ΠΡΠ·ΡΠ²Ρ ΠΎ ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ Π΄ΠΈΡΠΊ Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS
497 ΠΎΡΠ·ΡΠ²ΠΎΠ² ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Π΅ΠΉ o Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS
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Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS?
ΠΠΎΠ΄Π΅Π»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡ ΡΠ²ΠΎΠΈΠΌ ΠΎΠΏΡΡΠΎΠΌ ΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠΌΠΎΠ³ΠΈΡΠ΅ Π΄ΡΡΠ³ΠΈΠΌ ΡΠ΄Π΅Π»Π°ΡΡ ΠΏΡΠ°Π²ΠΈΠ»ΡΠ½ΡΠΉ Π²ΡΠ±ΠΎΡ
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
19.01.2011
6/10
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I ponied up for the more expensive drive in WD's line thinking it would be money well spent, and I'm not convinced it was worth it. My Mac Pro has seemed very slow and buggy ever since installing this drive (one of three drives I have installed). The drive actually crashed a week after installing it. A reformat fixed it, but I had to reinstall everything which set me back a decent amount of time. I have it dedicated as a drive just for photos, no applications or OS. It takes a noticeable amount of time to wake up and read what I'm looking for.I have had one weird thing after another pop up since I installed this drive. I'm close to sending it back to get something else, even if it costs me more.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
03.04.2011
10/10
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Bought the 2TB Caviar Black on January 19, 2011. Amazon packaging was excellent. The drive was working like a dream ... until today.Booted my computer today -- and Windows 7 64 bit tells me the hard drive is not accessible and that it is basically a RAW drive (my other 1TB Cav Black hard drives are working fine.) Perhaps the directory file is corrupted?UPDATE: After talking to WD support I resolved it as a cable issue. WD Support was excellent.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
15.09.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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The drive in question, Western Digital WD1001FALS Western Digital Caviar Black 1 TB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 3.5 Inch, 32 MB Cache, 7200 RPM SATA II WD1001FALS, is the Caviar Black, 3 Gb/s unit.I installed it in an elderly XP system with SATA-1 (1.5 Gb/s) only ports and had absolutely no problem with the system recognizing, formatting, or utilizing the drive. For this installation, the 'force SATA-1' jumper was not needed on the drive (jumper information for this drive can be found on the WD website).No heat issues have been noticed, but the computer case involved does have five fans (independent of the power supply) and thus has a good cooling air supply. The new drive also seems not to have added noticeable noise.Formatting did take quite a long time as expected. In use, the drive performs well - certainly at or above the level of other drives in the system.It is too soon to discuss longevity since the drive has only been installed for about two weeks at this point. However, I have had good success with WD drives in the past.Packaging from Amazon was adequate. I would like to see a bit more padding, though.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
09.09.2010
10/10
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Was apprehensive about this purchase due to other reviewers' negative comments on packaging. I purchased 2 drives in the same transaction early Sept 2010. Arrived as 1 box with typical airbags inside to prevent shifting. Within this box were 2 smaller boxes. Each smaller box contained an individual drive suspended with end caps that isolate all drive surfaces from the box and provide some shock protection. This was as good or better packaging than I have seen from most other shippers. If I had ordered only one drive and it came in one of the smaller boxes with end caps, without the other box with air bag, I think this still would've been perfectly adequate.Packaging aside - I've had some serious performance issues with WD Green drives on the Mac - perhaps due to frequent spin-up / spin-down cycles - resulting in frequent waits of 5 sec or more while the drive spins up. So far the Black drives seem to work just fine. Nice and quiet too.Seems like Amazon mixes reviews for diff models so to clarify this review is for WD2001FASS (2TB Caviar Black 64MB buffer) drives that were on sale early Sept 2010 for $140 ea.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
24.12.2010
10/10
