Travelstar E5K160, designed for demanding data-access applications, leverages Hitachi's perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) to deliver superior technology and reliability.... more
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Drive Transfer Rate: 100 MBps (external) / 67.5 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 11 ms (average)
Average Latency: 5.5 ms
Spindle Speed: 5400 rpm
Reliability
Start / Stop Cycles: 600,000
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x ATA-133 - 44 PIN IDC
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 2.5" x 1/8H
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 40 °C
Shock Tolerance: 160 g @ 1ms (operating) / 1000 g @ 1ms (non-operating)
Manufacturer's product description
Travelstar E5K160, designed for demanding data-access applications, leverages Hitachi's perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) to deliver superior technology and reliability. Hitachi employs specific microcode to allow the Travelstar E5K160 to deliver 24 x 7 access to data. Hitachi has also implemented Thermal Fly-height Control (TFC) for improved error rates, and iridium-manganese-chromium (IrMnCr) read heads for improved reliability. This combination of attributes enables the Travelstar E5K160 to address the needs for rugged, reliable storage in non-stop environments. With the transition to PMR technology, Travelstar E5K160 demonstrates reliability that parallels or exceeds conventional longitudinal technology. Hitachi has successfully integrated second-generation PMR head and media technology with a read channel and IrMnCr read heads by leveraging new materials, complex processes, tools and testing. This, combined with the proven storage technologies of award-winning Travelstar products, allows Hitachi to deliver high capacity hard drives suitable for around-the-clock applications in small space environments.
Advantages: Quite, low power consumption, high capacity Disadvantages: Expensive
...I have been using a HitachiTravelStar for a long time now, I have had not problems with it and I have given it a good run for the price I paid for it.
I originally started out with the 80gb model of this hard disk. I had absolutely no problems with it. (I now have the 100gb model as the laptop it was in was broken in a car accident).
I had the 80gb model for a year and never gave me any trouble. It was:
· Fast
· Reliable
· Quite
· Super low power consumption
· Had a quick spin up time
· Very quick seek time
· Standard 5 year warranty
· Very helpful warranty/customer support
Hitachi's customer warranty claims support is like no other that I have come across before. You go onto there website, fill out a warrant claim form; package the device (hard disk in my case) in the way they require. Once you have sent it to them...
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Advantages: High speed transfer, power consumption low, quiet Disadvantages: usual HDD shock issues
...The HitachiTravelStar is the newly developed model from Hitachi Co. specifically designed for notebooks. It varies in storage capacity, but the important factors are: the rotation speed of 7200 RPM, S-ATA 1.5GB/s interface, and what Hitachi says "a 22% performance increase".
Let's see what are the improvements:
-Having tested the model you get a random access time of 14ms which is extremely faster than it's predecessor and it's competitors;
-A Sequential Transfer rate of 71.5 MB/s (let me say wow-it's very fast)
-It's almost noiseless, you get a 42dB/A idle noise at 3mm distance from the HDD;
-and it's power consumption was reduced(in full load it uses 3W and in idle mode only 1.1W), which means it is very economical.
-the price is in reach;
I think this motivates you in at least trying one...
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Advantages: Easy Install - a dummy cna do it, I did! Very fast and quiet in use. Disadvantages: None I can tell
...Being fairly hardware illerate, I put off replacing the HDD on my Dell Inspiron laptop as long as I could. Once it started to take 25 minutes to boot up and generated about 15 red alerts in the Windows XP event log, I thought "I am really going to have to go for it".
I had an IBM 60GB HDD in place, which was noisy when spinning, set the fan off incessantly and was constantly giving me Blue Screen of Death (BSODs).
I started by internet researching and using the Dell forum to suss out the right disk to replace mine with. Taking a recommendation from a forum member, I looked first of all at the Travelstar 7K80 but decided to go for the newer version. I replaced a 60GB 5400rpm HDD with a 80GB 7200rpm HDD.
I spent a day copying filed to CD, all my docs, pictures, music, software downloads, license/registration numbers etc...
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