Toshiba MK8025GAS 80GB ATA/100 Internal Hard Drive ( HDD2188 )

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Item Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00012IJPU
• Item model number: HDD2188
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 21, 2003

Product Description

Providing capacious storage in a slim form factor, Toshiba's 80GB 2.5-inch hard disk drive is an ideal solution for mobile computing and consumer electronics. With an areal density of 64.8 gigabits per square inch and a super slim package measuring 9.5mm high, Toshiba's MK8025GAS hard disk drive accommodates the storage needs of multi-functional mobile PCs and other applications, such as telecommunications products, printers, copiers, GPS systems and MP3 players.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

23 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful product. Awful, awful, awful, May 19, 2007

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myxoplik "myxoplik" (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba MK8025GAS 80GB ATA/100 Internal Hard Drive ( HDD2188 ) (Personal Computers)

If I wasn't clear enough in the subject of my review, let me restate: this is an awful product. I purchased a Toshiba Satellite which came equipped with this piece of crud. 18 months later it fried itself, and I lost all my data. Toshiba said the 1-year warranty on my computer was kaput, so they basically told me to go frag myself. But I found in the fine print that all Toshiba HDDs carry a warrantee of 3 years (nobody tells you this; you must waste weeks researching the problem like I did).

I got a hold of toshiba's HDD division and, yes, they finally admitted that it is their responsibility to replace the product. All was peachy for a while. I sent it in immediately. 1 week later. 2 weeks later. 3 weeks, 4 weeks, 5 weeks... (this is beginning to sound like a Dr. Seuss poem)

After 5 MONTHS, I got my replacement. But lol they forgot the adapter, so I had to wait another 2 weeks for that.

Finally I got it installed. It seemed to run ok. For exactly 12 months. Now, guess what---kaputsville again. Oh calgon take me away. I don't want to go through this hell again.

Please, please, please... don't fall into the same trap I did. Avoid this product like the plague. It may be wise to avoid all Toshiba notebook products, I don't know. If I had known this information 3 years ago, I would have bought a Sony and saved my self all that blood pressure medication I've had to buy.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid like the plague, September 4, 2008

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David Adametz "Good Ol' Dave" (Somewhere in CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba MK8025GAS 80GB ATA/100 Internal Hard Drive ( HDD2188 ) (Personal Computers)

I'm the computer technician for our company. I just pulled this very hard drive out of a barely two year old system after it died and I've been working to get an employee's critical files off of it for the last few days. After reading the other reviews, I have to agree- this drive is a death camp for your electronic media. If you absolutely positively want to buy this thing, go right ahead, but don't say you haven't been warned.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Lasted 25 months, all data destroyed, December 2, 2007

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Finbar Finn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba MK8025GAS 80GB ATA/100 Internal Hard Drive ( HDD2188 ) (Personal Computers)

Lost all data instantly due to HD failure. Cannot recommend.

And this was definite hardware failure, not logical corruption. After a couple of unsuccessful attempts to repartition, reformat and reinstall OS the drive died completely.