Seagate Laptop Thin 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 6 GB/s 32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Hard Disk Drive (ST500LM021)


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FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS

Product informationSize:500 GB | Style:7200rpm

Technical Details

Summary

Screen Size 2.5 inches
Hard Drive 500 GB Serial ATA-600

Other Technical Details

Brand Name Seagate
Series Laptop Thin
Item model number ST500LM021
Hardware Platform PC
Item Weight 3.36 ounces
Product Dimensions 4 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches
Item Dimensions L x W x H 3.96 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches
Flash Memory Size 500 GB
Hard Drive Interface Serial ATA-600
Hard Drive Rotational Speed 7200 RPM

Seagate Laptop Thin 500 GB 7200RPM SATA 6 GB/s 32 MB Cache 2.5 Inch Hard Disk Drive (ST500LM021)Product description

Size:500 GB | Style:7200rpm

Seagate Laptop Thin HDD (Formerly Momentus Thin) Offers Feature-Rich, Slim, Lightweight Style at Price and Capacity Points That Enable No-Compromise Designs for Thin Computing
World's first 7mm z-height, 2.5-inch form factor drive
Seagate SmartAlign technology1 provides an easy transition to 4K sectors
Available as a Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS 140-2 SED2
Compatible with SATA 3Gb/s designs
Backed by a 2-year limited warranty

Slim and lightweight style with laptop encryption as an option
Unformatted
Up to 500GB capacity;7200 RPM options available
2-year warranty
Compatible with SATA 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s designs
used-like new Slim and lightweight style with laptop encryption as an option
Compatible with SATA 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s designs
Up to 500GB capacity
7200 RPM options available
2-year warranty

Thin Hard Drive Perfect For:

Building entry-level to high-performance ultraportable laptops
Creating thin, light netbooks without compromising storage or affordability
Designing slim consumer electronics devices
Protecting your sensitive data

Opens New Frontiers for System Designers

Purpose-built to meet your demand for affordable, slimmer, fully functional laptop computing solutions. Choose from 500GB and 320GB capacity options. While traditional laptop hard drives offer a z-height of 9.5 mm, the Laptop Thin HDD stands part with a z-height of just 7mm.

Smooth Migration to Advanced Format 4K

With Seagate's SmartAlign technology,1 you get all the benefits of the new Advanced Format 4K sector standard—no utilities and no extra steps needed. Advanced Format (AF) drive migration happens automatically in the background, and drive performance is not affected, unlike the time-consuming utilities required by competitive AF-enabled drives.

1Seagate SmartAlign technology may not be available on all models. Please refer to the datasheets.

Secure Self-Encrypting Drive Options

Seagate delivers on government-grade encryption without any performance degradation, protecting the date where it lives—on your drive.
Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Opal protocol
World's first 7mm SED to ship with FIPS 140-2 validation2
Instant on-the-fly encryption without performance degradation
Instant Secure Erase technology enables fast and easy secure drive retirement

2Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) and FIPS 140-2 Validated drives are not available in all models or countries.

Enter Seagate Ingenuity

Seagate Laptop Thin HDD drives leverage current laptop drives in both material and product design to provide the world's first 7mm 2.5-inch form factor drive. The result is affordable, thin storage for entry-level to mainstream laptops, high-end netbooks, thin ultraportables, and slim-computing devices.
Pros
Good HDD, Works Well

Cons
Some reported that the drives they received were not new