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When building or upgrading computer, I have always used Western Digital drives. They make great reliable drives, have great customer support, and a pretty good warranty on all their drives.I bought this drive for a new personal database server I was building. It was suppose to run along side another Western Digital drive (OS drive). Once the system was built and the drives were installed, both had worked flawlessly. The dual processors on the hard drive does in fact make data transfers move slightly more quickly. So far, the various SMART programs and hardware management utilities the server is running reports that both WD drives are in healthy condition. To date, I've moved about a few terabytes of data to and from the drives with no problems.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
15.03.2011
10/10
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I wanted to expand a MacPro, and this was perfect. It takes all of 5 minutes to install. Just turn off the MacPro, pull out the next available metal hanger, screw on the drive, and push the hanger back into the case. Close the case, turn on the computer, ignore the warning that the drive isn't right, start Disk Utilities, and erase the drive and let it reformat as a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) drive. Also, I renamed the drive to HD 2. Bingo, works like a charm.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
04.11.2010
10/10
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The WD Black Edition drives are known for their dependability and performance. This drive has a limited 5 year warranty (the blue and green versions have 3 year warranty). It has two processors, 32MB of cache, and the motor shaft is secured on both ends rather than just one end. It is a well-rated drive at the Egg store. I have this drive in a firewire enclosure and have Time Machine backups on it.The packaging was good and bad. The drive was packed in a small box with plastic supports on the ends of the drive which made the drive very secure in this box. The problem was this box was in a larger box with no packaging at all around the smaller box which contained the drive. There was space enough for the smaller box containing the drive to move about during shipping. It was shipped by USPS but the drive was delivered by FedEx to my city, and then turned over to USPS for delivery. The delivery was prompt.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
03.05.2009
10/10
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This is for people (like me) who've never done this before... I use Windows Vista and an HP desktop computer.1. Ordered this drive, which arrived promptly. Drive was well packed with foam. As expected, it didn't come with anything else. It works fine, and to me it doesn't seem noisy.2. Ordered Tripp Lite P940-19I Serial ATA (SATA) Signal Cable (19 Inches). Note: older computers won't support SATA. If you have a newer computer, it should work. SATA cables are red and about 1 cm wide, the older cables are about an inch wide and silvery. If your hard drive uses these, don't get this drive.3. Ordered Tripp Lite P946-12I Serial ATA (SATA) Dual Power Adapter Cable - 4pin/2x15pin SATA - 12in. This is a "Y" adapter (optimistically planning for my next hard drive!), but a straight one would also work. I found out after it arrived I already had a SATA power adapter in my case. However, it wouldn't have reached with the available wiring length, so I still ended up using this.4. In my case, the drive requires 4 screws to install it. These are short screws with large flat heads, the heads form a sort of "rail" for it to glide into the rack on. On opening my case, I realized that HP had thoughtfully provided extra screws for future upgrades! The drive does not come with screws.5. Installed drive in rack, plugged in the two cables, no problem.6. Get to Windows. Your new hardware icon should say "locating... installing" or something like that.7. Go to Start-Computer (right click on Computer) - Manage - then to Disk Management. Find your new drive at the bottom of the screen, and click over the "drive 1" (or whatever) designation to make it "online". Then right click the long color band over the drive's partition graphic and start the "new simple volume" wizard. Stayed with the defaults.That's about it, everything worked the first time. After the drive was up and running, I decided to error-check the drive from Windows Explorer (under the tools tab for drive). This gave the unexpected result of giving me a blank screen for several hours while it checked it. When I've error-checked drive c:\, my screen gives me information on what it's doing. This was just totally blank, which was disconcerting, but in a few hours it finished what it was doing and everything worked.I also went into the BIOS on bootup (pressed F10 while booting, don't know if this is the same on other PC's) to see if I needed to do anything there, but I didn't. The new drive was already listed. I did get a new option on booting, to set up the drive in a RAID configuration, I left this alone. (non-RAID)This is written to help first-timers like me. If any experienced computer folks want to comment and add pearls of wisdom feel free!Update: July 26, 2012Three plus years later, lots of usage, working fine, no problems.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
