04-16-2010, 04:57 PM
If it was causing problems Newegg would have figured it out by now. They only have 10 years of experience shipping hardware and they probably sell hundreds of drives an hour.
Do you have any proof that shipping in that way causes damage? I'm not even sure what symptops you would see...The heads are parked and locked in place, platters not spinning. Unless it was hit hard enough to dent or otherwise physically mark the outside of the drive there is nothing to worry about.
But go ahead, stop buying drives from Newegg, whatever floats your boat... :nuts:
Do you have any proof that shipping in that way causes damage? I'm not even sure what symptops you would see...The heads are parked and locked in place, platters not spinning. Unless it was hit hard enough to dent or otherwise physically mark the outside of the drive there is nothing to worry about.
But go ahead, stop buying drives from Newegg, whatever floats your boat... :nuts: