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Data-recovery firm tests $28, 500GB HDD from Amazon and gets surprising results

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UnionSine HD2510 external storage device tested by data-recovery firm Secure Data Recovery .

The 500 GB external HDHD500 GB was purchased for $ 28 on Amazon for about $0.06 per GB .

The company found that read and write speeds were decent for an older, 5,400 RPM drive, synthetic speeds matched description.