TOSHIBA

Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3 0Gb s 2 5 inch Notebook Hard Drive MQ01ABD100V - 1

4.2

$61.99

About this item

  • 1TB Capacity
  • 8MB Buffer, SATA 3.0Gb/s Interface, 2.5inch Laptop Hard Drive
  • 9.5mm High, Rotation Speed of 5400RPM
  • Works for any brand SATA Interface Laptop, Macbook, Notebook, USB Enclosure and etc
  • Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS), Storage Device Division introduces the MQ01ABD100V 2.5-inch 1TB Hard Disk Drive. The MQ01ABD100V offers the industries highest areal density per platter, at 254 gigabits per square inch. The drives 5400 RPM motor speed, improves system-level performance by as much as 12 percent when compared to 4200 RPM. This new drive offers enough capacity for portable video recording and editing, with lower power consumption compared to the traditional 3.5-inch HDDs. This functionality provides ideal storage for a range of commercial and consumer notebooks, as well as non-PC applications such as PDAs, printers, copiers, GPS systems and MP3 players. The MQ01ABD100V incorporates the Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0Gbps interface and is ATA-8 compliant, supporting high media transfer rates of up to 801 megabytes per second. 1TB Capacity; 8MB Buffer, SATA 3.0Gb/s Interface, 2.5inch Laptop Hard Drive; 9.5mm High, Rotation Speed of 5400RPM; Works for any brand SATA Interface Laptop, Macbook, Notebook, USB Enclosure and etc Rated 4.2 out of 5. Customers find the hard drive fits perfectly and is easy to install, offering great value for 1TB of storage.
Specification

Product facts

Key details

Digital Storage Capacity
1000 GB
Hard Disk Interface
Serial ATA-300
Connectivity Technology
SATA, USB
Brand
TOSHIBA
Special Feature
Portable

Dimensions and fit

Hard Disk Size
1 TB

Item information

Hard Disk Form Factor
2.5 Inches
Hard Disk Description
Usb
Compatible Devices
Laptop
Installation Type
Internal Hard Drive
hard_drive
1 TB Usb
best_sellers_rank
#16 in Internal Hard Drives
Overview

About this item

  • 1TB Capacity
  • 8MB Buffer, SATA 3.0Gb/s Interface, 2.5inch Laptop Hard Drive
  • 9.5mm High, Rotation Speed of 5400RPM
  • Works for any brand SATA Interface Laptop, Macbook, Notebook, USB Enclosure and etc
  • Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. (TAIS), Storage Device Division introduces the MQ01ABD100V 2.5-inch 1TB Hard Disk Drive. The MQ01ABD100V offers the industries highest areal density per platter, at 254 gigabits per square inch. The drives 5400 RPM motor speed, improves system-level performance by as much as 12 percent when compared to 4200 RPM. This new drive offers enough capacity for portable video recording and editing, with lower power consumption compared to the traditional 3.5-inch HDDs. This functionality provides ideal storage for a range of commercial and consumer notebooks, as well as non-PC applications such as PDAs, printers, copiers, GPS systems and MP3 players. The MQ01ABD100V incorporates the Serial ATA (SATA) 3.0Gbps interface and is ATA-8 compliant, supporting high media transfer rates of up to 801 megabytes per second. 1TB Capacity; 8MB Buffer, SATA 3.0Gb/s Interface, 2.5inch Laptop Hard Drive; 9.5mm High, Rotation Speed of 5400RPM; Works for any brand SATA Interface Laptop, Macbook, Notebook, USB Enclosure and etc Rated 4.2 out of 5. Customers find the hard drive fits perfectly and is easy to install, offering great value for 1TB of storage.

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8 reviewsPositive

Rated 4.2/5 across 8 reviews — well received overall.

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Customers find the hard drive fits perfectly and is easy to install, offering great value for 1TB of storage.

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★★★★★

Great price

Works great and a great price for 1TB of storage. Read more

Javier
★★★★★

It’s a Hard Drive. Try to Contain Your Excitement.

Ah yes, the Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM 8MB Cache SATA Hard Drive. Take a deep breath. I know—try not to get too worked up. It's a hard drive, people. Not a puppy. Not a pizza. Just a good old-fashioned spinning disc of mild enthusiasm. Let’s be real: nobody’s throwing a party because they bought a 1TB 5400RPM drive. There are no unboxing videos with dramatic music. No Instagram selfies with the caption “#HardDriveLife.” It’s not glamorous. It’s not thrilling. But you know what? It works. You plug it in, and it spins. It spins at a breakneck 5400RPM, which sounds impressive until you realize that’s basically a grandma in a rocking chair compared to SSDs. But hey, if you’re not trying to launch a rocket or edit a Marvel movie, this thing gets the job done just fine. It holds a full terabyte of whatever digital clutter you treasure—photos you’ll never look at, videos you’ll never delete, and probably 38 copies of the same file named “Final_Final_V2_Revised_REALFINAL.doc.” And that 8MB cache? Oh baby. That’s eight entire megabytes of lightning-fast buffer power. We’re practically in the future now. So yes—it’s a hard drive. It stores stuff. It spins. It exists. It’s the beige wallpaper of tech components. But sometimes, that’s all you need. Five stars, because it hasn’t exploded, caught fire, or questioned my life choices. What more could you ask for? (Try to stay calm.) Read more

Dave Wright
★★★★★

its part of my raid

I gave it a five star simply because once reformatted (file size reasons) it slotted into my raid with no issues - as for how long it lasts and other questions who knows (it replaced an older smaller hdd that I was having misgivings about) the price was right (ok I'm a bit nervous about cloud storage and willing to do the tasks to keep a raid viable) Read more

achilles
★☆☆☆☆

HDD bad from the start

I purchased this drive to replace the stock HDD for a Unifi Cloud Key 2+ (UCK2+) which is the exact same drive. I use it for recording security camera footage. When I installed this "new" drive, everything work fine at first. However, once the drive filled up, my UCK2+ crashed and I had to factory reset it. Once I did that, it was showing a drive warning and that I should replace the drive. I removed the HDD and put it into a USB HDD enclosure to connect it to my laptop to get more details. As seen in the photo, the Current Pending Sector Count (CPSC) value is sky high (5960). You can also tell that it only has an Uptime of 196 hours. This compares to my existing HDD which had a CPSC value of 368 with an Uptime of 24,974 hours and I've had since 2019! That value of 368 was still enough to give me warnings to replace the HDD. Earlier I referred to this as a "new" HDD because the Manufacture date is 07March2018, six months older than the HDD I replaced! Not very new for a HDD ordered in May 2023. Unfortunately, I didn't install it as soon as I got it and it didn't cause issues until it was filled up so it is past the return window by less than 1 week. Also, Toshiba offers a 1 year warranty but that is also long past since it's been sitting on a shelf somewhere for 5 years. This was sold by Zephyr USA. Read more

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★★★★★

excellent

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Mark Lyle
★★★★☆

Excellent

Very fast transfer rates. Read more

Orlando Pantoja
★★★★★

Works perfectly

Works perfectly Read more

Steve Leighton

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