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Product Specifications
General
BrandWestern Digital
Item Height
12 millimetres
Item Width7 centimetres
Processor
Processor Count1
Additional Specifications
Wattage2.50 watts
Technical Details
- Massive capacity - Whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer, WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch drives offer the most available capacity for space-hungry operating systems like Windows Vista, plus plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video
- Fast and Efficient - With 5400 RPM spin speed - even the most demanding customer will appreciate the performance achieved by WD Scorpio Blue drives
- 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. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden
- Reliable and Rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. 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 non-operational shock tolerance
- Tested for Compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
With available SATA or EIDE interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability
To make drive selection simple, we've gathered all our popular 5400 RPM WD Scorpio drives under one umbrella we call WD Scorpio Blue. Built to Western Digital's awarding winning quality standards, these drives are available in a full range of performance features
Up to 22,800 digital photos Up to 20,000 songs (MP3) Up to 2,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality) Up to 6 hours of Digital Video (DV) Up to 35 hours of DVD quality video Up to 9 hours of HD video
Product Description
Western Digital Scorpio 80GB 5400rpm EIDE 8MB 2.5 inch Hard DriveWD Scorpio delivers best-in-class performance with low power requirements comparable to much slower notebook drives. In addition, you'll get the quietest 2.5-inch drive on the market with real-time data protection technology to help keep your data safe. Features:Up to 22,000 digital photos Up to 20,000 songs (MP3) Up to 2,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality) Up to 6 hours of Digital Video (DV) Up to 35 hours of DVD quality video Up to 9 hours of HD video Fast and efficient - Spins at 5400 RPM for fast performance but has power specs similar to slower 4200 RPM drives. Low power consumption yields increased reliability Quiet - WD's exclusive WhisperDrive technology with SoftSeek algorithms make this the quietest 2.5-inch hard drive, regardless of spin speed Reliable - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's DuraStep Ramp locks the heads in a secure position away from the disk to provide another layer of protection when the drive is not in use. Utilizing the most technologically advanced material available, the drive can perform a minimum of 600,000 load/unload cycles without contamination - up to twice the performance of its competitors Rugged - WD Scorpio's rigid stainless steel top cover withstands more than 5 pounds of pressure - nearly 1.5 times the industry average - without pinching vital internal components Portable digital devices of all kinds, including notebook computers, portable external storage, digital audio, GPS systems, and tablet PCs. Up to 22,000 digital photos Up to 20,000 songs (MP3) Up to 2,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality) Up to 6 hours of Digital Video (DV) Up to 35 hours of DVD quality video Up to 9 hours of HD video Fast and efficient - Spins at
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
This was a competitively priced replacement for a dying 40GB Fujitsu. It is noticeably faster than the original 40GB it replaced and has given a new lease of life to my 6 year old Mac iBook G4.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I bought this drive to replace the original 8gig one fitted in my very old Sony laptop Pentium3 600mhz which I purchased back in 2000.
The original operating system was Win98 and eventually I installed XP and upgraded the ram to the max allowed which is only 256meg.
The systen was struggling and very slow with the original 8gig drive but the replacement Western Digital 80gig has transformed the machine and is now quite useable. The only downside is that I am stuck with USB1 which is part of the motherboard, I also have a cheap wireless card which also works very well.
So I am quite pleased that I can use my old Sony again which is still in very good condition, apart from a dead battery...
The original operating system was Win98 and eventually I installed XP and upgraded the ram to the max allowed which is only 256meg.
The systen was struggling and very slow with the original 8gig drive but the replacement Western Digital 80gig has transformed the machine and is now quite useable. The only downside is that I am stuck with USB1 which is part of the motherboard, I also have a cheap wireless card which also works very well.
So I am quite pleased that I can use my old Sony again which is still in very good condition, apart from a dead battery...
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Received a different brand HDD
Well.. I don't know what to write.
I ordered a WD Scorpio IDE 80GB HDD and instead, I received a Hitachi HDD of the same specifications. Read more
I ordered a WD Scorpio IDE 80GB HDD and instead, I received a Hitachi HDD of the same specifications. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Basil Pathrose
Excellent product!
I'll just echo what previous reviewers have said. I put the drive into an old-ish Dell laptop and it injected a bit more life into the old dog. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Thomas K. Johnston
Fitted straight into the machine
Delivered promptly, it took only moments to fit as a straight replacement for the original smaller drive which had reported errors and appeared to be failing.
Published 21 months ago by R. S. Jones
Does what you expect in this day and age.
Needed a new HD for my powerbook. It's quite an old machine so I needed IDE and a little more space than the original 30GB item that had failed. Read more
Published on 28 July 2009 by DazzerJ
Does the job
Western Digital Scorpio Blue 80GB EIDE 8MB Cache 2.5 inch Internal Hard Drive OEM
This is a well priced product, not the best hard drive in the world but who can moan when it... Read more
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Published on 29 Jan 2009 by E. Hughes
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