16.06.2010
8/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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I had built a new PC about 8 month's ago and I had this drive as a storage drive along side of a 1TD drive by Western Digital. I have thousands of digital photos and web sites that I need room to get them backed up on. From reading all the reviews from around the web this drive could just as well be used as a main drive and be partitioned into several smaller partitions with ease. I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate X64. I purchased this one because my first one gave up way to fast on me but was still under warranty but I needed to get my system up and running quickly. The RMA process has taken some time but at least I'm getting it replaced. Some may wonder why would you get the same drive that just died on you, well it's easy to say they make lousy drives but I've used Western Digital drives for as long as I can remember without having any problems what so ever with them. The only reason I didn't give this drive a perfect rating is because it did give up and when it comes to portability it wasn't meant to be portable though I'm sure you could make it so. All in all it's a great drive and even fairly inexpensive considering the capacity is at or near the top end when it comes to internal hard-drives.The only faster drives out there are the newer solid state drives or SSD drives if you prefer but they don't have the capacity yet and their cost is still pretty high per megabyte.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
02.11.2009
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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Enough of the other reviewers have provided information about ease of use, what comes in the box, how to set them up, and debated the various merits of Western Digitals reliability and customer service that I feel no need to restate my own thoughts and opinions on those matters.I purchased these drives to increase the storage space in my home office media server (Dell PowerEdge, 3.0Ghz HT, 2 GB DDR2 RAM, PCI/e SATA II RAID controller). Before selecting a final RAID configuration I did extensive testing of these drives to determine read performance (write isn't that much of an issue when streaming video and music to various locations) and here are the results of those tests.The "control" group was the PowerEdge's two 360GB WD green drives configured in RAID 1 (disk mirroring) (the OS drive is a pair of EIDE 10GB drives in RAID 1). These results are the average of four passes with HD Tune.Control:RAID/Space/Max Read (MB/s)/AVG Read (MB/s)/CPU1 / 360GB / 99.6 / 76 / 2.1%1TB WD Black drivesRAID/Space/Max Read (MB/s)/AVG Read (MB/s)/CPU0 / 4 TB / 205.3 /168.8 / 6.1%1 / 2 TB / 108.6 / 86.3 / 2.9%0-1 / 2 TB / 207.3 /168.6 / 6.5%5 / 3 TB / 233.0 / 205.9 / 8.6%Comparing "apples to apples" in a RAID 1 configuration the 1TB WD Black drives are noticeably faster than the smaller Green drives. I was rather surprised that the RAID 5 configuration scored so much faster than the RAID 0-1 configuration and in the end I went with the RAID5 configuration as it gave me the best "bang for the buck" (reliability, speed, and available space).Prior to implementing RAID5 with these drives on the server the average transfer rate from the WD Green drives to my laptop via 802.11g router was 1.8MB/s (this was tested using large audio and media files). With that same router I am now seeing 4.6MB/s (roughly 42Mbs), which is near enough to the theoretical limit of 54Mbs on the router that I suspect the reason it isn't faster are due to limitations of the router. Doing hardwired tests (plugging the laptop into the 100Mbs ports on the router via a network cable) would seem to confirm this as the transfer rate improved from 1.9MB/s to 10.3MB/s.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
27.05.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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Owned for two years with no failure yet, running smooth and was easy to setup.Came in great packaging.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
28.02.2010
8/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
Π₯ΠΎΡΠΎΡΠΎ
