So where exactly do these hard drives come from? Seems a bit shady, as some drives have brand names on them and are apparently refurbs?
499525
I live in Florida. It was a Toshiba hard drive. The information on the drive was for a customer at Best Buy who also lived/lives in Florida.
499526
I am not sure, but I can say that the 60GB HDD that I got was a Seagate. I stuck it in my PS3, formatted it and it works great. I figured that for the price, I might as well give it a shot. It is still going strong. I would recommend it if you are looking for a budget HDD for your PS3. I don't know about any of the other HDDs that they sell, only the one I purchased.
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.
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
708152
It's been a while since I ordered this, but I *think* it was the bare drive. Can't be sure, but on another note, I wouldn't recommend Seagate. I own a computer repair shop, and we see more Seagate drives crash than any of the other brands combined. Go with a Western Digital!
93126
I found that the drives are several years old. I bought a bunch of them (10+) it was a mistake. I tried to get warranty from WD and they did not honor the 5 year warranty and in fact when I returned the drive, they claimed it wasn't manufactured by them. I ended up returning the drive to the seller for a replacement. Don't count on the 5 year warranty, better yet buy it from another manufacturer. I've had too many failures of WD drives in the last year or two. I have switched to Seagate.
1431153
The device I bought was from LaCie, which is currently at the Seagate lab right now because they're attempting to recover my data. I don't know if LaCie's a part of Seagate or not. I'm assuming it is. I wish I could tell you more.
1621797
It's not Toshiba. It's an odd ball. In Windows (all current versions) & Linux, it states in hardware properties that it's an Innostor Ext. HDD USB Device. Innostor is primarily a Taiwan chipset & thumb drive manufacturer. They are not well known or popular for hard drives. I would suspect they just made the chips & electronic circuitry inside, but the actual spinning drive is the cheapest generic Chinese drive they could find.
519993
Don't know, but the vendor is willing to work with you. Besides it is a brand new hard drive and I haven't had any problems.
860008
Hi,I do not have idea about that. I need to make a research for that. However I advise you not to buy used, refurbished HDD from amazon. I bought two. one was noisy and mother board did not detect a HDD. another was working but very very slow. so both of them was waste of money for me.
1694601
Good question. The drive arrived with zero printed materials so I have no idea. Thanks for raising the question -- maybe someone from Amazon can answer! When you buy bare drives from Amazon, you get good packing material and a good box. Nothing else. There might be info on the Seagate site...
148136
Thanks - trying to find out before purchasing, but I found some posts on Newegg that indicate they are SATA (maybe they changed from IDE to SATA and this is why it isn't in the specs).
1244059
Mine was new and arrived sooner than i was expected to be deliver, however i bought mine with no HDD (hard drive) because i had an extra... But you could buy it at a local computer store!!! Good luck!!
736710
Thanks Terence!This is exactly the info I was looking for! One more question, do you know if the copy of Windows 7 that is factory-installed comes already activated or do you have to activate it on first-boot? If I am to replace the hard drive with a new one (that being the only change) I don't want to face potential activation lock-out because Microsoft thinks I'm trying to install it on an entirely different machine.
583316
Good points. It's still relatively new, and I wonder especially how the hard drive model has held up. My new one arrived DOA, and now I'm really struggling over whether to ask Amazon for a refund or an exchange. This baby may be intended to be Solid State all the way, which means the hard drive models will be unwanted period pieces in another year or two.
1000739
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.
100537
Yes, I have. There is no problem doing this as these drives are generic. However, the company I bought it from sent me one which appeared new (with new packaging) but tested as having thousands of hours of use on it. The test said it was working just fine but it wasn't a new device. I did not pursue the matter further as I did not intend to put this computer into daily use and it was not worth the hassle.
858703
I don't know. The hard drive I bought was brand new. You could contact them and ask.