

They’re two different concepts, but there’s a lot of overlap in the details. Each one must be fully verified before it can be accepted. Provisional usually means their eligibility couldn’t be verified at the polling station on election day, for a variety of reasons, but this lets them cast a vote before the deadline while the rest gets sorted out later.


Go Hard Drive is especially bad. They take drives that already failed but currently pass tests, then clear SMART data.
I had a 133% failure rate (all 3 drives, plus the first replacement before I sent it all back). Their customer service at least is good. I had no problems getting refunded.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a used drive from random eBay sellers fail, and never prematurely.