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What is an OEM hard drive?

Updated: 11/9/2022
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A hard drive is called OEM when sold by discount stores with little packaging and no accessories. A retail hard drive comes in an individual box and will generally have an installation booklet and possibly mounting hardware and a cable. The OEM drive will arrive in a padded container, probably without the mounting screws or brackets and definitely with no cables. The OEM drive will usually cost about $10 to 25 less than the retail drive.

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