Binding: Electronics Brand: Western Digital EAN: 0718037734002 Hard Disk Size: 1 TB Label: Western Digital Manufacturer: Western Digital Model: WD1001FALS Publisher: Western Digital Studio: Western Digital Warranty: 5 years warranty
Product DescriptionWD Caviar Black drives combine a high performance electronics architecture with a rock solid mechanical architecture to deliver the perfect storage solution for your fully-loaded PC or maxed out gaming machine. Cool drive operation, no-touch head technology, and leading-edge vibration protection ensure enhanced reliability and sustained data throughput.It's ideal for power computing applications such as multimedia, video and photo editing, and maxed out gaming computers.
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Rating: - Western Digital label on Maxtor Drive - Part II
Unfortunately I am having exactly the similar issue that "D. Bachman" is facing (I bought 2 of WD 1TB HDD directly from Amazon to avoid any such issue. Both came factory sealed and when I installed them it has showed 80GB only. And when I test them one by one, it appeared that one is totally not working and the other one is 80GB only instead of 1TB! In addition, it has been written Matrox Corp on the back and WD printed on the front sticker)
I have seen a comment from "Levi Flaman" saying ... Read More
Rating: - Black Caviar
This is a GREAT hard drive! (But be aware that it does not come as a "Plug-n-Play". It has to be formated.)
Rating: - quiet and quick
If your are having trouble using a eSata expanded drive with DirecTv, this is your baby. Slip it into an Atec MX-1 enclosure and plug it into the back of the HDDvr and take yourself an extended vacation and when you come home all your preferred programs will be waiting on you. Lots of hours available to record you favorite shows.
Rating: - Western Digital label on Maxtor Drive
I bought 2 of these directly from Amazon. They looked fine until I installed them in my system. They came up as 80GB Maxtor drives rather than 1TB Western Digital drives. The stickers on the top of the drive say Western Digital 1TB but the electronics board on the bottom of the drive says Maxtor. There's been an obvious mixup here, probably at the factory.
Amazon is replacing the drives with new ones. I hope I don't get the same...
Rating: - Great all-around drive
I've just finished installing a group of these in RAID configuration, and am happy to report that they are fast, quiet, and cool. Really a great balance of performance, capacity and security. Western Digital seems to be on a roll lately, with lots of innovative products.
I agree with the review that states that Amazon needs to be specific about whether computer parts are OEM. OEM equipment often does not carry the warranty that consumer equipment does, and I personally have seen too many ... Read More