Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM SATA3 SATA 6 0 GB s 8MB Notebook Hard Drive 2 5 inch - MQ01ABD100

Drive came in a brown cardboard box sealed in the typical anti-static bag. First thing I did was test the drive with Crystal Disc. It showed it had been started twice before and had just a couple of minutes run time. Also no signs of tampering with the label to hide a "refurbished" sticker, etc. So this really is a new drive and not refurbished. About 750 MB of data (photos and videos) were copied to it and not a single hickup. Tested various videos and photos to be sure their was no corruption and all is fine. The drive is also very quiet. It is installed in a Sabret exterior portable drive case and after hours of loading data, the drive was barely warm to the touch. I would buy it again. Great price for a Toshiba quality drive. Read more

This hard drive is fast (despite running at just 5400 rpm). It is an advanced format drive and I found out the hard way that you cannot install Windows XP on it because the OS is so old that it does not recognize the new set up for the first boot sector. It works fine in Windows 7 and Linux. I am using Win 7 Professional (first primary partition) and Slackware64 ver 14.1 in another partition. I bought the drive because my laptop's original 160 GB hard drive is getting smaller and smaller with the space-hungry applications coming out these days demand more space. One word of caution: don't count on Toshiba to answer your questions. I posted a question about the hard drive on the Toshiba website and still have not heard from them; I don't expect to hear from them and hope I never run into warranty issues with the drive. Most likely I will stick with another hard drive manufacturer next time I buy another drive. Read more

Great price. Great drive! Read more

Used to increase storage of PS4 , worked great. I went and did research on the difference between the 5400rpm vs the 7200rpm and found out that it's only a 2-3 second difference in load times if that depends on what's loading. Runs great more room perfect. I was a little bummed that after the os was reinstalled it leaves you about 863 GB's for games. So makes me wonder what Sony was thinking with a 500 Gb in the first place? Leaving people with 363 GB's 8-10 good games and it's full for Pete sakes. As for this hard drive quieter than the original. and seems to run smoother when navigating around the home page. Games run the same. Read more

This is a good value for its size but is a bit slow. This was purchased to store infrequently used files and is good for that. I would not want it to be an OS drive due to its speed though. Read more

I have had this 2.5 hard drive for two years. I have dropped it a couple of times and it still keeps going. I have used it as an internal and external drive. It delivers speeds equal to or better than comparable 3.5 inch drives and consumes a fraction of energy compared to the larger storage drives. Early in the game the smaller drives could not deliver the data transfer rates, durability and longevity of the larger 3.5 inch drives. By the mid 2000's this trend started to reverse. The smaller drives today surpass the larger drives in all areas for "consumer" uses. About the mid 2000's I notice that my laptop drives never failed but my desktop drives would fail more frequently. I started using 2.5 drives, even in my desktops beginning 2014, although even at that time the internal storage drives were still 3.5 inch. Since about 1 year ago, all drives in desktops are 2.5 drives. All external storage drives are 2.5 inch. I have yet to have one fail me, even the 2.5 inch drives that are 10 years old from previous lap tops: I use these for base system restore functions at the beginning a new install with programs (not data). This configuration can apply to any desktop manufacturer: A. 120 GB SSD (This is your C drive and only contains the operating system and programs - not data). You can pick these up for, median price $40.00. Your desktop speed will increase measurably and noticeably. B. 1 TB internal secondary data/media drive (like the product featured). 3. 1 TB external data/media backup drive. I use two partitions on both the internal and external 1 TB drives. Each volume is labeled uniquely to eliminate confusion and enhance/simplify mirroring for security and backup purposes. Today, these data/media management/protection options are no longer an arm and a leg for the average consumer. A little know how is required. Read more