WD 250 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD2500AAJB used

• WD Caviar Blue hard drives are available with either SATA or EIDE interface in a variety of cache sizes with a multitude of available features
• WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing.
• IntelliSeek - Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise, and vibration.

From the Manufacturer WD Blue Desktop Hard Drives – Solid performance and
reliability for everyday computing.The original. WD Blue drives are designed
and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD's original award-
winning desktop hard drives. WD quality. Built to the highest standards of
quality and reliability, these drives offer the features and capacity ideal
for your everyday computing needs. More options. These drives are available in
a broad range of capacities, cache sizes and interfaces so you can be sure
there's a drive that's the perfect fit for your system, in more ways than one.
Product FeaturesNoTouch Ramp Load technology - The recording head never
touches the disk media ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head
and media as well as better drive protection in transit.SATA or PATA interface
- While SATA has become the industry standard interface, WD continues to
manufacture desktop drives with a PATA interface for unique or legacy
systems.Tested for compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and
a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that
our drives will work in their systems.The WD advantage - WD puts our products
through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product
launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. WD
also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You
can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See
the WD Support site for full details.Upgrading your drive is easy - WD Acronis
TrueImage, available as a free download on the WD Support site, enables you to
copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your
operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.WD-certified packaging
- All WD drives purchased from are shipped in WD-certified hard
drive packaging. It is designed and fully tested to provide WD products with
the highest of safety while in transit. With WD-certified packaging, you can
rest assured that your WD hard drive will arrive safely, fully protected, in a
non-descript, easy-open package.Compatibility Works with Windows
7/Vista/XP/2000, Mac and Linux operating systems.Recommended use - WD Blue
hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, high-performance
workstations and notebook computers.Desktop drives are not recommended for
use in RAID environments, please consider using WD Red hard drives for home
and small office 1-5 bay NAS systems and WD Enterprise hard drives for
rackmount and >5 bay NAS systems.Ideal for:Family and business computingAdding
storage in desktop PCs or external drivesAdding extra storage space for
photos, videos and musicFeatures at a glance80 GB - 1 TB capacity SATA 6 Gb/s
or PATA 100 MB/s7200 RPM You might also consider: 3.5-inch Internal Comparison
Chart WD Blue WD Green WD Black WD Red WD VelociRaptor Solid performance and
reliability for everyday computing. Cool, quiet operation for efficient eco-
conscious computing. Maximum performance for power computing. The right drive
for home or small office NAS. High-performance storage for power users. Ideal
for Family and business computing. Desktop PCs, secondary storage and external
drives. Photo and video editing, and maxed out gaming systems. Specifically
designed and tested for small office and home office, 1-5 bay NAS systems.
Performance enthusiast systems and workstations. Capacity range 80 GB – 1 TB
320 GB – 3 TB 500 GB – 2 TB 1 TB – 3 TB 250 GB – 1 TB Interface SATA 6 Gb/s
PATA 100 MB/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s SATA 6 Gb/s Form factor
3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch 3.5-inch Cache 8 MB – 64 MB 64 MB 32 MB –
64 MB 64 MB 64 MB Highest capacity Highest performance Photo/video editing
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