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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Aug 04, 2012 7:45 pm
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NO I think youa re fine with that many erase cycles. I wouldn't worry about it at this point.
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by James McIntyre on Sun Aug 05, 2012 11:09 am
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Perhaps a relevant question is: 'Why would anyone buy a used hard drive of unknown provenance?' Memory is now very cheap, as low as $50 per terabyte.

Meanwhile you are going through a complicated and time-consuming process to erase your old drives and then will probably recoup less than half their initial cost.

Is this cost-effective?

Just my 2 cents.

by Aaron Jors on Sun Aug 05, 2012 6:29 pm
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James I thought the same thing but EBAY says different. I have 5 harddrives that I can sell that add up to 3TB (USB 2.0) and from the proceeds I can net (after paypal and ebay fees) enough to go buy a brand new USB 3.0, 3TB drive.

Seems crazy but people are buying these things.
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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sun Aug 05, 2012 9:14 pm
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Throwing them away sounds more crazy to me. Reuse is the second of the three R's.
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