Dr Skip wrote:
> I need some advice from the list. I've started using a USB drive dock
> that allows one to insert a bare SATA disk drive (2.5", 3.5"). I can
> imagine reaching over one dry day and feeling a ZAP as I touch the
> drive, or someone grabbing it with fingers on the circuit card. Surely
> this is a problem for the average consumer?
>
> What covering or wrap are folks who are in-the-know using to protect the
> circuit board at least, or the whole casing? There isn't much room
> around the slot, so it can't be a 'case', but a wrap might work. It
> would also have to have a vent hole for the drive vent if completely
> wrapping it. I would also guess that the outside would be conductive,
> while the inside insulated. This precludes the average shrink-wrap, duct
> tape, or aluminum foil... ;)
>
> I can see a day when there will be a whole stack of bare drives laying
> around or passed around and it seems to be a big risk of loss by
> accidental touch.
>
> Thanks,
> Skip
>
>   
My understanding is that the bare drive docks are for tech's working on 
drives/pc's who should be aware of static and its precautions.

If you want to use the drives for storing data put them in an external 
case of some kind.
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