not much for packing and it had some some kind of white chalk on the outside - But what mattered was how it ran and it is running great so - I order another, it will be here next week. I am very pleased with the purchase and how clean the drive was no BS on it i was quickly able to transfer all files and programs and was up and runiing in about 90 min give or take, also a lot faster than my single core HP - Quad cores are nice - over all good purchase at a very nice price.PS: did not need any tech support so no high score