Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / CapacityGB500Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Average Seek Timems8.9Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Data Transfer RateMBps300Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Spindle Speedrpm7200Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Buffer SizeMB16Technical DataStorage Controller / TypeNoneTechnical DataDimensions & Weight / Widthcm10.2Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Depthcm14.6Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Heightcm2.5Technical DataDimensions & Weight / Weightkg0.64Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Interface TypeSerial ATA-300Technical DataStorage / TypeHard driveTechnical DataStorage Controller (2nd) / TypeNoneTechnical DataStorage Hard Drive / Form Factor3.5" x 1/3HTechnical DataHeader / Product LineSamsung SpinPoint T166Technical DataHeader / ModelHD501LJTechnical DataHeader / CompatibilityPCTechnical DataHeader / ManufacturerSamsungTechnical DataHeader / Packaged Quantity1Technical DataStorage Hard Drive / Hard Drive TypeInternal hard drive
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0
Died After 5 Months Worked great for almost 5 months, fast, almost silent. Then right in the middle of transferring a large video file... the dreaded click, click, click. And that was it... all my data gone! Luckily I hadn't got round to wiping the source drives. So I only lost a minimal amount of data, but that was just down to pure luck. Amazon has offered a me credit to buy a new drive, but I'm not sure if I'm going to accept this, as I've already bought a Western Digital replacement. Maybe I was just unlucky, but... more info
Click, Click Bang goes my data Lasted 5 days, then a cyclic redundancy error. I did a windows disk check (which took about 5 hours) then returned to find the machine hung at the bios stage with the drive emitting the dreaded mechanical click, click, click sound. Totally dead from that point. Luckily most of what was on the drive was backed up elsewhere, just lost about 100 photos and a few hours of my time. I had a bad feeling about it and wanted to give it a few weeks before I committed to important data. I'm going back to Western... more info
RUBISH I Should of taken notice of the reviews,, NAUGHTY ME.
LASTED 2 MINUTES.. CLICK.. CLICK.. CLICK
Dead On Arrival I should have listened to the other reviewers here!! I will not buy fragile PC equipment through Amazon again! The drive arrived in a box big enough to carry 10 hard drives and when I felt the contents sliding around inside my heart sank. Sure enough after opening the box the drive sat inside with just a jiffy bag for protection. This equates to putting an egg in a biscuit tin and posting it through the mail and expecting The Royal Mail to treat it is if it were an unexploded bomb - i.e.
not a chance... more info
