Does this HDD come covered or uncovered like in the picture???
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I should have said just like the first picture, the actual disk platters are not exposed like some of the the other pictures. The bottom of the drive is the circuit board for the electronics.
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I ordered mine from Amazon.com (not a third party seller). Mine came in a box. The drive itself was in a static shielded bag, but it was secured in plastic retainers. It looked like this:http://www.thinkcomputers.org/reviews/wd_caviarblack_1tb/1.jpg
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No, it does not come without a cover and the discs are not exposed. It's a completely sealed unit.
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No, it's just showing you the platter type and what it looks like inside. It's a perfectly fine working piece of equipment. It's not used, it's not refurbed or anything. This type of packaging just means that it was normally used in like OEM equipment, but they didn't need to use it, or that it was just overstock stuff. It's a brand new hard drive.
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They never show the back cover of the drive in the photos - no wonder there is so much confusion. Open the drive and the warranty is void. They shipped SEALED from the atmosphere, be sure of that.
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I've got the same thing with only airbags from amazon. this is NOT A SAFE way to ship HArd drives. maybe they do it, to ensure that we will be back to buy another HD from them soon, as if they aren't DOA.. they wont last long. lol with that type of shipping.I got 2 seagate 500GB drives from Buy.com both at different times. they were in little boxes. with this cardboard like stuff shaped to HOLD the HD in the air.. then had packaging around them.. it was a great design. and I wish amazon and newegg would do the same!
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My WD HDD came in a Brown Box w. Static Bag, Vacuform Buffers and nothing else. It works nevertheless.You will need mounting screws.
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I ordered this drive in March. The package included this HDD and the SATA cable. The HDD by itself was in a aptly sized box with foam above and below. This is the same way Dell ships their HDDs too. Looks good to me.
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:) No, it is a just schematic picture of the mechanical HDD. Bare means it's a HDD which should be installed in NAS or PC. It is not an external disk like a WD Passport.
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You are smarter than me because I'm not sure what an HDD is? Assuming it's another disc drive it appears on the outside it could be, but I have no idea what's on the inside behind the plastic face.
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It's just a picture showing you the type of disk it is and the quality of it... You can also remove the cover most disks... Think about your question...Why would you want your cylinder exposed to the environment? Damage could easily occur...
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The drive I received was not removed from an external enclosure, nor was it shipped with one. Order the drive from amazon (ships from sold from) then verify the serial with HGST when you receive it. Ship it back if they say it's compromised or doesn't have the standard warranty.
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I believe it is a sealed unit. Meaning you have to destroy the chassis to get the drive out.
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I bought two drives (WD10EADS) on April 25, arrived around May 1st. I also bought a diskless Netgear ReadyNAS (RND 2000). Everything arrived in one large box. Inside the large box was the ReadyNas box, two unmakred small cardboard boxes, and a bunch of those air pillows. Each cardboard box individually held one of the hard drives. The packing material protecting each of the hard drives was a white, foam, "egg-crate" material, which seemed to provide good protection, as it completely encapsulated the hard drive within the box. In addition, each drive was sealed in one of those metallic static-protection bags. I bought two drives (WD10EADS) on April 25, arrived around May 1st. I also bought a diskless Netgear ReadyNAS (RND 2000). Everything arrived in one large box. Inside the large box was the ReadyNas box, two unmakred small cardboard boxes, and a bunch of those air pillows. Each cardboard box individually held one of the hard drives. The packing material protecting each of the hard drives was a white, foam, "egg-crate" material, which seemed to provide good protection, as it completely encapsulated the hard drive within the box. In addition, each drive was sealed in one of those... » Read More I bought two drives (WD10EADS) on April 25, arrived around May 1st. I also bought a diskless Netgear ReadyNAS (RND 2000). Everything arrived in one large box. Inside the large box was the ReadyNas box, two unmakred small cardboard boxes, and a bunch of those air pillows. Each cardboard box individually held one of the hard drives. The packing material protecting each of the hard drives was a white, foam, "egg-crate" material, which seemed to provide good protection, as it completely encapsulated the hard drive within the box. In addition, each drive was sealed in one of those metallic static-protection bags. « Show Less
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It's a laptop HDD ready to install. If you intend to use it as an external you need to/could buy an enclosure.
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The hard drive is in a very attractive small metal case that measures about 4 in x 2 in x 1/2 in thick. It is not removable from the case.
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I noticed the same on mine when I was transferring a lot of data onto the new drive. It is very quiet now, although any large program installation will make the drive somewhat noisy. Placing it sideways will not change or help things. It's very quiet in normal usage.