many ways, a refurb would be preferable to a new disk.
- Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:29 PM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/23/12 13:14, Robert Terzi wrote: > >> I just got a new T530 which came with a Seagate 320 GB disk when >> checking out >> the system, I've noticed that the SMART reallocated sector count is slowly >> rising. Currently there are no offline uncorrectable or pending sectors >> but I haven't even started installing any software or doing any real >> writes >> to the disk. The reallocated count is increasing from primarily read >> activities. >> >> Opinions wanted as to whether this might be an early indication of a >> drive problems >> or whether this is within tolerance for these seagate drives? >> >> From what I've seen on other drivers, I would generally expect this count >> to >> stay zero or very low until the drive starts developing some bad areas. >> >> How bad does a drive have to be before getting it replaced under warranty? >> >> Does anyone routinely do extended burn-in testing on their factory >> supplied >> TP drives? >> >> Thanks, >> --Rob >> > > Ewwwwww > > If sectors are being reallocated, something is wrong inside the disk. > Considering how much more the data on it is than the cost of a > replacement, I'd get a new disk. > > Sadly, I think you need to buy one--I've gotten several replacement disks > from Lenovo and most of them have said they were refurbished. I do > not trust the concept of a refurb. > > My thoughts. > > --STeve Andre' > > ______________________________**_________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/thinkpad<http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad> > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
