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Western Digital 160 GB Caviar Blue PATA 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Desktop Hard Drive WD1600AAJB
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I received the hard drive via US Mail.
The hard drive rested on some flat uninflated plastic airbags so the result was that there was only a line layer of cardboard between the hard drive and the bottom of the box. This makes the hard drive inherently unreliable. Even if it works now, the probability of failure with valuable data lost is great. There was nothing to indicate that the post office had any reason to handle it gently and not throw it around.
So I will have to return it. I am not going to take the chance.
Rating: 1 / 5
This is a decent drive — it wasn’t a bargain — low cache but otherwise a respectable drive.
Rating: 3 / 5
For some reason the “Caviar Blue” series of WD drives will not work with the Alesis HD24 HD recorder (you will get a HD reset error when attempting to mount the drive). I believe this is the only flavor of Western Digital drive that doesn’t work in the HD24–the other “Caviar” series drives work great, just not “Caviar Blue.” FYI.
Rating: 1 / 5
Did not realize until I opened the box that I ordered the OEM product. So I had no cable or softwear. The cable in my computer did not have a second connector but I had saved one from a previous old computer. The softwear was easily downloaded from WD. They are using new softwear. The new softwear was better then what I have used previously. It had an option to clone the old drive without worrying about partitions or formats. Worked great and my new drive it excellent.
Rating: 5 / 5
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.
Rating: 5 / 5