Toshiba 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 5400rpm 2.5" Internal Hard Drive (PH2050U-1I54) - Review

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Toshiba 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 5400rpm 2.5" Internal Hard Drive (PH2050U-1I54) FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

• Works with Serial ATA 3GB/s enabled notebook computers
• Read/Write cache for increased performance
• Low power consumption with adaptive power modes
• Internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to help protect your drive
• Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) Technology
• Tunnel Magneto-Resistive (TMR) Recording Head Technology
• Native Command Queuing (NCQ) Support

Toshiba 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 5400rpm 2.5" Internal Hard Drive (PH2050U-1I54)Product information

Capacity:500 GB

Technical Details
Summary

Hard Drive 500 GB mechanical_hard_drive

Other Technical Details

1. Brand Name Toshiba
2. Item model number PH2050U-1I54
3. Hardware Platform PC, Mac
4. Item Weight 1.6 ounces
5. Product Dimensions 3.9 x 2.8 x 0.4 inches
6. Item Dimensions L x W x H 3.94 x 2.75 x 0.37 inches
7. Color Silver
8. Flash Memory Size 500 GB
9. Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA-300
10. Hard Drive Rotational Speed 5400 RPM

Toshiba 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 5400rpm 2.5" Internal Hard Drive (PH2050U-1I54)Product description

Capacity:500 GB

Toshiba's notebook 2.5" internal hard drive provides a convenient and reliable way to upgrade every major brand of a notebook computer. Toshiba combines its proven and reliable hard drive technology with a Serial ATA interface to provide increased performance, capacity, and compatibility.

Compatible with every major brand of Serial ATA enabled notebook computer, Toshiba's hard drive uses proven state of the art Perpendicular Magnetic Recording (PMR) technology, Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and TMR Head Recording technology for increased capacity, reliability, and performance.

This little drive doubled my Laptop's storage. The hard drive in my Toshiba ( A215-S4767 ) started acting weird after about6 years in service. I called Toshiba and they gave me the information that this hard drive would be a good replacement. 

I did and the fun started. The Toshiba install disk after a full install gave me a message just before Window's Vista started for the first time. Windows can not use this Hardware, meaning the Hard drive as that was the only thing new on the computer. I first did a Bios update and reinstalled the Vista again and again. No luck. 

The remedy, toss out the Toshiba install/ restore disk and put in a virgin Windows 7 install disk. Toshiba did not tell me this because after calling them several times one of the technicians for Toshiba noticed I was out of warranty and said, pay first then we can help you some more. 

So on my own, I installed windows 7 and the new bios update and I was back in the game. The drive so far works well and the computer with Windows 7 on it seems better than before with Window's Vista.

Pros

Easy to install on any laptop
Quick response time
Stable
Good quality
Works at a laser-sharp speed of 7200 RPM
This internal hard drive for laptops consumes very little power of 3.7 W

Cons
Low capacity

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