Retail or OEM Does anyone know if the 2TB drives here are shipped Retail or OEM packaging?
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I received a 2TB Hitachi on June 29th, 2010, and it was RETAIL packaging. I ordered direct from Amazon, not a reseller. I had no issues with the drive, and it is still running strong. It seems that some of the 1 star reviewers later in July got non-Retail boxes. I bought mine when Hitachi was offering a rebate, so I bet Amazon sold out of Retail packaged units by the time July rolled around. Looks like they have the item under investigation now...probably for the packaging.
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I ordered the 1TB for a friend a few months ago and I'm pretty sure it came in retail packaging. I would guess 2TB would come Retail too.
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My mistake, I received my unit on JUNE 29th, not July 29th. I edited my post above.
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I order one a few days ago and I just received it, but it was OEM and on the model is written HDS722020ALA330, type DK7SAA200 so I don't know if Amazon shipped the wrong one or actually that is the model. I am waiting for a replay from them.
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Some people are saying they have received the drive without retail packaging. I really need to order two 2TB drives. I wish there was a way of knowing what they are shipping right now.
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G. Pascanu, that is the correct model number. There is only 1 model number for the 2TB Hitachi, regardless of packaging. You just got the wrong packaging. For the model number info go here, and hover over Specifications, and look at the first line: http://www.hitachigst.com/internal-drives/desktop/deskstar/deskstar-7k2000
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It probably mean it is in O&M; package. It is like 'normal' HDD, just little bit slower to increase reliability so if you care more on reliability than speed it is good choice. I use two of these it in my NAS, and so far they work like a charm...
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Just received my four drives. Each drive was packed in a separate box with bubble wrap surrounding each drive and then cushioned between two air packs. The four boxes were placed in a larger box with a set of air packs on top. Seems reasonably well packed to me.
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I ordered the 80g from Rakuton, it was shipped from Referbished PC and worked only two days. I am really not sure what the hard drive actually is.
555345
I purchased five of these drives in March and they appeared to be factory new drives in original packaging. All five drives have been working in a 24/7 environment with no problems.
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Yes, we received new drives with recent manufactured dates, and they are reported to come with full manufacturer's warranty, although I don't have direct access to those drives at this time, because they've been deployed in a production environment, and have been working flawlessly since they were installed. There are some reviews claiming to have received used drives, and I suspect the only real way to tell would be to check the serial number at Seagate's website.
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I purchased two ST31000528AS 1TB Seagate hard drives and the drives were shipped in an over-sized box with minimal air paks for padding. The pair of drives had no packaging other then the anti-static bags, they were just lose in this over-sized box so they could bang into each other all the way to my house. The plastic anti-static packaging had holes in it from where the hard drives smash against each other while in transit.
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Looks like they are using Hitachi. One of my enclosures stopped working so I opened up the case to remove the drive and installed in my computer as an additional internal drive. The drive itself is still working perfectly fine some 4+ years later.
480004
Mine came factory refurbished in bubble wrap. Don't buy this new. Instead get a 1TB Seagate barracuda.
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That is not the original box. I had purchased a new Hard drive similar to this one, and figured I could send back the old one in that box since it still had all of the wrapping. Sorry for the confusion. But, I no longer have the original box to confirm the date of manufacture.
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I received this week a WD RE3 OEM drive in a small box ("ASIN marked?") secured by nothing more than thin bubble wrap and two air pillows. The drive was loose in the box. I complained to Amazon and was promised a securely packaged replacement -- and received a replacement with exactly the same packaging, except that one of the air pillows was totally deflated. Poster in this thread who describes package with cables and disks obviously received retail item. OEM drives are shipped loose in box. I will not order OEM drives from Amazon again. Newegg doesn't seem much better. Can anyone share recent experience with CDW or Buy.com? I received this week a WD RE3 OEM drive in a small box ("ASIN marked?") secured by nothing more than thin bubble wrap and two air pillows. The drive was loose in the box. I complained to Amazon and was promised a securely packaged replacement -- and received a replacement with exactly the same packaging, except that one of the air pillows was totally deflated. Poster in this thread who describes package with cables and disks obviously received retail item. OEM drives are shipped loose in box. I will not order OEM drives from Amazon again. Newegg doesn't seem much better. Can... » Read More I received this week a WD RE3 OEM drive in a small box ("ASIN marked?") secured by nothing more than thin bubble wrap and two air pillows. The drive was loose in the box. I complained to Amazon and was promised a securely packaged replacement -- and received a replacement with exactly the same packaging, except that one of the air pillows was totally deflated. Poster in this thread who describes package with cables and disks obviously received retail item. OEM drives are shipped loose in box. I will not order OEM drives from Amazon again. Newegg doesn't seem much better. Can anyone share recent experience with CDW or Buy.com? « Show Less
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None. They are Seagate 1 Terabyte Enterprise Drives. Enterprise drives are designed to last quite a bit longer MTF than a standard non-ES drive.
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The new drives from amazon.com are shipping with firmware 1.5, currently the latest firmware. If by chance you get an older firmware version, it's easy to update it using OCZ's bootable tool.
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The only difference between Re-seller and OEM is the Sata III cable. OEM comes with it, re-seller does not usually.
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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...
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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...
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Mine was new. 500gig HD was included but i put in a 1 tera drive. Still works great after 6 months service through winter.