WD Laptop mainstream hard drives deliver solid performance and reliability for mobile computing while delivering cool and quiet operation and low power consumption.
NoTouch 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.
Low power consumption ? State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption.
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.
Upgrading your drive is easy ? Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new WD drive using Acronis True Image WD Edition, available as a free download on the WD Support site. This software 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.
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. Recommended use - WD Laptop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications, notebooks, netbooks and external enclosures.
Features
- Solid performance and reliability
- Free Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software
- Low power consumption with cool and quiet operation
- High capacity
- 2-year limited warranty
Benefits
- Solid performance and reliability provide a dependable mobile computing experience
- Cool and quiet operation for a better mobile computing experience
- Low power consumption delivers significant power savings and solid performance.
- Use Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software to transfer information from your old drive to your new in minutes
Ideal for
- Everyday mobile computing
- Upgrading your laptop storage
- Office and web computing
- Replicating your old drive to the new drive when you upgrade
Compatibility
- Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard
Specifications
- Formatted capacity - 500,107 MB
- User sectors per drive - 946,773,168
- Bytes per sector (STD) - 512
- Form factor - 2.5-inch
- Interface - SATA
- RoHS compliant - Yes
- Battery - No
- Average latency - 5.5 ms
- Buffer - 8 MB
- Data transfer rate (buffer to host) SATA - 3 Gb/s (WDBMYHxxxxANC-xRSN), 3 Gb/s (WDBMYHxxxBNC-xRSN)
- Read seek time - 12.0 ms (average)
- Rotational speed - 5400 RPM
- Limited warranty - 2 years