Western Digital brings a highly regarded name brand to computer hard drive choices. The WD Caviar Edition at 80GB is small sized compared to modern standards (160GB - 2TB), however its price and reliability make this item perfect for a secondary back-up drive. Coupled with Western Digital's free software which clones your primary drive and you have a secure, inexpensive, on-hand complete total computer software backup. Western Digital hard drives are a breeze to setup and use. All Windows/Linux based computers bio's chips automatically recognize Western Digital drives and without any fuss or worry begin to format and partition them without the usual need for special hard drive drivers that is often the case with many of the other 'name brand' hard drives. Western Digital hard drives typically have well over 1 million hours of use before any expected hard drive failures which make other hard drive brands envious by comparison. The WD800BB series only has a 2MB write buffer but at 7200 RPM speeds this smaller buffer is rarely noticed. I recommend this item as a Good buy for a secure, inexpensive backup of your computer files, or as a good replacement for older computer hard drives.Read full review
I bought this product to replace an aging, slowly dying Hitachi DeskStar HDD that was the OEM installed HDD on my Dell Dimension 2400. Unfortunately, the OEM installed HDD wasn't the only present issue, so it fixed nothing. However, the one that I bought (& reviewing) has made an excellent backup drive, after purchasing an enclosure for it. Great for backing up older computers with smaller HDD's, or for Data backup. As far as it compares to other storage devices, it costs far more per GB, not to mention that it's an IDE device, rather than SATA. I don't recommend it for a backup drive, but made the most of the product, considering the condition of the desktop that I bought it for. However, for those who needs such a HDD, it's a decent value for the money spent, given that new ones are hard to find. CatRead full review
I have recently got into rebuiding older computers. So naturally I am working with IDE style hard drives. Whereas all old drives will eventually fail( they are a mechanical device), I have yet to have a Western Digital fail. As a second hard drive in an old Windows XP machine this HDD seems to have the right size and speed for the job. As far as relics go, this is one of the best.
The Western Digital Caviar 80GB works just fine with my PC. It's exactly what I wanted to replace a failed hard drive. In addition, it's very easy to install.
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How do you review a hard drive? They either work at the specifications stated or they don't. I suppose I could mention the drive isn't the loudest I've installed and it was the correct dimensions and capacity (like every hard drive I've ever ordered and seen except counterfiets). The drive didn't seem to generate much heat, but no plain 80GB drive I've seen does. Ask me again in about 5-7 years if the drive is still working to get a better review. Western Digital seems to make fine drives but I'd buy a few other brands too...except Maxtor. These are great replacement drives for your average non-gaming system.
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