Question: I am looking for a new internal hard drive for laptop and found the terms like Bare drive and OEM drive.
I searched the net and found that bare drives don t come with cables and manuals. But I am still confused with one silly thing: Does they have the connector chip on them. Because everywhere I see image of bare drive as showing the spindle and platter.
I believe I don’t require any cables or anything else to replace the old drive.
Answer: Does they have the connector chip on them. Because everywhere I see ?image of bare drive as showing the spindle and platter.
Yes, they are fully functional hard drives. What you are describing when you say you see an image of bare drive as showing the spindle and platter is most likely a marketing photo attached to a listing on a website to show you something. Because let s face it: Hard drives are boring tiny boxes that don t photograph well. Otherwise, the drive is fully functional & has the proper connectors; it just won t have the cables, CDs, manuals and other junk that comes with a normal non-OEM drive.