Product Description

WD Caviar SE hard drives are designed for maximum performance in applications such as computer gaming, digital video editing, and file servers. Cool-running, quiet operation, superior performance, and industry-leading reliability make these next-generation WD Caviar SE drives the perfect hard drives for desktop and enterprise storage. Data Lifeguard is an expanded set of data protection features that include shock protection, environmental protection system, and embedded error detection and repair system, which enhances reliability and the life of the hard drive Includes Data Lifeguard Tools, a set of software utilites that work with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to aid in installation, diagnostics, and repair functions Shock Guard provides protection from shock and vibration damage to ensure your data stays protected during physical stress on the drive 1 year limited manufacturer's warranty

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15613 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Western Digital
• Model: WD2500JBRTL
• Original language: English, French, Spanish
• Dimensions: 8.00" h x 4.25" w x 9.94" l, 2.50 pounds
• Hard Disk: 250GB

Features

• 250 GB Ultra ATA/100 internal hard drive
• 7200 RPM, 8 MB buffer
• Up to 100 MB/s burst transfer rates; data protection enhancments
• 40-pin EIDE
• Fits 3.5-inch bay

From the Manufacturer
Western Digital Caviar Special Edition hard drives are designed for maximum performance in applications such as computer gaming, digital video editing, and file servers. They deliver data faster than any hard drive in their class. This hard drive features a 250 GB capacity, 8 MB buffer, 7200 RPM, up to 100 MB/s burst transfer rates, state-of-the-art areal density, and Fluid Dynamic Bearing (FDB) technology, which improves hard drive reliability, and reduces heat, vibration, and noise.

Data Protection Enhancements

• Data Lifeguard is an expanded set of data protection features that include shock protection, an environmental protection system, and embedded error detection and repair features that automatically find, isolate, and repair problem areas that may develop over the extended use of the hard drive. With these enhanced data reliability features, the drive can perform more accurate monitoring and error repair and deliver exceptional data security.
• Data Lifeguard Tools is a set of software utilities that work in conjunction with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation, drive management diagnostics, and repair simple and worry-free.
• Shock Guard provides outstanding improvements in shock and vibration protection for WD Caviar Special Edition drives. Shock Guard allows instantaneous data protection at high shock values to achieve leading shock specifications.

Customer Reviews

I ask myself
Is it possible that this system of stars actually is being corrupted by rival companies' employees that put one star to every product of this company (even doing copy/paste with their reviews)?

I mean, I own a lot of hard drives (Seagate, Toshiba, WD, Fujitsu, Maxtor), some of them have more than 13 years, and none of them have crashed or nothing alike... Well, except one that took a fall from my hands.

I'm kinda suspicious, because with this rate of supposedly sucky hard drives (and the horrible publicity it carries), WD should have gone broke years ago.

Own 4 of them. 3 have failed
In over 20 years of buying drives from every manufacturer on the planet, these drives and this company are the worst I have ever seen. I bought 4 of them long time ago, and 2 failed in the first year. Awful drives, lame company. I am a Seagate man now (again) and I'm quite happy :)

Uggh
I bought this drive in an apparently vain attempt to add some storage to my aging Athlon 700 box which has been chugging away on a Quantum Fireball 20G drive for some 8 years now. Well I got the bios to detect it, I got partition magic 7.0 to partition it. First sign of trouble, I try to copy the c: partition over. Fails. Ok, partition magic is sometimes trouble. I re-partition it. Decide alright, I"ll move some files over, free up some disk space and try again. YEEHA success, or so I thought. I go ahead and move files over to the drive, stuff I've recently done, nothing I can't duplicate, but stuff I didn't want to have to do the work over again, (ripping vinyl), If you know vinyl records, it's best not to play them too much. So ok, that's alright. I resize the partition, attempt to copy over the boot partition again, and BANG computer freezes, I have to force shutdown, and waddaya know DATA GONE!
Going forward, I think, ok that was probably my fault, should have been safer about moving data around so cavalierly. So, partition again, thinking I'd install windows on it fresh, setup freezes. OK ONE MORE TIME! Partition as storage only, that worked once. Ok looking good, try to copy a large file, freeze, try to copy same large file to my existing drive, works, large file to new drive once again..... you guessed it my friends.

NEVER BUY WD DRIVES!