Western Digital WD1200BEVE 120 GB 5400RPM IDE 8 MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)

 (3 customer reviews)

The hard drive I ordered arrived very quickly and slipped right into it's slot. I had the computer reloaded and up and running in an hour or so. Can't know how long this hard drive will last. but feeling good now!

Because of the total failure of my laptop hard drive, I decideed to try a hard drive replacement to get a couple more years out of a 5 year old laptop. I've used WD hard drives before and installation was a breeze. Very quiet and faster than the original drive.

Father's Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop died, This Western Digital (WD) drive used to replace an *80GB Hitachi TravelStar 5400RPM drive that faithfully served for over 5 years, then died. *(upgraded back in 2004 from the original P.O.S. 40G 4200RPM Dell drive)

I usually don't bother with WD drives as their quality has dropped dramatically over the years. I needed a good, low cost drive that was Amazon Prime for next day delivery. It survived the delivery (was ice cold from UPS) Brrr! Let drive acclimate to ambient indoor temp.

Swapped drives and formatted NTFS, no issues so far, loaded Win XP Pro, etc.. Long story short, the drive survived the cold, swapping, formatting, and running all night reloading 10 years of Win XP updates. So, So far so good. No issues since Dec 29th '09

Time will tell. I rate its performance so far as 5 stars, 2 stars for WD's reputation, so an average of 3!