Do these drives ship without protective cover as shown in the pictures? Exactly how much dust will they tolerate?
1974292
All hard drives ship with a metal cover. However, it is very common for photos of the drives to not include the cover, so you can see the platters and internal workings.
636401
It is covered. It is not like the picture. The drive is made to go inside of your computer. It is not an external drive.
1052058
No protective case. I keep them in the original box and package them in a travel bag.
1219824
Hi there! I had no problems with the packages. Hard disks were ordered together but came each one on its own factory box inside a bigger box filled with "air pillows". Regards from Brazil.
670633
The picture is of a drive with the cover off to show the inner workings of the drive. This makes the image more appealing because it has more substance than a boring cover. All drives are completely sealed in a dust free environment at the factory and must be in order to work. No spinning hard drives work when uncovered due to dust.
1667008
This is a regular sized drive, not a slim one. What makes them look different is the cover. It is a simple matter of switching out covers, they snap off and on.
413175
I think when I got mine it was sealed. It worked fine. It's an old drive and finding the driver for it wasn't easy. I don't know how old your Zips are but I was pretty disappointed. Half of the photos I had saved to the Zip Disc where no longer there. They were suppose to last for 25 to 30 years. That was surely a crock of you know what. Hopes that helps.
944422
Not entirely sure what you mean by cover. Mine came new and in a sealed anti-static bag like most hard drives do. There was no cover or additional things which came with it and I simply swapped it out for my old PS3 Hard Drive.
458838
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
1747830
Yes, the HDD was supplied in an antistatic bag with a small notch in the side to open. I believe the bag provides protection from dust and static electricity discharges, plus offers some level of assurance that the HDD hasn't been tampered with.
962535
I opened mine up after both of them died. They had old used drives from 2007 in them. So it's potluck if you get one you can depend on. I bought these thinking I was getting new stuff. They don't make it easy to crack open to find out the truth. They were Seagate & WD drives from 2007 so are good brands. But being used they could have been abused, or well used. I could have got 2007 drives for almost nothing if that's what I wanted.
1028443
The biggest threat to a hard drive during shipping is shock. This one was shipped in a cardboard box with one or more air bladders. Had it arrived with obvious damage to the cardboard box, I would have returned it, but it arrived safe and sound and is working just fine.
111266
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!
300350
Thank you. I had the same question. When I bought it, I found it came with an enclosure. I don't understand why both WD and Seagate show multiple pictures of the drive opened up. It confuses the buyer, as what you receive is a sealed drive, not an open case. If the case is left open the disk can be damaged very easily. I believe they are actually sealed in a clean room. But many people do not know that, and it does not excuse the poor presentation of this product.
1293162
They are likely OEM hard drives pulled from new or newer servers or computers. I bought one and it was an HP OEM WD drive with no warranty at all. I would use some caution buying these drives...
1995473
Hi D. Petitpas,I was wondering if anyone would ever reply to my post. I didn't know that these drives were shipped pre-formated and I don't think that it is listed in it's description here on Amazon. Thank you so very much for setting me straight!
1963308
OEM drives in my case, possibly European models not for sale in the US. Not covered by manufacturer's warranty - at least, not on the four drives I purchased and received today (and am sending back tomorrow). Strange that Amazon doesn't require sellers to publish warranty info. It's as if they encourage sales of gray market goods.