Western Digital WD2500KSRTL Caviar SE16 250 GB SATA 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Kit
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Manufacturer: Western Digital
Model: WD2500KSRTL
Binding: Electronics
Publisher: Western Digital
Label: Western Digital
Features for Western Digital WD2500KSRTL Caviar SE16 250 GB SATA 3.5 Inch Hard Drive Kit:
- 250 GB 3.5-inch hard drive with SATA interface
- Fast performance thanks to SATA interface that supports data transfer rates of up to 3 Gbps and a 16 MB cache
- Advanced acoustic technology minimizes noise for quiet operation
- SecurePark feature parks the recording heads during spin up and down for enhanced reliability
- Backed by 3-year warranty
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Customer Reviews
Easy Install & Extremely Quiet! 
2008-05-23
I chose this SATA drive for my Dell 8400. Originally, I wanted the 250GB hard drive to replace my original 80GB. I cleaned and did a defrag on the original drive and the install of the new drive went perfect! However, I discovered issues with the Microsoft software (XP, Outlook 2003 and Word) that I could not resolve. These issues had nothing to do with the drive itself! So I reinstalled the 80GB as the boot drive and added the WD as a second storage device. Again everything went perfect. The Data Life Tools program made the whole process very easy. The drive is quiet and I am quite happy with the new WD drive! I wish everything in my life would be this easy!
Works OK; missing power cord adapter 
2008-05-09
Drive worked as expected once installed. WD's on-line product description (on WD's web site) said that it came with all hardware but, a SATA power cord adapter is not included and, must be supplied by the user as there is no standard Molex style power connector. Also, WD's product description and box state that the drive is compatible with Windows Vista but, version 11.3 of WD's "Data Lifeguard Tools" CD that was was enclosed with the drive, does not provide support for Vista systems.
Silence........ 2008-02-22
Excellent product, it's really quiet, after I installed it, i unplugged the fans of my computer, it was hard to say that the pc was even on!
Great speed also
Overall really nice product
Tiger Direct was excellent partner 2008-01-29
I opened package and had a problem with the wrong chassis for the external memory I was trying to hook up. Tiger Direct took the unit back and credited me. Sales associate spent time on phone to see if he could locate comparable unit for my needs.
I was pleasantly surprised
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Had to return 
2007-12-13
I bought this harddrive for my sister to replace one that had gone bad. After I got it, the person that was going to install it told me that it wouldn't fit. And I would need and IDE harddrive. Returned Item and got a full refund within a few days.
Excellent Drive!! 
2007-11-19
The 250 GB 7200 RPM SE16 Caviar SATA Hard Drive from Western Digital is a feature-rich drive, ideal for desktop, business, and consumer electronics storage. It boasts a high storage capacity of 250 GB, enabling users to store large amount of data. It also offers a rotational speed of up to 7200 RPM and an average seek time of 8.9/10.9 ms (read/write) for fast disk access. This drive incorporates Data Lifeguard, an expanded set of data protection tools including shock protection, environmental protection system and embedded error detection to make hard drive management diagnostics and repair simple and worry-free. The incorporated WhisperDrive technology minimizes noise to levels near the threshold of human hearing. Additionally, features like SoftSeek and ShockGuard make the Caviar SE16 hard drive cool, quiet and fast. Data Transfer Rate - 300 MBps Sound Emission - 28 dBA Transfer Rate - 300 MBps (external) Interfaces - 1 x Serial ATA-300 - 7 pin Serial ATA 1 x internal System Requirements - Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, SATA host adapter card or SATA interface connector on motherboard, 3.5-inch internal drive bay Dimensions - 4.0 x 5.79 x 1.03 inch, 2.54 cm x 14.7 cm x 10.2 cm Weight - 0.6 kg, 1.32 pounds
Not A Bad Drive 2007-08-18
I installed a clean version of Vista on this drive and haven't had any problems that I'm aware of. The only thing I didn't like was when Vista went to format the drive- It only showed about 230GB free out of 250GB advertised so- not sure what's up with that? I suppose I could of manually entered more GB to format, but I prefer the O/S do that for me...or at least let me know how much is really available out there.
I was also hoping to see a quiet/or high performance option under the device manager properties- not there. It's a little more noisy compared to my other original SATA drive from Dell- but nothing that will keep you awake while its doing virus scans.
It does however have an "advanced performance" option(beyond the 16MB cache option) for systems running on a UPS -I'm not really sure if this setting makes my system run any faster, but I have it checked since I am running on clean UPS power. Overall for the cost- not a bad drive.
good HDD 2007-08-02
runs fast and cool. lots of storage.
at this price i recommend buying it. using for 3 months now and have no problems. decreade my loading times for certain games from 20 secs to 9 secs.
a must buy.
excellent 2007-06-19
Excellent product. The package was very good to protect the disk. The cable conectors made easily all the process. And the backup software may be very usefull. great product about the price.
Noiser than I would like 2007-05-21
Fast, really fast, but has one main problem the NOISE. It's annoy me a lot.
