04-16-2010, 04:19 PM
C(-)ris,
I'll respectfully disagree. I've received bare hard disk drives wrapped in bubble wrapped or in a small carton and then placed without additional appropriate packaging/stuffing material in a large carton. Heads parked or not, I'd reject the drives due to insufficient packaging. While a hard disk drive may be designed to withstand shocks, even the strongest and most well designed drives won't necessarily withstand the jouncing it'll receive at the hands of a small package carrier. I know I wouldn't trust my data to a drive shipped in that manner.
Robert
I'll respectfully disagree. I've received bare hard disk drives wrapped in bubble wrapped or in a small carton and then placed without additional appropriate packaging/stuffing material in a large carton. Heads parked or not, I'd reject the drives due to insufficient packaging. While a hard disk drive may be designed to withstand shocks, even the strongest and most well designed drives won't necessarily withstand the jouncing it'll receive at the hands of a small package carrier. I know I wouldn't trust my data to a drive shipped in that manner.
Robert