Western Digital WD2500JB Caviar SE EIDE 250 GB Hard Drive

Average customer rating: 3.0

using it as an external hard drive
Western digital? I have very little faith in them
WARNING - not what the description says!
Gonzalez Give a Moronic Review
Difficult install and horrible service left a sour taste in my mouth

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Western Digital WD2500JB Caviar SE EIDE 250 GB Hard Drive

Manufacturer: Western Digital
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B0002F8578

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Product Description

Western Digital's Special Edition hard drives are designed to maximize desktop computer performance for activities requiring high-performance storage such as computer gaming, digital video editing, and file server applications. Offering the largest capacities, the Western Digital's Special Edition family is equipped with an 8 MB buffer - the largest buffer available today in a desktop EIDE hard drive, delivering data to users faster than any hard drive in its class.The Special Edition hard drive provides a higher percentage of cache hits and significantly faster time to data than industry-standard 2 MB versions. Within the complex operations of hard drives, the buffer is used to hold the results of recent reads from the disk, and also to "pre-fetch" information that is likely to be requested in the near future. The use of an increased buffer improves the performance by reducing the number of physical accesses to the disk and allowing data to stream from the disk uninterrupted by mechanical operations.

Amazon.com Product Description

The Western Digital Caviar SE hard drive gives you 250 GB of storage in a package that is quiet, fast, and runs cooler than most hard drives on the market. Even at a rotational speed of 7,200 RPM the drive can maintain low operating temperatures and low power consumption. The 8 MB buffer also provides high performance caching for faster speeds and improved system functions.

This hard drive is as quiet as it is fast, with noise minimized to levels nearly below the human hearing threshold using WhisperDrive technology. Soft Seek technology is employed to minimize seek noise by streamlining read/write seek algorithms. All this means that your hard drive will operate efficiently and quietly while in use, allowing you to enjoy games, video, and music without the distraction of loud hardware.

The Caviar SE drive comes with Data Lifeguard Tools, a suite of software that works with the built-in Data Lifeguard technology to simplify the process of installation, drive management, and repair. Data Lifeguard continually monitors your system to help with shock protection, environmental protection, error detection and repair, and automatically finds, isolates, and repairs any detected problems. The built-in Shock Guard feature gives you shock and vibration protection to protect your data in case of high shock or sudden movement. These data protection enhancements add up to a more secure, reliable system without the worry.

<b>What's in the Box</b>
Hard drive, EIDE cable, installation and management software, and step-by-step illustrated instructions.

Customer Reviews:

using it as an external hard drive.......2007-06-09

I just bought these and also an external enclosure to use it as an external hard drive, so far i have tried it on linux (ubuntu), osX, and windows XP and it seems to work just fine

Western digital? I have very little faith in them.......2007-03-22

After crashing two hard disks the same day for no reason, I lost all my confidence in this company. The sad part I lost my back up of huge file cache. All my MP3s, pictures, documents, legal docs etc.

I bought seagate and Fantom drives. I am happy now.

WARNING - not what the description says!.......2007-02-01

The description for this product says "Full kit includes drive cables, installation and management software, and illustrated instructions". All I got was an OEM drive... just the drive with no cable, rails, software, instructions or anything else. I don't know if an underpaid stockboy just screwed up or what, but everyone should be aware.

I'm keeping it because I just wanted the bare drive anyway, but I wanted to warn others who might be counting on the additional items.

Gonzalez Give a Moronic Review.......2006-11-28

There is nothing unusual about this drive with respect to installation. It's just like any other 40 pin IDC. The above reviewer must be a dope.

Difficult install and horrible service left a sour taste in my mouth.......2006-11-03

I have been working with computers for over 20 years on the home PC side. I have used Western Digital exclusively since buying my last 170 meg Hayes in 1993. I have always been happy with Western Digital's ease of installation and great technical support. There was no question when I purchased this drive as to which manufacturer I would support. Unfortunately, all the confidence that I had built up over the years was lost in one product.

I will tell you that as a primary drive, this hard drive is very difficult to install. The directions that the manufacturer provides are great for installing it as a secondary drive, but they provide no information for installing it as a primary, which is important as there is a 130 meg barrier in Windows XP. Furthermore, when I was finally able to set aside time to contact tech support, they said that my drive, which I purchased 4 days ago, was three days out of its one year warranty! I had to photoshop together a receipt from screen caps (because I purchased the hard drive online.) to prove the date of purchase. They now require three days to verify the receipt. Unfortunately, because of this incident, I will never buy another Western Digital harddrive and would discourage you from doing the same.

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