Customer Reviews

Western Digital WD800JB 80GB 7,200RPM 8MB Buffer

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

I have an aging win2k pro machine that has the C: drive on an 8 G partitian. The Sims did the computer in - we are constantly struggling with disk space. So, I bought this beauty and downloaded a wonderful utility called Casper (not the demo version, downloads.com). 2 hours after I opened the box, I had the computer booted off the new drive, using an exact copy of the old, but onto 30 G partitions. It went without a hitch! We didn't lose a single application or license key. If I'd known it was so easy, I would have done this a year ago.

The new drive is faster and quieter than the old, and I really like the 3 year warranty. Note that this is a bare drive in a box - not even any extra screws.

I searched for older hard drives and found this one. It was very easy to install, and works very well.

Thanks for making this product available at a great price - delivered on time with no apparent problems upon initial installation and use. This Western Digital HD performs well as expected with no surprises.

Too bad the Hard Drive I bought was the last of its kind offered. I would buy more. The price was great and the seller delivered quickly.

The drive works great, it was cheap. Only problem was it did not come with the mounting screws.

My drive arrived faster than I expected. The drive proved to be defective after testing. The Seller could not have known this and agreed to replace the drive or refund my payment no questions asked. Even though the drive was defective, I would buy from the seller again. Seems like a good chap.

NeO

I have used WD HDs for many years. They always perform well. I expect this one to do the same.

Unlike most builders, I was looking for a smaller drive to hold only the OS, while using larger drives for data. This was about twice the size I wanted, but provided the best cost per Gig balanced against the storage needs. I prefer to install the OS on a stand alone drive so when ( I never say if) there is a problem requiring a reload, all my data lives safely somewhere else.

I purchased this drive to replace another WD drive which is 5 years old. It has not failed, but I just think it's about time. I have cloned the old drive onto this new drive. Western Digital drives has been the best drives for me over the years, so I will stick with them.

As stated by other reviewers, the HDD came as a stand alone, no instructions, no manual or anything. Unless you know how to install it, I wouldn't recommend buying this one. In my case, I used it for a game console and not as a PC HDD upgrade. Unfortunately, it is now just collecting dust since my console doesn't recognize it and I can't use it on my old PC.