because in the product photos looks uncovered the hard drive? Perhaps without the lid comes not understand.
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This photo is showing the inside of a hard drive - when purchasing a new hard drive there is a cover on it - by showing the inside of a working drive is to understanding the way it works.
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Hi, The hard drive does have a cover (and it's sealed). I don't know why they show these photo's as it's a regular 3.5 inch Western Digital Hard Drive and it works very well.
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There are three bays in front. The top one has the DVD. The bottom one has the Hard Drive. The middle one is open, but maybe the hard drive could go somewhere else. I don't know, I don't want to open up the case at the moment. But you have one without any modifications.
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It is closed and sealed, ready to put into your laptop. The hard drives are often shown (senselessly) as if you could see their internal parts, you will not.
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With SSD drives I don't think you would notice it was there. I have it next to a third gen Drobo I use as a time machine backup, it's the only one I notice.
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No, there's no trick. It must be a manufacturing defect. I've bought these before and never had a problem. The last one I got had the same problem you have. So what I did was filed down the plastic at the right and left ends of the end cap (the end opposite the USB connections) to make more room for the hard drive. I did this a little at a time so as not to go too far. That worked for me.
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It's structural. I'm not positive why it exists, but my guess is that it has to do with keeping tension on the back panel. You might be able to get a fingernail under it and pull it shut.
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To open the hdd and other portable electronic devices are strong enough. Not to get to the present problem. I hope this helps.
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I am not sure I understand the question. As the photo depicts, when you insert the hard drive, the entire "bay" or space is occupied.
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My hard drive was not packed well. Air bag underneath and on top but no sides so the packing had slipped to the side of it and the hard drive was touching bare box. I was very concerned when I opened the box but the drive appears to be ok.
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The lid for the drive is installed in a clean room when it is built. If you remove it, you can kill the drive due to contamination. I believe that they display a photo of it without the lid and showing the platters so that customers don't get the impression that it is a solid state drive.
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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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can't recall. but I believe the lid had a protector on the top which might be the one you found inside the cover.
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The drive is enclosed in its own case ready to be mounted in a drive bay. It does not come with an external case so its not suited to put on a desk top without an external case.
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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.
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What's hard to understand? When the USB is tucked away it still protrudes from the bottom, thus (possibly) preventing it from standing upright or putting it on a tripod.
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Hi Kevin,This is a Hard Drive Enclosure (cover) no hard drive is included. You must purchase a hard drive separately.
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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.