WD 750 GB Mobile Hard Drive - Blue

I've tended to stay away from WD drives in the past, in favour of Samsung and Seagate, purely for brand loyalty reasons. However, having seen some reliability stats from "big data" businesses, which put WD comfortably ahead of [some of] the competition, I've switched allegiances. Not that it *really* matters for the kind of workload I'll be putting this drive under. I looked at eBay first and encountered a number of sellers peddling "factory refurbished" drives, so I turned to Amazon, hoping to avoid this as I want a brand new drive. The price I paid is what the drives on eBay were going for, so I was worried that I might still end up with one of the "factory refurbished" jobbies, but nothing about the drive or its packaging suggests that it is refurbished. It's fully sealed and looks brand new. So I'm happy (or in ignorant bliss) on that front. Note that some of the marketplace sellers here ARE selling refurbished drives -- so caveat emptor, if you care about this. The drive appears to run quietly and without giving off a lot of heat, but I'm most of all impressed with the read/write speed, which exceeds 100MB/s -- comfortably more than the old drive which is being replaced. One slight oddity is that the drive doesn't trigger the activity light on my laptop's ultrabay caddy, whereas my old drive did. I wouldn't want to speculate on the reason nor whether the drive or caddy itself is to blame, as I don't know how this particular feature is implemented. Still... not a big problem for me.

Works ok but is quite a bit noisier than the five year old WD drive it replaced

Needed a low power small form factor HDD, and this fits the bill perfectly. Loses 1 star because of the cost

I popped this in a cheap but effective 2.5 inch portable drive cover to check out the drive before it is put in the pc. I purchased a like for like as our low power Asus had been running virtually non stop for in excess of 7 years (more on than off) & had heard better things about this brand reiability than Seagate units, so decided a slightly larger capacity was warranted & if that didn't solve the problem we could use it with a usb 3.0 connection for xbox one expansion / capacious compared to our old 500 GB unit. It arrived at a cheaper price than other units as it wasn't in a retail box, but did come in an anti-static bag as per standard with delicate electronics. To fit into a cheap Sabrent external drive adapter case was easy, took about 8 seconds to remove lid, & install (slide in so it meets male / female connectors) ..closed lid, connected to my new laptop to check basic functionality before setting it up. Obviously if you do have the chance to check out a units operation prior to opening up a pc box as a "just in case" precaution / intend to have it sitting around prior to install ...spend a few pounds on an external drive case, handy especially if you are upgrading a pre-existing working hard drive, or attempting recovery of a seemingly failed unit. ...it makes things easier & couldn't be simpler.

This disk appears to have done the trick. Installed in my 7 year old Vista Laptop it has given me a lot more storage space, and the Laptop runs faster too. No apparent issues with the disk, worked 1st time. Tips for installation if you have not done this before; 1. I used Acronis True Image (other disk copy utilities are available) to clone the old disk to the new one. 2. Turn the PC off, and disconnect from the power. Remove the original disk from the PC/Laptop 3. Connect it to a suitable SATA to USB cable - I used the one in the link below 4. You may need to remove a little adapter on old disk that is there so it interfaces to the Laptop connections properly. This was the 1st time I have done this, and it took a bit of head scratching to see what was going on - see image below. You will also have to remove the disk from the caddy 5. Install the new WD 750 disk in the Laptop/PC using the caddy and interface adapter, screw the compartment cover in place. 6. Attach old disk with USB cable to Laptop/PC 7. Boot the PC/Laptop with the Acronis recovery disk or in my case USB drive (see Acronis documentation etc on how to create this). This may require a change to the boot disk order in the BIOS - hit F9 on my Laptop to do this. 8. Follow the cloning instructions and go and have a cup of tea/coffee then return an hour or so later when the cloning is complete 9. Once complete shut-down PC, remove all USB drives and power on - again you might need to change BIOS back to boot from harddisk 10. Watch it boot and you should be done. NB If you do this with Windows 8 or 8.1 you might need to re-register Windows with Microsoft - again follow the instructions to apply the new license key they give you. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GHJJPEK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Delivery was longer than I might have expected, but it came in the end.

Un buen producto, llego en su empaque y caja original ademas protegido en otra caja. Funciona bien y buen precio.