I had recently purchased the 500GB green WD Caviar and was not impressed. first off the model number on the box did not match the model number on the drive (i read that this was due to WD including extra space...i.e. one person said they got a 640 with a note in box saying basically surprise you get a bonus) so i thought this was the reason for the discrepancy. it was not and then i went on to read that the drive is not actually variable speed (supposed to be 5400-7200rpm) and that it was fixed at 5400...my test reported 5000 and it was running 5 degree's C hotter than the 750gig drive i have as a backup.the 640gig black version was much better, i went with the free "prime" trial and shipping was hard to believe just over 36 hours from order to in hand. the packaging was poor in my opinion, bubble wrapped the drive ok but the "air pillows" that took up the extra space in the box were busted or half inflated. there was enough room in the box for 2 more drives so it probably got bounced around pretty bad.the drive itself is great..in and hour and 20 minutes i not only ran around the house doing house work but i manged to install windows 7 and most drivers. it still only scores a 5.9 on the windows performance rating, as did the green, but the green's "head parking" caused delays that made program not start then generate an error.you would double click on a program and you could hear the drive click out of the park position after a second then half the time get an error that X failed to run because Y was delayed.so far this drive is solid and well has 4 times the buffer than the green. would recommend over the green versions by far.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
06.09.2009
10/10
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First off, I'm your slightly above average computer user. I can build my own computer, but I don't claim to know everything and other techno mumbo jumbo. I usually have to go read on online forums to help me through with some more advanced computer stuff.That said, my WD 250gb drive died on me this past month. It was starting to give me errors and using a program called "Speed Fan", it read the "SMART" data on my hdd and indicated that there were errors in the hdd. It was time to replace!I chose WD because of experience with their green drives. I have 3 green drives (2x750gb 1x1tb) for the past 2 years and they run 24/7 downloading torrents, streaming media to xbox, storing nearly a million pictures, mp3s, etc etc. ZERO problems and the green drives run at an average of about 30 degrees! That's without the fancy cooling that some guys have. I just use a regular [...] Antec case. That beings said, the 250gb WD (non green drive) that died ran at about 42 degrees.I installed this 1tb WD black without a hitch. I chose the 1TB not because i needed the extra storage but the cost over lower capacity drives was minimal that i said "why not." It has dual processor with 32mb cache, and a bunch of other stuff. Also, some online forum people were saying that in the WD black series, the 640gb and 1tb are the fastest compared to the other speeds. This is because of the higher platter density (334?) compared to the other sizes in the series.But does the drive actually perform faster? YES, actually it does. I usually don't notice a speed increase with an upgraded drive but this time I noticed it. It's not HUGE, but noticeable. Firefox and my mail programs are launching just a few seconds faster. HD videos seem to start up faster with less lag.This drive runs about 35-36 degrees in my case, vs the 30 degrees of the green drive. So it does a run a little hotter, but not as hot as my old 250gb.I would recommend this product.I hope this review was helpful to you.PS:The packaging from Amazon really wasn't that great. The guy who posted up how the drive was packaged... via 2 sheets of bubble wrap, that's EXACTLY how my hdd came. I'm not sure if I would order a hdd from Amazon again.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
21.04.2011
10/10
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Nothing like WD Black! 2TB 64MB SATA 3GB/s. Fast like hell, a ton of storage to give to your friends haha Mmmm now I thinks.... maybe I start a business with this LOL :D
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
13.09.2010
2/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
Π£ΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ
I am not one to write bad reviews, but for the $170+ Price Tag this Drive lacks elegance and silence. I have never heard such a loud hard drive.The Bottome Line, Getting another Samsung Spinpoint 1TB HD (HD103UJ)since the other I have has never been this loud and has worked for MANY years.I read from other reviews that this drive fails after a few weeks and it does not support basic RAID features, also the Warranty is sketchy at best.This is the last Western Digital Product I EVER buy. Buying something like this is supposed to be a lot less worrisome, and even though it says that Amazon.com filled my order I don't know why a 3rd Party name keeps showing up in the item's shipped and sold by description but in the item's sold buy screen in searches it shows up as Amazon.I buy from Amazon a lot and this is by far the worst experience overall, so frustrated that I went out of my way to write this review!
