Cool, quiet operation, superior performance and industry-leading reliability make these EIDE drives ideal for desktop, business, and consumer electronics storage.

Key Features

• FAST
  • 8 MB cache - Keeps more of your data in high-speed memory for unsurpassed performance in its class.
  • Fast 7200 RPM spindle speed and EIDE (Ultra ATA/100) for burst transfer rates up to 100 MB/s. For even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA 300 MB/s hard drives.
• COOL
  • Cool operation results in the highest reliability, even in intensely hot environments such as digital video recorders. That's why these, the coolest on the market, are the drives of choice for the world's leading consumer electronics and PC manufacturers.
• QUIET
  • The technology that Tom's Hardware Guide called "very fast and nearly silent" is used throughout this family of drives. Our WhisperDrive™ technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing.
  • To cut seek noise, SoftSeek™ technology streamlines read/write seeking algorithms, resulting in more efficient operation.

Ideal for

High-performance family and business computing. These drives easily handle photo editing and data-intensive multimedia applications. For even higher performance, consider WD Caviar SE16 SATA hard drives.

How this WD hard drive protects your data:

Data Lifeguard™ is an exclusive set of data protection features: shock protection, an environmental protection system and real-time embedded error detection and repair. WD's Data Lifeguard technology automatically finds, isolates, and repairs problems that may develop from extended use of a hard drive.

Data Lifeguard Tools™ are software utilities designed for WD hard drives. They work with embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation, diagnostics and repair simple and worry-free. (Download Data Lifeguard Tools)

Shock Guard™ instantly protects the hard drive against damage from bumps and vibrations while it's running. It gives WD Caviar drives industry-leading shock protection.

What it holds   91,445 digital photos 80,015 songs (MP3) 8,001 songs (uncompressed CD quality) 25 hours of Digital Video (DV) 142 hours of DVD quality video 39 hours of HD video