Western Digital Scorpio Blue 500 GB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 2.5 Inch, 8 MB Cache, 5400 RPM SATA II WD5000BEVT
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Customer Review: Scorpio Blue 500GB Installed in HP DV2000 Series notebook
Summary: 4 Stars
HP DV2000 Series; Dv2740se with Vista Home Premium, AMD 64x2 2.1ghz Processors and 3GB RAM.
Relatively easy to install. Had to download Acronis WD Imaging software from the WD website before cloning. Used external drive case to transfer data before installing in computer. Partition was automatically set to 441GB on the C drive and 23.8GB on the D drive. After installation and upgrading to Windows 7 OS, I had 404gb out of 441 free. I re-installed all my files and documents and was left with 346GB of free space. For some unknown reason after an initial defragmentation and restart, I ended up with only 317GB of free space. Not sure where the space went. Conducted an inventory of program files, documents, etc... and only came up with 55GB of data and another 40GB of program and setup files to include OS usage. I should have 346GB free but I have 29GB of space unaccounted for. What happened to it? So this is why it's not 5 Stars.
Other than that, runs quieter than the stock HP/Hitachi unit it replaced and just as fast. Also noticed that battery life is a little longer now, not sure if the W7 OS has something to do with it as well.
Also of note, this ships without any instructions. You'll have to go to the WD website to get that.
Customer Review: Awesome for PS3 upgrade!
Summary: 5 Stars
Based on the many other reviews and forum discussions I browsed through, I had a feeling that this would be the drive to get for upgrading my 80GB MGS4 Fat PS3. Installation was a breeze; quite frankly, the hardest part was digging up a screwdriver to properly fit those tiny, super tight screws, but once that was accomplished, the whole process (minus the actual backing up of data, and restoring of data) took me probably less than five minutes. The old drive came out easily, new drive was a perfect fit, and then it was off and running.
Data backup and restoration took somewhere around 3.5-4 hours total, although I just let it do its own thing and checked ever so often to make sure it was problem free. I have since played several games on it that involved HDD installs, and some that didn't and have not seen any differences in performance, noise, etc.
I was a little worried about some reviews pointing out stuttering xmbs or pauses in games loading data off of the HDD, but haven't noticed it myself. I like to do installs on games where it is an option, dl demos and trailers, as well as rip cds onto my system, so now I can do all these things to my heart's content and not have to worry about filling it up.
I am a happy camper ;)
Customer Review: Great upgrade for MSI Wind Netbook
Summary: 5 Stars
Been wanting to upgrade my 80 gig WD hard drive in my MSI Wind so I can carry a lot of my media with me on my trips. I travel a lot to other countries and love traveling light (One of the reason why I got the MSI Wind). I don't like carrying my External Western Digital Passport as well, but also it will drain your batteries since it's basically powering 2 HDs at a time.
In airports I like to just get my notebook out and access my media and not have to plug in my external HD and try to figure where to lay it down (and with the short USB cable, it does not help). So this 500GB HD has done its job and I love it. This is also a back up to my External WD drive just in case that craps out or this one does and I dont have to use the internal HD on my Mac as a backup anymore.
Installation is very easy and noticed there is not much of a weight difference between the 80 gig and this one, so this didnt really add any weight to my notebook. I also noticed its produces a little more noise than the 80 gig. Its not annoying, you just can hear a little hum sound where the 80 gig was not noticeable. I also noticed that it drains a little more power than the previous HD but not to much, but also bought a 9cell battery so it doesn't bother me too much.
Customer Review: Super Simple
Summary: 4 Stars
This WD Scorpio is such a great product at a reasonable price. For less than the amount of a new game you could get 500 GB of storage to use on your PS3 or Laptop. I bought this specifically for my PS3 because I needed more storage after 3 yrs of constant use. Installing the hard drive was almost as simple as pulling out a plug. All you have to do is backup your saved data on a separate hard drive, take out the original old hard drive, insert the new WD scorpio, turn on the PS3 and format your new hard drive when prompt by the screen, and then reinstall your backup data. It was as simple as that. I thought I might had to format the WD drive to fat32 before inserting it into the PS3 but the PS3 recognized it the minute I turned it on making this procedure so simple and easy. Keep in mind though that like all Hard drives you won't actually have the full amount of space the drive indicates. I actually only have about 476 Gbs after formatting because of the partitions, but this is not big deal for me.
I've been using the drive for a while now and it's working just as well as the first day I received the item. This is a great choice if anyone wants to upgrade their old hard drive. A definite recommendation to all.
Customer Review: Happiest I've been with an electronics purchase for quite some time.
Summary: 5 Stars
Double your hard drive capacity (or more in most lower priced laptops) by installing this highly compatible, great quality internal drive. It is a straightforward fit, enough so that when I couldn't achieve success trading out the hard drive as a means to resurrect my less than one year old Acer laptop after it got hacked (the malicious worm/virus/Trojan managed to fry the circuitry of somewhere on the motherboard too, not just the drive), I swapped out the drive in a nine year old Toshiba laptop instead, with this same drive. Took right off when I formatted it and loaded Windows 7 operating system. The drive has zero software on it upon arrival, and that is up to you after physical installation. I was impressed with the smooth cooperation of this component. Upgrading your laptop has no easier piece of that puzzle. Keep in mind that anything in this style of hard drive over 600 GB capacity is thicker (and may not fit in laptop installation). If you're upgrading your laptop like I did, you can replace a 60 GB ancient drive with this new replacement 500 GB and nearly gain ten times the storage capacity. You will have to format and install all new software, but I was going to anyway.