Review on Seagate 1TB Mobile HDD SATA 6Gb/s 128MB Cache 2.5": Internal Bare Drive (ST1000LM035) - Reliable Storage Solution for Enhanced Performance by Zac Pewitt

I will almost certainly be returning these 3 discs. All my projects will be late. I really miss the shops where at least some had to look you in the eye and lie to you. New internal drives are usually not in a stationary zip-lock package, they are already in the existing NTFS format, GPT level. Or they ask you to check the hard drive. These did. The format didn't work either. Now the format works. In time trouble; not a good feeling to ask yourself whether this will work or last in the long run. It's also not good if I can't believe that a product listed as new isn't actually fresh from the factory.