Is a HDD fragile when it's off and in a packaged box?

[PureFetus]

Hey guys! I'm probably gonna sound like an 8 year old, but when I opened up my HDD, the packaged got moved a bit and it didn't look like it had any damage, but is a HDD just as fragile when they're turned off and put in a packaged box?

 

[ThatVietGuy]

No.

If it was that fragile it couldn't be shipped.

 

[USAFRet]

Hey guys! I'm probably gonna sound like an 8 year old, but when I opened up my HDD, the packaged got moved a bit and it didn't look like it had any damage, but is a HDD just as fragile when they're turned off and put in a packaged box?

Think of this....how did that drive arrive at your door?
Conveyor belts, forklifts, shipping crates, delivery trucks....

It is fine.

 

[geofelt]

When a hard drive is powered off, the heads are parked so no damage can accrue.
You are good.
Hard drives are incredibly tough when not spinning.
I had one heck of a time with a hammer to dent one I was trying to destroy.

 

[PureFetus]

When a hard drive is powered off, the heads are parked so no damage can accrue.
You are good.
Hard drives are incredibly tough when not spinning.
I had one heck of a time with a hammer to dent one I was trying to destroy.

And then HDD starts getting fragile after it starts moving? So it's basically the concept of Flappy Bird haha.

 

[USAFRet]

When a hard drive is powered off, the heads are parked so no damage can accrue.
You are good.
Hard drives are incredibly tough when not spinning.
I had one heck of a time with a hammer to dent one I was trying to destroy.

And then HDD starts getting fragile after it starts moving? So it's basically the concept of Flappy Bird haha.

Only when it is moving/spinning.