Pros: drive is black series meaning fast acuator heads and lower seek time then their green and blue series.

Cons: people should know what the item is before they leave a bad review, recertified means it was a bad drive that was sent back to the company and fixed then resold. the manufacturer then puts it through quality control and slaps a new warranty on it. This meaning the drives are usually a little cheaper. I have bought many recertified items that have worked well and only a hand full that haven't. but with the free 1 yr warranty its kind of a no brainer, most drives break in the first 2 weeks if their going to.

Pros: Fast Drive.

Cons: Died just after the 90 day period. Made some weird noises for a couple of nights before, then one morning... gone. Lost some of my work. Now I know, don't buy refurbished drives no matter how good the deal. The real slap in the face is that if the thing had died just two weeks earlier I might have been able to replace it... or at the very least get credit toward buying a new one.

Overall Review: Lesson learned, don't buy refurbished drives. I took my chances with this one, made sure to only put programs on it and not personal data. Unfortunately I had a few things in my documents that hadn't been backed up and that stuff is gone for good. I won't be doing this again.

Pros: so far this great drive, this is faster the my old 2008 seagate i love the 64meg cache

Cons: none so far, i willl update if i need to

Pros: Fast

Cons: After 2 years this drive is now failing. Fortunately I noticed it making more noise than usual. I ran some diagnostic programs and found lots of bad sectors, etc.

Overall Review: In hindsight, refurbished hard drives are probably a bad idea.

Pros: Ran well for a bit

Cons: Broke before the 5 year guarantee. I'm unable to retrieve any files.

Pros: Plenty of storage for the price. Refurbished but still works like brand new.

Cons: None.

Pros: Worked fine for first six months.

Cons: Dead after just 6 months of VERY light use. I was using this as a media drive in a PIVOS AIOS media center it never got moved around bumped hard or anything to cause it to fail.

Overall Review: Please listen to the reviews like I didn't and stay away from this product. I'm out 110$ bucks now.

Pros: -Worked perfectly from day one, no issues with installing an operating system or storing files -Came in excellent condition, no scratches or dents

Cons: -No SATA cables included, but that was expected due to refurb

Overall Review: An excellent buy for anyone who wants to save a little money and still have a top of the line HDD in their system. Newegg does a wonderful job of making sure their refurbished items are in good condition, will definitely look into other refurbished products by Newegg.