You can put multiple 8 gig m.2 ssds into 2.5" slot.

Mate, that was during Trump’s first term. Trust me, they’re better off in Russia.

HDDs from the factory should come in a parked state, that means they don’t require any additional packaging apart from what they come in.

That’s how all computing hardware works since the early days of the industry apart from x86 architecture. Not sure why people only started noticing that recently after literally decades of software obsolescence.

Rent a seed box. That’s the best solution for everyone.