Lots of places play loosely with the terminology, but in general:
Refurbished: they wipes the dust off
Recertified: had an issue, was sent back to manufacturer who fixed it and checked everything else.
Past advice was always buy new, but drives last much longer than they used to. And lots of business replace to be safe when a drive could last another decade just fine.
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Lots of places play loosely with the terminology, but in general:
Refurbished: they wipes the dust off
Recertified: had an issue, was sent back to manufacturer who fixed it and checked everything else.
Past advice was always buy new, but drives last much longer than they used to. And lots of business replace to be safe when a drive could last another decade just fine.