Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue 100 Mb/s 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD1600AAJB

by Western Digital

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.8 x 4 x 1 inches ; 1.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000VRZ7PA
• Item model number: WD1600AAJB
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #65 in Electronics > Computers & Add-Ons > Computer Components > Internal Hard Drives
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 2, 2004

Product Description

Capacity: 160 GB

From the Manufacturer

WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives – Value and reliability for everyday computing.

The PATA interface makes WD Caviar Blue drives an excellent solution for expanding capacity for photos and files or to enable capacity-intensive programs on older legacy systems. These hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability. Check your system specifications to ensure you have a PATA connection. All computers sold today have SATA connections, but older computers may have PATA connections.

Why you should choose WD Caviar Blue:

A wide array of capacities, cache sizes, and interfaces means there's a WD Caviar Blue hard drive that's just right for you. And because it's from WD, you'll have the confidence in knowing you've selected a drive that's truly world-class.

The original.
These drives are built utilizing the proven technology of the original award-winning WD Caviar 3.5-inch hard drives for desktop computers.

Value.
Built to the highest standards of quality and reliability, these drives offer features and capacity at an affordable price.

PATA 100 MB/s interface.
While SATA has become the industry standard interface, WD continues to manufacture desktop drives with a PATA interface for unique or legacy systems. PATA drives support data transfer rates up to 100 MB/sec.

Features at a glance 160 GB of desktop storage PATA 100 MB/s interface WD quality and reliability

Ideal for:

• Family and business computing
• Adding storage in desktop PCs or external drives
• Adding extra storage space for photos, videos and music

Features:

PATA 100 MB/s interface - Enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE), also called Parallel ATA (PATA), hard drives were the standard in the computer industry for more than 10 years. PATA drives are the perfect way to add storage to older legacy systems.

Cool operation - WD continues to develop new and innovative ways to keep drives cool while they are operating which helps protect the drive and the data stored on it.

Compatible - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

NoTouch ramp load technology - The recording head never touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Desktop / Consumer RAID environments - WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are tested and recommended for use in consumer-type RAID applications. (RAID-0 / RAID-1)*

*Business Critical RAID Environments – WD Caviar Blue Hard Drives are not recommended for and are not warranted for use in RAID environments utilizing Enterprise HBAs and/or expanders and in multi-bay chassis, as they are not designed for, nor tested in, these specific types of RAID applications. For all Business Critical RAID applications, please consider WD's Enterprise Hard Drives that are specifically designed with RAID-specific, time-limited error recovery (TLER), are tested extensively in 24x7 RAID applications, and include features like enhanced RAFF technology and thermal extended burn-in testing.

Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. Note: Bare drive does not include any cables or mounting hardware.

The WD advantage - WD puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the WD Support site for full details.

WD-certified packaging - All WD drives purchased from Amazon.com are shipped in WD-certified hard drive packaging. It is designed and fully tested to provide WD products with the highest of safety while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can rest assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully protected, in an environmentally-friendly, non-descript, easy-open package.

Compatibility
Works with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems.
**PATA interface connection required.

**For computer system motherboards that do not have PATA ports, a PCI PATA controller card can be installed to add support for PATA drives. If you do not know whether your computer has PATA ports on the motherboard, refer to your computer or motherboard documentation or contact the motherboard manufacturer.

You might also consider:

3.5-inch Internal Comparison Chart WD Caviar Blue WD Caviar Green WD Caviar Black WD VelociRaptor Value and reliability for every day computing. Cool, quiet, eco-friendly. Maximum performance for power computing. The fastest SATA hard drive on the planet.   Ideal for Family and business computing. Desktop PCs, external drives and NAS devices. Photo and video editing, and maxed out gaming systems. Performance enthusiast systems and workstations.   Capacity range 80 GB – 1 TB 320 GB – 3 TB 500 GB – 2 TB 150 GB – 600 GB   Interface SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s PATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 3 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s   Form Factor 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch   Cache 8 MB – 32 MB 16 MB – 64 MB 32 MB – 64 MB 32 MB   Limited Warranty 2-year 2-year 5-year 5-year   Highest capacity         Highest performance         Photo Video editing

Product Description

WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features to deliver rock solid performance and ultra-cool and quiet operation. The drive suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Caviar Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability. With capacities ranging from 40 GB to 640 GB, these drives are the perfect solution for family and business computing.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Does the job, February 9, 2009

By 

C. Coppinger (Seneca, S.C., USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Western Digital 320 GB Caviar Blue 100 Mb/s 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD3200AAJB (Personal Computers)

This drive is exactly as advertised. It is a bare drive, no cables or mounting gear included (although you probably don't need either). It does not include instructions either; so you should know what you are doing if you are buying this hardware. It is an excellent choice for an older computer.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Performance/Speed, October 27, 2008

By 

Joel Pena "Joel Diplan" (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Western Digital 320 GB Caviar Blue 100 Mb/s 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD3200AAJB (Personal Computers)

I bought this hard drive 7 months ago and I'm using it as a USB storage, I use it everyday for data storage and never had problems, I'm planning to upgrade to 1 TB next month.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PATA vs SATA, July 20, 2011

By 

Gar Tom - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: Western Digital 320 GB Caviar Blue 100 Mb/s 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive - WD3200AAJB (Personal Computers)

Everything about the item was excellent. Well packaged, quickly shipped, performs well upon installation. My only problem was upon ordering, the product description said the drive was available in both PATA and SATA configurations(parallel vs. serial). My older computer required the PATA as a replacement hard drive. The Amazon ordering process did not facilitate the specifying of one of the two available configurations. It took various phone calls to Amazon, and emails to the product supplier to assure me the PATA version would be shipped. It turned out well, but this was the first time I encountered ambiguity, frustration, and delay in placing an order with Amazon.com

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