Description
- Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
- WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks
- WD\'s exclusive WhisperDrive co MBines state-of-the-art seeking algorith ms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market
- WD\'s ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks
From the Manufacturer\n\nWD Blue Mobile Hard Drives Solid performance and reliability for everyday computing.\n\nThe original.\nWD Blue drives are designed and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD\'s original award-winning desktop hard drives.\n\nWD quality.\nBuilt to the highest standards of quality and reliability, these drives offer the features and capacity ideal for your everyday computing needs.\n\nMore options.\nThese drives are available in a broad range of capacities, cache sizes and interfaces so you can be sure there\'s a drive that\'s the perfect fit for your system, in more ways than one.\n\n\n\nProduct Features\nLow power consumption - State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption and long battery life.\nNoTouch 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.\nSATA or PATA interface - While SATA has become the industry standard interface, WD continues to manufacture mobile drives with a PATA interface for unique or legacy systems.\nTested for compatibility - 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.\nThe 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.\nUpgrading 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.\n\nWD-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 a non-descript, easy-open package.\nCompatibility\nWorks with Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems.\nRecommended use - WD Blue hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications, notebooks, netbooks and external enclosures. Ideal for: Notebook computing Small form factor external enclosures Netbooks\n\nFeatures at a glance 80 GB - 1 TB capacity SATA 3 Gb/s or PATA 100 MB/s 5400 RPM\n\nYou might also consider:\n\nProduct Description\n\nWith capacities up to 320 GB, WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch PATA hard drives from Western Digital deliver lightning-fast and ultra-quiet performance hand-in-hand with low power consumption. In addition, they are designed with ruggedness, reliability, and data-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. These drives feature up to a 100 Mb/s PATA interface and 8 MB cache. WD Scorpio Blue hard drives are designed for portable digital devices of all kinds, including notebook computers, external storage, and digital media players. Compatible with: laptop