- 160GB 2.5" 7200 RPM SATA Drive
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From the Manufacturer It's easy to choose the world-class quality of a Western Digital hard drive. We’ve not only designed a drive that's right for you, we've also made it simple to find. These drives are ideal for business, home use, or high performance desktops, and are available in capacities up to 2 TB. With our renowned leading-edge engineering, you'll always make the right choice with WD. And you'll never compromise on quality.
WD Scorpio Black – Desktop-class performance for notebook computers.
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WD Scorpio Black – Desktop-class performance for notebook computers.
Designed with top-of-the-line notebook computers in mind, this high performance drive delivers the capacity and speed needed to supercharge a notebook PC without compromising battery life or quiet acoustics. Features like these also make this drive an outstanding option for compact desktops, external hard drives, gaming systems, and blade servers.
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Desktop-class performance for notebook computers - With 7200 RPM spin speed, 16 MB cache, and capacities up to 320 GB, these drives enable you to have the best of both worlds: the capacity and performance of a desktop PC with the convenience and portability of a notebook.
Massive capacity - WD's 320 GB 2.5-inch drives offer huge capacity for space-hungry operating systems like Windows Vista®, with plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video.
Low power consumption - With technologies like IntelliSeek, which calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption and SecurePark, which reduces power by parking the heads during low power idle mode, this drive delivers 5400 RPM-equivalent power consumption in a 7200 RPM drive.
Quiet - In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD's exclusive WhisperDrive combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.
Reliable and rugged
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- WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks during shipping and handling and in daily operation.
- WD's SecurePark parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear and improved shock tolerance.
Free-fall sensor - As an added layer of protection, if the drive (or the system it's in) is dropped while in use, WD's free-fall sensor detects that the drive is falling and, in less than 200 milliseconds, parks the head to help prevent damage and data loss.
Tested for compatability - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give WD customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
Ideal For
Portable digital devices of all kinds, including notebook computers, external storage, and digital media players.
Product Description
WD Scorpio Black 7200 RPM SATA 2.5-inch hard drives from Western Digital combine a lightning-fast 7200 RPM spin speed with a SATA 3 Gb/s interface and 16 MB cache to deliver desktop-class performance. With 5400 RPM-equivalent power consumption there is no compromise in battery life. In addition, WD Scorpio Black hard drives are designed with ruggedness, reliability, and data-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. Available in capacities up to 320 GB, these hard drives are perfect for laptop users who require maximum capacity and lightning-fast performance.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Notebook Upgrade,
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This review is from: WD Scorpio Black WD1600BEKT - Hard drive - 160 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 16 MB (pack of 50 ) (Electronics)
I've had my Toshiba Satellite for two years. When the stock internal 80gb drive started having errors, I was in search for a new drive.
This drive replaced the Fujitsu made Toshiba 7200RPM 80GB drive. The biggest comparisons are the 4mb cache on the stock and the 16mb on the 160GB. Western Digital makes some high quality drives, and in a 24 hour stress test, this drive didn't falter once. I was able to install Ubuntu 9.04 in about 15 minutes next to the 25-30 it took the old drive. Excellent price for a double in disk space and probably nearly a doubling in read/write speeds. One last note, my laptop hase a 3-cell Li-Ion battery. With the original hard drive the batter would last about an hour in normal usage. I'm already getting over an hour and a half. I'm guessing the stock hard drive ate a LOT more power. One con, but it's normal.. This drive is just a little louder (if you put your ear to the drive bay) then the original. However, if it's on your table or lap, you'll never hear it. :)
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great drive at a great price,
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This review is from: WD Scorpio Black WD1600BEKT - Hard drive - 160 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 16 MB (pack of 50 ) (Electronics)
This drive was easy to install and format and has worked well since I got it about two months ago. Shipping via Amazon was dreadfully slow...took over 3 weeks to get to me. However it did snow a lot during February so I guess it can't be all their fault.
Not quite as fast as an improvement as I was expecting but still very solid drive. Had 148gb of usable space after formatting which seems pretty reasonable. If you are looking to upgrade from 5400rpm or just increase space this is an excellent hd for the price.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed!!,
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This review is from: WD Scorpio Black WD1600BEKT - Hard drive - 160 GB - internal - 2.5" - SATA-300 - 7200 rpm - buffer: 16 MB (pack of 50 ) (Electronics)
I bought this drive for a Colorspace O casing (that's a whole 'nother set of disappointments) and have not been able to get it to work. I have formatted and reformated and whenever I try to use it in the Hyperdrive gives me is "HDD Access Error". I've had a technician online for the last hour and we have not been able to get the drive to work.
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