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Robert Z.

Robert Z.

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Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJB 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive
Western Digital Caviar SE WD800AAJB 80GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache IDE Ultra ATA100 / ATA-6 3.5" Internal Hard Drive Bare Drive

Pros: Delivered in 21 hours. Arrived in good condition. Running very quietly. Installed easily. No issues so far. Price was reasonable and availability of an ATA disk was a plus since they are getting harder to find.

Cons: Assuming it continues to preform as it has so far, I can't think of any Cons.

Overall Review: I wanted this disk to replace a 80GB ATA disk that came in my Computer 5 years ago. The current disk was causing marginal boot problems and had also become quite noisy. I have, for a couple of years, made frequent Image Backups with Acronis TrueImage to provide for just such a situation. Upon receiving the new disk, I replaced the old disk with it . The only issue I had was that the new disk was about 1/8" longer than the old one which prevented the front panel from fitting. I resolved this by removing two of the four screws that screw in to the side of the disk to guide it into the slot. This let the disk slid in farther and the front panel then fit. I booted to the Acronis Boot Disk and entered the Acronis TrueImage Restore program, restored my Image and rebooted to a fully operational computer. This disk allowed me to avoid what would have been an eventual hard disk crash.

11/24/2009