Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII 5400RPM 2.5IN 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD3200BEVT
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Customer Review: Great little drive
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the specific reasons that I picked this drive was the closeness in the specs with the 160GB drive that Sony put in my laptop. Included was the SATA 300 transfer rate. I wanted a 7200 RPM drive, but could not find one that was SATA 300. The drive is quick and has operated flawlessly for my application. I downgraded my laptop from Vista to XP and used the new drive to preserve the Vista instance.
Don't know how much the speed of this drive contributes, but the machine seems more than twice as fast now. BTW, a USB to SATA interface for the old drive was immeasureably helpful in transfering my data to the new system. It's also good to have friends to help this process along.
Customer Review: Dead on arrival - or maybe not?
Summary: 1 Stars
The drive has a good reputation, but mine was dead on arrival. It spun up, but could not be written to.
I tried again with another of the same model. Things looked better initially, quick format worked fine... I set it up as my laptop's boot disk and thought I was set.
I decided to give it a good test, and tried to up fill the disk. After a certain point the disk started clicking like mad, the laptop hung and then bluescreened. I took the disk out and tried a full format on it. At 77% complete, the disk clicks like mad and format can't make progress.
Very, very disappointing. This goes back and I'm in the market for some other manufacturer's product.
Customer Review: Perfect drive for upgrading older Macbooks/Macbook Pros
Summary: 5 Stars
I picked this up to upgrade a friend's Macbook and it went off without a hitch. It was a simple procedure: get an external enclosure, plug the new 320gb drive in to it, dupe the drive via SuperDuper, and then replace the drive. The drive is super easy to replace (there are countless tutorials on Youtube). The only hard part is finding the weird hex drive screwdriver that you need to remove from the internal drive you're replacing.
Other than that - you can swap drives in about 90 minutes with the full confidence that this drive will offer more space and be faster. I'm happy with it on mine and my friend is happy that she now has a lot more space to store mp3s and movies.
Customer Review: Great drive for the MacBook Pro
Summary: 5 Stars
Got this drive as the capacity of the OEM drive provided by Apple for my MacBook Pro 17" was nearing it's capacity. I order a Deckcell USB 2.0 to SATA + IDE (2.5", 3.5", 5.25") Cable with Power Adapter from Amazon at the same time, so moving the data from the internal drive to the new drive was a breeze and painless. After loading the OS, and having the OSX installation process move the data, installation of the drive itself was done (a little cumbersome, but not too bad) and this new drive is performing well and is MUCH quieter than the original OEM drive.
If you are considering a replacement drive for your Mac Book Pro, I strongly recommend a look at this drive!
Customer Review: Great Product! Works well with the PS3
Summary: 5 Stars
I had bought this hard drive recently to replace a missing hard drive on a PS3(Bought a PS3 without one online).
It is already formatted to the FAT32, so all you need to do place it in the PS3 and format it (you may need to install the update from Sony's Official Playstation Website, so if you have any trouble just go to their website and follow the online instructions on replacing the hard drive.)
After that, the system shows about 293GB. Also, the Hard Drive is very quiet, hardly hear anything at all.
I recommend this particular one to people who are looking for a hard drive to replace the one that is on their PS3.