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design and manufacturing of DVD-RAM, DVD-writer, DVD-ROM, Combination drives and PC CARD & mobile 0.85-inch, 1.8-inch and 2.5 inch hard disk drives.SDD markets high-q...
design and manufacturing of DVD-RAM, DVD-writer, DVD-ROM, Combination drives and PC CARD & mobile 0.85-inch, 1.8-inch and 2.5 inch hard disk drives.SDD markets high-quality peripherals to original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, value added dealers, system integrators and distributors in Europe. Inherent in the companys product line is high quality engineering and manufacturing which has established Toshiba products as worldwide leaders.
Features: Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) head technology, shock sensor
Compliant Standards: S.M.A.R.T.
Performance
Spindle Speed: 5400 rpm
Drive Transfer Rate: 150 MBps (external) / 57 MBps (internal)
Seek Time: 12 ms (average) / 22 ms (max)
Track-to-Track Seek Time: 2 ms
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces: 1 x Serial ATA-150
Compatible Bays: 1 x internal - 2.5" x 1/8H
Manufacturer's product description
Toshiba's line of hard disk drives delivers the right product to meet the needs of the portable PC and non PC market. Built with the performance and reliability characteristics that have made the company a world-renowned leader in the hard drive industry, Toshiba's line of hard disk drives supports fast data transfer rates and seek times while delivering the right product for both PC and non PC markets.
Reliability
MTBF: 300,000 hour(s)
Non-Recoverable Errors: 1 per 10^13
Seek Errors: 1 per 10^6
Environmental parameters
Min Operating Temperature: 5 °C
Max Operating Temperature: 55 °C
Humidity Range Operating: 8 - 90%
Shock Tolerance: 325 g @ 2ms half-sine pulse (operating) / 850 g @ 1ms half-sine pulse (non-operating)
Vibration Tolerance: 1 g @ 5-500 Hz (operating) / 5 g @ 15-500 Hz (non-operating)
Advantages: Fast, Quiet and Reliable. Also fairly cheap! Disadvantages: None
...With the 10GB hard disk in my Compaq Armada M700 laptop growing older and probably less reliable, I decided it was time for an upgrade.
After some hunting around, I settled on the ToshibaMK8032GAX. I chose this disk for 3 reasons: Toshiba branding (I am a Toshiba fan), a large 8MB cache, and a competitive price scheme. I paid a lot more than you would now (I obtained the disk 3 months ago)
The disk didn't dissapoint - I timed a Windows XP install at 25 minutes and 39 seconds, compared to the 42 minutes and 17 seconds with the original 10GB disk.
The disk has never shown any reliability issues, and all SMART health checks report 100%.
Installation wise, the Toshiba is simple to set up. In most laptops you won't have to change any settings - Most laptops run the main hard disk as a primary master.
Read speeds were reported...
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Advantages: COMPACT. WIRELESS. DVD PLAYER. LIGHT WEIGHT. Disadvantages: 3 YEARS OLD. MOUSE TAKES TIME TO GET USED TO
...were absolutely brilliant,extremely helpful and with a little time got me wireless free.
TOSHIBA PORTEGE 4000 ( INFO )
Pentium plll 933Ghz CPU
256 Ram
30 GB Hard Disk Drive
Internal DVD Drive
12.1"TFT (XGA) Display
16MB VRam (video memory)
Internal 56k6 Modem
10-100 RJ45 Ethernet
F-Wire
Win XP Pro
SUMMARY
The Toshiba Portege 4000 has probably been updated several times in the past 3 years but from the early Dell Laptops there is no match. I would recommend this Laptop if you come across one either by chance or on ebay.
Toshiba as a manufacturer is now on my list of possible makes that I might purchase in the near future (tv, dvd, laptop,hi-fi) although I'm really very much a Sony fan.
I'm not to sure on the price side of things as this was a gift, but always be careful if you do buy secondhand (as laptops are very tricky). 8/10
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Advantages: can carry in a Pocket,connects to your computer just via a USB cable which also supplies power to this device, so no external power supply is required. Disadvantages: Doesn't have BlueTooth feature.
...There is no third party Software required to format a bulky 100GB USB 2.5" HDD for PC Users running MS Windows XP Pro or Home or 2000 Operating Systems. Just follow the steps hereunder :
Partition and Format Like you use any HDD in IDE mode. A newly/virgin HDD must be partitioned and formatted before it can be used to store Data or install Applications.
Caution: Please be careful in selecting the HDD to be partitioned and formatted, once the partition and format is done then all of theData/ files on the HDD will be erased.
Please plug in the external HDD to the PC.
Please follow the following path "Start" -> "Setting" -> "Administrative Tools" -> "Computer Management" -> "Disk Management" to find your new external HDD. Just right click it to select "Create Partition" to enter Create Partition Wizard. Just follow the instructions...
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When I first bought it I didn't know what to expect, there were good and bad reviews about it.Of the three colours (black, white and grey) I chose the white one.When I went home I imediately plugged it to the pc. It wasn't the easiest thing to interface... more
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