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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
About a week ago, I asked for a recommendation for external enclosures
for hard drives. One of my needs was to carry the drive enclosures on a plane, either in a carry-on item or in luggage. Some people commented that the enclosures provided no protection for the drive, except for scuffing. So now I'm thinking that I could spend less money by buying just one enclosure and shipping the additional drives bare. What do I need to do to pack a bare drive an external drive enclosure, so that I can ship it safely via UPS ground or UPS second-day air. As always thanks in advance. -AH |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
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Andrew Hamilton wrote: About a week ago, I asked for a recommendation for external enclosures for hard drives. One of my needs was to carry the drive enclosures on a plane, either in a carry-on item or in luggage. Some people commented that the enclosures provided no protection for the drive, except for scuffing. So now I'm thinking that I could spend less money by buying just one enclosure and shipping the additional drives bare. What do I need to do to pack a bare drive an external drive enclosure, so that I can ship it safely via UPS ground or UPS second-day air. Any old anti-static bag inside a padded waterproof package. Look up the full specs of your disk drive on the manufacturer's website and you'll find it can sustain a large # of Gs when not spinning, -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
About a week ago, I asked for a recommendation for external enclosures for hard drives. One of my needs was to carry the drive enclosures on a plane, either in a carry-on item or in luggage. Some people commented that the enclosures provided no protection for the drive, except for scuffing. So now I'm thinking that I could spend less money by buying just one enclosure and shipping the additional drives bare. What do I need to do to pack a bare drive an external drive enclosure, so that I can ship it safely via UPS ground or UPS second-day air. I keep what it was supplied in when I bought it and can just reuse that. I buy Samsungs and they come in a semi rigid camshell type container and that is normally wrapped in bubble wrap in a solid cardboard postal box. |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:26:09 +1000, "jj" wrote:
Andrew Hamilton wrote: I keep what it was supplied in when I bought it and can just reuse that. I wish I had done that. From now on ... -AH I buy Samsungs and they come in a semi rigid camshell type container and that is normally wrapped in bubble wrap in a solid cardboard postal box. I guess I will use plenty, plenty of bubble wrap. -AH |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
In message Andrew Hamilton
was claimed to have wrote: On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:26:09 +1000, "jj" wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: I keep what it was supplied in when I bought it and can just reuse that. I wish I had done that. From now on ... I buy Samsungs and they come in a semi rigid camshell type container and that is normally wrapped in bubble wrap in a solid cardboard postal box. I guess I will use plenty, plenty of bubble wrap. The best choice after the rigid plastic shipping packaging is static wrap followed by large blocks/bricks of foam, if you have any available. If you're using bubble-wrap, this is probably obvious, but wrap in several directions so that the drive can't slip out of the bubblewrap. I'd also recommend using small bubbles first, then moving to larger bubbles if you have them, and/or an outer layer of crumpled paper. Don't use packing peanuts or similar, these do not hold items of weight properly, the drive will end up on the bottom edge of the box with no protection at all. |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:26:09 +1000, "jj" wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: I keep what it was supplied in when I bought it and can just reuse that. I wish I had done that. From now on ... You should be able to get one from any operation flogging hard drives. I buy Samsungs and they come in a semi rigid camshell type container and that is normally wrapped in bubble wrap in a solid cardboard postal box. I guess I will use plenty, plenty of bubble wrap. Dont forget to put it in a proper antistatic bag first, and bubble wrap it in two directions so it cant slide out of the tunnel of wrap when dropped on an edge. |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
About a week ago, I asked for a recommendation for external enclosures for hard drives. One of my needs was to carry the drive enclosures on a plane, either in a carry-on item or in luggage. Some people commented that the enclosures provided no protection for the drive, except for scuffing. So now I'm thinking that I could spend less money by buying just one enclosure and shipping the additional drives bare. What do I need to do to pack a bare drive an external drive enclosure, so that I can ship it safely via UPS ground or UPS second-day air. As always thanks in advance. -AH For ESD protection, use the original packaging or an ESD bag. For Shock-proofing, an older recomendation by Maxtor is to have 5cm (2in) of foam rubber in any direction and between the drives when shipping multiple ones. This may seem excessive, but it will very likely keep the drives alive even if thrown around. As for the (empty) enclosure, the original packaging should be fine. If there is a drive in it, I would also use the 5cm foam fubber. Arno |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
Andrew Hamilton wrote:
On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:26:09 +1000, "jj" wrote: Andrew Hamilton wrote: I keep what it was supplied in when I bought it and can just reuse that. I wish I had done that. From now on ... -AH I buy Samsungs and they come in a semi rigid camshell type container and that is normally wrapped in bubble wrap in a solid cardboard postal box. I guess I will use plenty, plenty of bubble wrap. For bubble wrap (not recommended by HDD manufacturers AFAIK), also make sure to get at least 5cm (2in) in every direction around the drives or enclosure with drive in it. But froam rubber is prefferrable, as it cannot burst and degrade in the way bubble wrap can when abused. Arno |
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How would you ship a bare drive across the country?
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Andrew Hamilton wrote: On 7 Sep 2009 19:10:28 -0400, (Al Dykes) wrote: In article , Andrew Hamilton wrote: Any old anti-static bag inside a padded waterproof package. Look up the full specs of your disk drive on the manufacturer's website and you'll find it can sustain a large # of Gs when not spinning, Al, Thanks. I've seen your name in other groups. Always good, solid advice. -AH Always glad to help. -- Al Dykes News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising. - Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail |
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