Ho ordinato il disco fisso Western Digital WD7500BPVX BLUE HardDisk il giorno 10 Marzo e mi è arrivato la mattina del 14 (spedito l'11), in anticipo rispetto alla data prevista del 17, spedizione per la prima volta (nel mio caso) con Poste Italiane. Per cui, sono rimasto un po' sorpreso,infatti, quasi sempre mi arrivano i pacchi con SDA, qualche volta TNT o Bartolini, tutto sempre ok senza problemi, e leggendo che il pacco sarebbe stato consegnato dalle Poste mi sono un tantino stupito; comunque tutto è andato bene. Amazon come sempre veloce e affidabile, il disco l'ho montato nel mio vecchio Notebook HP 530 ed ha superato senza problemi dei test di integrità, poi l'ho partizionato in due sotto Xubuntu 12.10 , una partizione da 100 GB dove ho installato il sistema, l'altra di circa 650 GB l'ho formattata in EXT4 come archivio dati. Lo sto usando da due giorni, tutto è a posto, mi affido quasi sempre a WD da anni e qualche volta anche a Toshiba per i miei hard disk, vista la grande affidabilità del marchio negli anni. Consigliato. Aggiornamento in data 16 Aprile 2014: È ormai un mese che uso questo HD nel mio notebook come disco di sistema, l'ho messo alla frusta lasciandolo in funzione per ore per codifiche video o anche download, anche per una settimana di seguito o addirittura per 12 giorni senza spegnere il notebook. In data odierna, secondo i dati SMART, il disco risulta essere stato in funzione per più di 26 giorni, nessun settore danneggiato o errori vari, tutto perfetto. Ottimo Hard Disk, silenzioso e veloce per un 5400 giri.

Lo compre para ampliar la capacidad de disco de mi PS3 Slim de 150 GB y va perfecto, el cambio se realiza muy rapido y el sistema lo ha reconocido sin ningún problema, lo recomiendo te quedan libres despues de instalar el sistema operativo unos 700 GB para juegos.

Diese Festplatte verspricht und hält alles: + schnell + leise + top preis leistung Nach ergibigen Test bin ich zu dem entschluss gekommen dass Die Festplatte von Western Digitalin einwand freie läuft und dass es auch noch eine der günstigeren Produkte ist, was ich mir zugelegt habe.... Zumal ist es auch schon die dritte binnen kurzer zeit und mit 250 GB mehr Speicherkapazität nichts besseres 5 Sterne sind merh als verdient, und ich kann sie nur weiter empfehelen. Man bekommt auch bei Amazon oft nur Top Produkte und alles geht sehr schnell ohne lange wartezeit einfach mega Klasse

This is my first review and I'm so absolutely thrilled with this hard drive. For years (literally), I had put off replacing my full to capacity PS3 hard drive because I thought it would be a huge hassle. Because it had been so long since I had actually played the system I opted to replace the hard drive without backing it up. I figured I'll just have fun replaying all my old games and the only data I had on the system was saved game data and Playstation Plus titles. Anyway, I prepped by installing the PS3 firmware on a USB drive which was only 190MB before attempting to replace it and then tried to get pumped up to actually replace the hard drive. It turns out I was worried for nothing and it's only 5 little Phillips head screws. All this time I had been procrastinating and putting this off and it turned out to be the easiest thing ever. The PS3 turned on, formatted itself and amazingly recovered all the system files. I didn't even need the jump drive and I was automatically logged back in to my user profile and my Playstation Plus account. I'm so mad I made such a big deal out of it and it was really quick and simple. Anyway, when I went to system information, I had 620/698GB free. A week later I have about 500GB free after downloading a lot of my Playstation Plus titles. One thing I have noticed is the drive is slower than I expected but I really can't attribute that to the drive itself because I am using Wi-Fi and it probably should be hardwired to download such large files. Also, I've always had problems with my modem and router. But I plan to switch to DSL internet soon and update the review when I have a different ISP to determine if it's just the internet connection. Overall I am really happy with the ease of installation. I must admit I was a little nervous when I received it because the drive was in a plain box in a static-free sleeve with no instructions or packaging but it really couldn't have been more simple. Anyway, gotta go, GREATNESS AWAITS!!!