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 Does the job February 9, 2009
C. Coppinger (Seneca, S.C., USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
Good Performance/Speed October 28, 2008
Joel Pea (Dominican Republic)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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.
BEST IDE DRIVE OUT NOW!!! August 27, 2009
Jessie S. Murray (Bismarck, ND USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This IDE HD is a MONSTER!!! i run DualBoot Xp/Vista....i had no problem installin either of the two OS's with original disks....i split the HD 186gb XP/279gb Vista (usable space after format)!!!! It boots up just fine either or system...XP is under a snap of a finger n programs r loaded, scored a 5.8 in Vista!!!! My old 150gb HD only scored a 4.5 in Vista and this one is much more noticibly Faster!!!! It is also about 15-20F cooler on temps..my average case temp doesn't hit above 103F/40c now....before i would see about 119F average with gamin high at 165F, nuttin over 140F gaming wit new set of these HD's from WesternDigital!!! They are quieter then the last set of Hard Drives i had which were Seagate Baracudas 150-IDE/250-SATA!! I run wit only the best in da business....WD has my vote!!!
PC Specs:
ASUS A8N32SLI-Deluxe
AMD64 4400X2 OC @ 2.62ghz
4gb CORSAIR XMS3200
2x 9800GT BFG OCX 512mb Vid SLi
500gb MAIN WesternDigital IDE
1TB XTRA WesternDigital SATA
Xfinity ULTRA 600w P.S.
22x DVD-RW
6x Blu-Ray
Working Very Well! August 14, 2008
R. Anderson (Marquette, MI USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm using this as a second hard drive in my desktop Macintosh. The drive has a sturdy feel to it. I've handled a lot of drives and this one is quite heavy when compared to the other drives I have used. I've had it in everyday use for over a month now and have had no problems at all and I don't expect any.
This drive is a good value. When used on a mac you simply plug it in, and turn it on. Then use disk utility in the utilities fold to format the disk and your in business.
With a Little Help @ Hewlett Packard Support February 10, 2010
E. Hansen (Mojave Desert, California)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Item # B000VRZ7PA Western Digital Caviar Blue PATA Hard Drive WD1600AAJB
I ordered this through Amazon Market Place, because by the time I was ready to order it, Amazon was sold-out for the time being. Now it's re-stocked and I'm seriously considering ordering another. Unlike the display pages, this unit is bulk-OEM which came in a plasti-foil/mylar sealed wrapper. (no directions)
The re-seller did an excellent job bubble-wrapping it for shipping and when I contacted them about specifications, they were helpful and informative. Pricing was competitive with Amazon's own department. This drive is a little noisier than my original drive, which featured a peculiar rubber sheath. But this little winder spins out a fast 7200 RPM, and the noise isn't anything approaching noise from the power-supply cooling fan.
The Western Digital web-site features full specifications pages which are model specific. And there's a frequently asked questions (FAQ) menu with lots of information, some of which may apply to your needs. They also illustrated precisely the jumper settings configuration table I was looking for.
If you're installing an Operating System, (this installation was Windows XP) your installation disk will perform the necessary format. Because mine was XP, it had the option of selecting either FAT-32 file system (backwards compatible Windows 95-98) or NTFS file system, which is upwards compatible with Windows Vista & Windows 7, in case you need to network and share files.
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