seagate (advocate of perfect capitalism & planned obsolescence) made the box to keep the heat inside. drive, within 30 minutes of R/W operation reaches to 60C, which is dangerous for harddrives. I think the main reason for making such box is just planned obsolescence because there is only a small opening of ventilation at the bottom and you cannot cool the drive with even a powerful fan because there is no place heat can escape. claim your rights. say stop to the manufacturers of planned obsolescence!