WESTERN DIGITAL 80 GIGABYTE PATA DESKTOP STORAGE 7200 RPM 8MB CACHE BARE DRIVE

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This is 99.99% the exact same as the older caviar WD800 80gb harddrive and I have been making use of mine since 2002 when mine was manufactured, the specs are the identical and I have loved it since it has a fantastic amount of speed and has been one hundred percent reputable immediately after 9 years. I have not, do not, and hopefully will not encounter difficulties with this harddrive. Its 80gb, but type of anticipated. I have seen things like this with other companies where they release something under a new tag to maintain with their present lines and ratings, and so far I see no differences in between my older WD800 and the new WD caviar blue 80. So if you are developing a simple computer or creating something to last you a few years get this, if you are producing anything else though I would recommend a more substantial size.

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Economical. The drive mounted in this enclosure was about five dollars a lot more than the bare drive. This light and straightforward to carry cube is quiet and cool, no clunking, just a difficult to detect whirr, and it is just barely warm to the touch immediately after backing up my internal drive. This unit is quicker than some older drives it could be replacing. The "wall wart" energy provide is the efficient switch mode variety and is also cool running. The light, non-normal USB cable is a major minus if you shed or harm it. Common wouldn't have broken their spending budget. The status light is near the energy and USB plugs, creating this unit very best for portable use with the cords dangling toward the user. It likes to lie down like a book, and has no stand. This LED status light is bright blue-white and is normally on, blinking if the drive is active, as opposed to standard disk lights. It's handy, and the brilliance may possibly be a pro if this is what you require. There is no on-off switch. It just comes on when it sees voltage on the USB cable. I would seriously like some thing slightly beefier with standard cords, including an integrated power supply with a generic IEC power cord. This doesn't seem to be readily available any longer. An enclosure you could roll the cords up around to shop it would be best. I will need a tool you can pull out, unreel and use, and if a single needed require different or longer cords, they are standard and would just plug in. A multivoltage export model of this enclosure was described in the brochure with slide-in plugs of distinct kinds for the wall wart. So just changing the cord on an integrated energy provide unit ought to be sufficient to use it anyplace. Or you could just cut the plug off and attach your weird Freedonian 4 prong plug, or whatever you require on your home planet.... Perhaps steal the cord from your spare monitor?.... Devices like this transportable drive beg you to plug them into the wrong power supply and fry them. A distinct approach is needed for the real planet.

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Great specs for a IDE drive. Quick, quiet, and runs cool. Reliable so far. That I have to hold a fleet of aging PCs running? I've got close to 50 of these deployed as upgrades to stock drives in Dell Optiplex GX60's, GX260's, and GX270's. They're considerably more quickly than the stock 40gb WD drives that the PCs have been shipped with. In most cases, our users require no more than 40gb of space, but the speed positive aspects make it worth upgraded to these drives.

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Good tough drive no issues yet with Western Digital none however

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Drive is extremely quiet. Quite fast for IDE. Bought to replace a poor drive in gateway from 02. Popped in my windows cd and it worked fantastic. Even though this drive is quite good, unfortunately the very first 1 arrived DOA. Thanks to newegg's great customer service all it took was one particular call and they sent out a replacement. WD drives are usually fantastic dives but each and every when in while you get a negative 1.

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Rapid and Straightforward Set upReputableNo reported troubles IDE Ultra Challenging drives are old.. incredibly old technologies, and additional pricey than SATA Hard Drives.Double the value of this tricky drive, i can get a 1TB sata drive.

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havent even got it installed however. I am getting problems trying to putting in my tough drive.

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Western Digital Drives have been leading of my list due to reliability and quietness. The price tag on this drive is the very best around. Drive didn't come in a box which at first made me uncomfortable but it genuinely isn't required. Applied as a replacement drive for a consumer's Pc. Installed effortlessly, was recognized appropriate away. I extremely recommend this drive!!