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
30.11.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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My WD Caviar 1TB hard drive arrive exactly when Amazon said it would arrive. Packaging was very good - The hard drive was in a sealed ESD-protection bag, suspended by plastic packaging in a sturdy box. That box was in a shipping box, with an air-pillow filling the gap, so the inner box didn't shift around. I used the free Super-Saver shipping & the USPS delivered the package in perfect condition.OEM hard drives come without any mounting hardware, so I used my own screws and rubber grommets to mount it. It's a little quieter and considerably faster than the WD 400GB 5400 RPM drive that it replaced. Overall, I'm very pleased with it.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
23.10.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
When I need a large 2TB drive, this is one of my top choices. Performance is good, and I've never had a failure.The data you put on a drive is FAR more valuable than the cost of a drive, so why buy cheap drives? I always buy higher end drives not only for their improved performance, but really, for their improved reliability.Recently Seagate began to offer a competitive 2TB unit, I've purchased both models and so far can't say one is better than the other. Thus, buy from the manufacturer you trust most. In the past I only purchased Seagate, but they didn't have a unit to compete with this one, so I purchased a number of these and I've been impressed.I'll continue to buy both Seagate and Western Digital while they continue to perform quickly and reliably for me.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
06.03.2011
2/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
Π£ΠΆΠ°ΡΠ½ΠΎ
I'm highly ticked off with this drive. I was so excited to get this drive, but that didn't last very long. I had some VERY IMPORTANT information on this. I haven't been this disappointed in my life! 1.2TB of information lost. Dead in only 10 DAYS? I'm glad I at least a quarter of the stuff on it backed up.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
02.05.2011
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
This is a good fast drive. It's louder and faster than the green. I bought it after I have 2 greens corrupt.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
19.12.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
ΠΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠΊΠΎΠ»Π΅ΠΏΠ½ΠΎ
I needed a large capacity SADA drive for my main work computer. This drive is OEM so it did not come with cable but I already had a spare and they are pretty cheap anyway. This drive is SATA II and has a max transfer rate higher than my old SATA I capable motherboard. However, it seem to auto detect my motherboard max transfer rate and so is backwards compatible. Even with this being the case, I still went back into the computer and shorted the SATA II drive pins 5-6 which locks it into the SATA I speed of 150 MB/s. 'Better safe than sorry I always say.
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
01.04.2010
10/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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UPDATED: 09-25-10This is the drive to build your own eSATA DVR Expander along with the Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360SU-BK enclosure Vantec NexStar 3 NST-360SU-BK 3.5-Inch SATA to USB 2.0 and eSATA External Hard Drive Enclosure (Onyx Black).Or Better Yet NO Enclosure, just add the following:1) eSATA to SATA Cable Link Depot Rounded eSATA to SATA Cable (Blue, 3 Feet)2) Molex Power Supply CG 110v AC to 12v DC 4pin molex Power Adapter3) SATA Power Adapter Cable.Optional Equipment:4) Aluminum Heat Sink Vantec Hard Drive Coolermodel#Hdc-502Aheat Sink With 2 Fans5) Silicon Protector Sleeve Hard Disk Protector Sleeve for 3.5 DriveAdd 120HRS of HD recording capacity to your DVR, By hooking this up with the enclosure via eSATA cable included in the Vantec enclosure. Solid no glitch HD recording with a Scientific Atlanta DVR - SA8300HD,SA8300HDC,SA8240HDC as long as you are not running TWC Navigator ODN software.Solid High Performance drive with dual processors. Drive runs fairly cool considering it is spinning 24/7. I have been using this drive for over 7 months often recording two programs simultaneously without a single glitch, that was not part of the original program signal.I also have one of these drives connected to my Networked PC via eSATA, using it for back-ups and Network storage. Transfer rate via eSATA is very fast. Back-ups no longer take several hours. I love these drives.Since writing this review I now own 6 WD Caviar Black HDDs
Π‘ΠΊΡΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½ΡΠΉ ΡΠΊΡΠΏΠ΅ΡΡ
14.10.2010
10/10
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I have an HP MediaSmart Home Server and I wanted to upgrade its storage capability. Purchased 3 of these 2TB beauties. (I still have one slot remaining to fill...will do that a little later.) And here's the thing; I could not find any information anywhere (HP, the forums, etc...) to indicate my server model (EX475) could handle the size of these drives. But I can tell you now, it can!These drives surprised me in two ways: first, they are quiet. And second, they run cooler than the 1TB drives they replaced. For a drive that spins at 7200 rpm, this is really good news. Also, the 5 year warranty is nice to have in the back pocket.And one other thing: Amazon rocked the lowest price and shipped it FREE. Nice!Great news on all counts...way to go Western Digital!
