Patent ID: 6438685
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
An improved method of shipping and installing a new hard drive in a computer comprising the steps of packaging a new hard drive in a static dissipation bag having a conductive coating on its exterior surface; boxing the packaged new hard drive in a shock-absorbing medium within a transportation box, connecting the new hard drive to the PCMCIA or equivalent port of a computer, transferring the data on the existing hard drive in the computer to the new hard drive while the new hard drive is packaged in the static dissipation bag and boxed in the shock-absorbing medium within the transportation box, disconnecting the new hard drive from the PCMCIA or equivalent port after the data transfer is complete, grounding the static dissipation bag to the computer and to an operator, the operator removing the packaged new hard drive from the transportation box, and the operator removing the new hard drive from the static dissipation bag and installing it in the computer.