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I've had extremely excellent final results with WD drives, haven't had 1 fail in the last five years. This one did replace another WD drive (a 40GB) in a buyer's machine, but that one ran fine for more than seven years. This a single will certainly outlast the rest of the system. None.

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Quiet! Operates as effectively as what is expected of a PATA drive. None.

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Drive is working superb as a replacement for one more IDE drive that died. Speed appears to be as very good if not greater than the drive it replaces since the other drive, albeit a 160GB, was really old. None to feel of Installed in a Dell Dimension 3000 and functions good.

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None Broken out the box. Endless blue screens when fast format and wont format past eight% on normal. It's time to stay away from WD.

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good drive for the money, would obtain once more none

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No poor blocks. Functions just fine in the older machine (P4) None Just necessary so the other technique only had a 30GB HDD in it and was beginning to be a concern.

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Product was effectively represented and arrived on time. The product was an great worth. The product was defective from the manufacturer. The ease of the return/replacement process by Newegg.com was a rather easy 1. I trust the replacement of the defective product will be as speedy as buying procedure.

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Quiet and is a excellent costFit perfectly where other drive was.No difficulties formatting or installing operating systemsWithstood several re-installations of a secondary operating system with no ill effectsAll documentation can be downloaded from Western Digital's site. None at present This drive was purchased to replace a 20 GB drive on my "experimental" computer. It is an old Dell with a Pentium III processor. I have been utilizing it to play with different Linux OS's. Drive was large sufficient to set up with a dual boot system possessing Windows XP and Ubuntu 9.10 installed on the computer. Both systems operate properly. I have no complaints with this drive. Nevertheless a lot of space for the storage I need.

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Very best value I could discover for an IDE drive I needed for a buyer's Pc. None so far. Wasn't crazy about Western Digital as I have had quite a few failures with them in the previous ƙ out of 10 40 GB IDEs), but at present I have had normal failures with all Companies except for Samsung Sata drives.

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Good Drive. Incredibly Stable. Good price. None Applied in office computers primarily for OS. true files are stored on servers. For the guy that can't format. Verify jumper settings. If this is a single drive, pull the jumper out. Do not set as master for a single drive. This is a prevalent error with WD that has caught me a handful of times.

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Just installed 2 of these with no issue, drives are really quiet. Packaged extremely nicely None Possibly the gentleman who mentioned they weren't any fantastic and didn't work didn't know that 1st you had to partition and format them

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Compared to the old 20GB noisy, whiny Maxtor this replaced the WD drive produced a globe of difference.Good and quiet. None Just simply because I like messing with old machines this drive houses Windows 2000 and NetBSD on an old Dell OptiPlex. No difficulties.Newegg delivery is occasionally amazingly quick (though it in all probability assists that I reside "down the street" from them).

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So far so excellent, good budget challenging drive, does what it's supposed to. None so far.

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Does what it is supposed to. Works wonderful, hardly any noise and reputable. For ุ, it's a good buy. None It makes use of dated technologies, so it's slow than all the new drives out there. But for an individual who needs a low-cost 80 gigs, this is the way to go.

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Western Digital Caviar Blue tough drive with 8 MB of cache to enable burst transfer rates! Operates as advertised and installed really effortlessly into an old Gateway 500SE personal computer that was more than seven years old. Nice upgrade from the original WD 40 GB hard drive that came with the 500SE. None that I know of. I purchased this drive to replace the old (and failing) original 40 GB WD challenging drive in this computer system. It is really quiet and quick, the way a hard drive ought to be.

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Quiet. Dependable. Worked correct out of the box. None. Replaced an old Maxtor that was given totally free. I am a die tricky Western Digital person and was reviving on old MSI motherboard. This small drive did the trick.

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WD Heats up a lil... Bought for a clientele computer, to replace a failed 20gb drive in there word processing computer. Functions fantastic with no issues, and the sound is un-noticeable. but it does heat up a small.