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15.11.2009
2/10
ΠΡΠ΅Π½ΠΊΠ° ΠΏΠΎΠ»ΡΠ·ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ΅Π»Ρ
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I originally purchased this model Western Digital hard drive back in April 2009 but after about 7 weeks of use it started to die. It eventually did give up the ghost and took about 300GB of stuff I wasn't able to get backed up off of it with it.Western Digital has a RMA procedure in place that involves them trying to up sell you to another model and makes you pay to ship the drive back to them (about $12). I shipped it two day and it took them a week to register the drive even after I was able to confirm it was delivered on time via the tracking number. Then it took them almost two weeks to send me a replacement drive.After the previous experience with this model I was leery of putting any data on the drive but after about a month or so of light use doing temp backups I went ahead and used the drive for its original purchase intent, backup of my main HD (500GB) and storage of music and video files. Sure enough the drive started acting up in all new ways first by making a high pitched whining noise followed by odd clicking sounds. I started trying to get data off the drive and only lost about 200GB this time before it went out on me by not showing up in Windows anymore. Using the drive management utility in Windows 7 it showed up as a RAW partition. Using restoration software I was able to save another 100GB of data before it went out for good.Doing some research reveals that a lot of folks are having the same sorts of problems in about the same time frame with this model drive.I have to admit that this whole experience has made me a bit skittish about purchasing any more WD products which is sad as I've had nothing but very good experiences in the past with their hardware.I did some checking and here in North Carolina if after getting yet another RMA replacement drive it happens again then I can pursue monetary restitution via the AG's office and I will if it happens yet again.
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21.12.2010
4/10
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So this is my 2nd WD drive that I've installed on my Macpro. My other 1TB Green WD failed after 6 months and I had to use special software to yank my photography off of the corrupt and failing drive. I went without a 4th drive for a year and decided to finally buy another drive but thought the Black WD drive would be better...Well, it's noisy. Like a miniature jack hammer. It's already getting on my nerves and I'm seriously rethinking even keeping this drive.The clanking and knocking sounds are so loud they can't be ignored.
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9.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 500 ΠΠ WD5000BPKT
ΠΎΡ 5960.00 ΡΡΠ±.
34 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
9.2/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Seagate SkyHawk AI Surveillance (ST10000VE001)
ΠΎΡ 21000.00 ΡΡΠ±.
846 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 7298 Π²
9.2/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 500 ΠΠ WD5000BEVT
ΠΎΡ 2199.00 ΡΡΠ±.
93 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
9.1/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 400 ΠΠ WD Scorpio Blue 400 G
ΠΎΡ 4280.00 ΡΡΠ±.
36 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 4864 Π²
9/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 320 ΠΠ WD Scorpio Blue 320 G
ΠΎΡ 2800.00 ΡΡΠ±.
136 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.9/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 120 ΠΠ WD Scorpio Blue 120 G
ΠΎΡ 11630.00 ΡΡΠ±.
96 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.9/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Seagate Barracuda 160 ΠΠ ST3160318AS
ΠΎΡ 2915.00 ΡΡΠ±.
610 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Seagate IronWolf (ST4000VN006)
ΠΎΡ 14255.00 ΡΡΠ±.
839 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 7298 Π²
8.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital WD Re 2 Π’Π WD2003FYYS
ΠΎΡ 12995.00 ΡΡΠ±.
134 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 2 Π’Π WD2001FASS
ΠΎΡ 12995.00 ΡΡΠ±.
117 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 4471 Π²
8.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Seagate IronWolf 4 Π’Π ST4000VN008
ΠΎΡ 12436.00 ΡΡΠ±.
2786 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 11882 Π²
8.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD1001FALS
ΠΎΡ 9950.00 ΡΡΠ±.
154 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.7/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 320 ΠΠ WD3200JB
ΠΎΡ 8795.00 ΡΡΠ±.
121 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.6/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 1 Π’Π WD Caviar Green 1 TB (W
ΠΎΡ 7325.00 ΡΡΠ±.
197 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 6104 Π²
8.6/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital 750 ΠΠ WD7501AALS
ΠΎΡ 6695.00 ΡΡΠ±.
135 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 4471 Π²
8.6/10 Π±Π°Π»Π»ΠΎΠ²
Western Digital WD Blue 1 Π’Π WD10EALX
ΠΎΡ 6671.00 ΡΡΠ±.
159 ΠΌΠ΅ΡΡΠΎ ΠΈΠ· 4471 Π²
