WD Desktop mainstream hard drives deliver solid reliability for office and web applications, and they are perfect for extra storage for desktop PCs and in office applications.
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 Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures.
Compatibility
- Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Mac OS X Mountain Lion, Lion or Snow Leopard
Minimum Requirements
- SATA host adapter card or SATA interface connector in motherboard
- Available 3.5" internal drive bay
- SATA cable sold separately
Features
- Reliable everyday computing
- WD quality and reliability
- Free Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software
- 2-year limited warranty
Ideal For
- Office and web applications
- Backing up your files
- Adding extra storage to your desktop PC
- Replicating your old drive to the new drive when you upgrade
- Adding extra storage or capacity to your desktop computer
Benefits
- Reliable computing for office and web applications
- WD quality and reliability to protect the drive and the data stored on it
- Extra storage, up to 4 TB, for your desktop computing
- Use Acronis True Image WD Edition cloning software to transfer information from your old drive to your new in minutes
Specifications
- Average latency - NA
- Average read seek - NA
- Battery - No
- Cache - NA
- Buffer - 32 MB
- Data transfer rate (buffer to host) SATA - 6 Gb/s
- Disk Capacity - NA
- Drive Bays - NA
- Formatted capacity - 500,107 MB
- User sectors per drive - 976,773,168
- Form factor - 3.5 in
- Bytes per sector (STD) - 512
- Dedicated landing zone - Yes
- Actuator latch/auto park - Yes
- Interfaces - SATA 6 Gb/s
- Memory - NA
- Processor - NA
- Rotational Speed - 7200 RPM
- Tape Drive - NA
- Write Speed - NA
