I suspect that is the case.

George


Kevin Brown wrote:
> 
> > > If the hard drives were already formatted when you got them, then they were not
> > > new/unopened.  I've seen Fry's sell "new" drives that already had partitions and
> > > files on them.  No new hard drive should have any partitions or formatting.
> >
> > We bought a box of hard drives, still in the anti-static bags and
> > in the foam box.  Every one of them had Windows 98 on it ready to
> > click Accept to the EULA.  This was at PC Club in L.A.
> >
> > If you buy the retail packaged hard drive, you are right.  I received
> > a Virus from one of those "new" drives - but then, almost everyone
> > has heard that story from me before.
> 
> Having seen what the PC Clubs near me are carrying I wonder if those drives were
> made for an OEM that didn't need them so they got sold to PC Club like that.
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