What is a Recertified Drive? Recertified products may consist of customer return units & may have been repaired. ALL recertified products are thoroughly tested & determined to meet stringent quality standards before they are distributed for sale. Please note that some recertified items may not be cosmetically mint condition & may have scratches or marks What is the warranty on a recertified drive? Ebuyer will support all Recertified Hard Drives with a 90 day warranty ___________________________ The Deskstar 7K1000.D is Hitachis first one-disk, 1TB, 7200 RPM 3.5-inch hard drive for use in power-friendly consumer & commercial desktop computers. This fourth-generation 1TB hard drive from Hitachi uses Advanced Format, which increases the sector size on HDDs from 512 bytes to 4096 (4K) bytes, thereby increasing capacities & improving error correcting capabilities. Leveraging eighth-generation power management technology, as well as power-saving Hi VERT innovations pioneered on the popular 2.5-inch line of notebook hard drives from Hitachi, this new desktop drive provides up to 16% idle power savings over the previous model, delivering best-in-class power management & thermal emissions. Highlights 7200 RPM performance Up to 18% idle power savings over previous generation product Halogen-free design for eco-friendly footprint Built on award-winning proven design Applications / Environments Consumer & commercial computers Personal storage PC gaming