Packaging

Let’s be honest, how often does a company have a chance to introduce product that creates its own class. This is especially rare in the fairly stagnant hard drive market. Sure other companies have hybrid drives, but the Black 2 is a whole new beast. Because of that Western Digital went all out with its packaging starting right on the outside. The cover of the box has the back half of a formula 1 car made out of hard drive parts and if you pull the inside box out it completes the picture with the other half of the car. Those of you who spend a lot of time online may have seen the pictures of the real F1 car made out of hard drive parts as well.

Inside of the second box the first thing you will find is a start key made of paper with a USB drive built into it. In order for the Black 2 too work, you will need this key so hang onto it. The rest of the documentation included a thick installation guide and technical support and warranty guide.

The Black 2 also comes with a full USB 3.0 SATA adapter for you to transfer your old files over to your fresh new drive quickly.

Lastly the Black 2 comes sealed in a static free bag, interestingly enough this is the first time I have ever seen the drive logo right on the bag as well.