Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM SATA3/SATA 6.0 GB/s 8MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)- MQ01ABD100

Drive came in a brown cardboard box sealed in the typical anti-static bag. First thing I did was test the drive with Crystal Disc. It showed it had been started twice before and had just a couple of minutes run time. Also no signs of tampering with the label to hide a "refurbished" sticker, etc. So this really is a new drive and not refurbished. About 750 MB of data (photos and videos) were copied to it and not a single hickup. Tested various videos and photos to be sure their was no corruption and all is fine. The drive is also very quiet. It is installed in a Sabret exterior portable drive case and after hours of loading data, the drive was barely warm to the touch. I would buy it again. Great price for a Toshiba quality drive.

Installed new drive no problems found and running great

This hard drive is fast (despite running at just 5400 rpm). It is an advanced format drive and I found out the hard way that you cannot install Windows XP on it because the OS is so old that it does not recognize the new set up for the first boot sector. It works fine in Windows 7 and Linux. I am using Win 7 Professional (first primary partition) and Slackware64 ver 14.1 in another partition. I bought the drive because my laptop's original 160 GB hard drive is getting smaller and smaller with the space-hungry applications coming out these days demand more space. One word of caution: don't count on Toshiba to answer your questions. I posted a question about the hard drive on the Toshiba website and still have not heard from them; I don't expect to hear from them and hope I never run into warranty issues with the drive. Most likely I will stick with another hard drive manufacturer next time I buy another drive.

I had a Seagate Momentus SSD in my MacBook Pro, it lasted one year. Then failed miserably. this has replaced it, I lost some seriously fast startup and shutdown times, but that is really it. This drive gets a workout, and performs great.

I have had this 2.5 hard drive for two years. I have dropped it a couple of times and it still keeps going. I have used it as an internal and external drive. It delivers speeds equal to or better than comparable 3.5 inch drives and consumes a fraction of energy compared to the larger storage drives.Early in the game the smaller drives could not deliver the data transfer rates, durability and longevity of the larger 3.5 inch drives. By the mid 2000's this trend started to reverse. The smaller drives today surpass the larger drives in all areas for "consumer" uses. About the mid 2000's I notice that my laptop drives never failed but my desktop drives would fail more frequently. I started using 2.5 drives, even in my desktops beginning 2014, although even at that time the internal storage drives were still 3.5 inch. Since about 1 year ago, all drives in desktops are 2.5 drives. All external storage drives are 2.5 inch. I have yet to have one fail me, even the 2.5 inch drives that are 10 years old from previous lap tops: I use these for base system restore functions at the beginning a new install with programs (not data).This configuration can apply to any desktop manufacturer: A. 120 GB SSD (This is your C drive and only contains the operating system and programs - not data). You can pick these up for, median price $40.00. Your desktop speed will increase measurably and noticeably. B. 1 TB internal secondary data/media drive (like the product featured). 3. 1 TB external data/media backup drive. I use two partitions on both the internal and external 1 TB drives. Each volume is labeled uniquely to eliminate confusion and enhance/simplify mirroring for security and backup purposes.Today, these data/media management/protection options are no longer an arm and a leg for the average consumer. A little know how is required.

Toshiba 1TB 5400RPM SATA3/SATA 6.0 GB/s 8MB Notebook Hard Drive (2.5 inch)- MQ01ABD100It's only been in the PS3 slim for about a day, but it's a VAST upgrade that falls with in the recommended 5400 RPM drive specifications; I found that SSDs and 7200 RPM drives don't really translate into a tangible/noticeable performance gain, and the 7200 RPM drives can result in excess heat/thermal issues. I figure Sony's engineers designed it with a 5400 drive, so, why mess with what works?When backing up, just be sure to sync your trophies BEFORE (https://www.playstation.com/en-us/support/system-updates/ps3/) on line at the PlayStation Network (http://manuals.playstation.net/document/en/ps3/current/settings/backuputility.html). There are some good tutorials on YouTube: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcSBjGYnPB4) and (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r413YE4cca4).I was able to format to FAT-32 using a Mac (10.6.8); just go to Disk Utility, and choose "MS-DOS" and everything will be fine. The software/firmware MUST be done on a PC...or it just won't work (enter VmWare, VirtualBox, or Parallels, etc).As for warranty questions: I spent the day researching the question, and I found that the MQ01ABDxxx series (mine is the 1TB MQ01ABD100) drives have a 3 year warranty warranty—BUT—you'll need your proof of purchase. I found the warranty info at: (http://storage.toshiba.com/docs/product-datasheets/mq01abdxxx.pdf). I hope I don't ever need it, since the customer service on Toshiba's end was (in my opinion) hit-and-miss, but I was assured by a friendly Amazon representative, that Amazon's policy is to support the product if for some reason the manufacturer will not; that’s why I often prefer to buy from Amazon proper.I'll update if things go south, but considering the original was a well-used Toshiba (from 2010), I think this thing "should" be just fine.

Obwohl liefer datum fest stand kam das bestellte 2 tage früher -> sehr gut !<-das gerät war gut verpackt und kam heile an ...Funktioniert :)DANKE

Works great I just had to reboot all my windows

Very good productAs always fast delivery from Amazon.Better than Seagate and other brands.After all its Japanese and manufactured in Philippines

I have had many Toshiba portable drives, they work well and have lasted well too. I needed a drive for a portable drive case to allow laptop backups. This arrived promptly, with reasonable packaging, though not the best. It fitted perfectly, formatted fine, though after performing one 4GB backup file to it then copying this file on another computer as a test, it failed to recognise the drive when used again. So for me I cannot recommend this drive. I bought another brand in the same enclosure and it is fine. Amazon returns process is wonderful, no quibbles, with a prompt refund. WELL DONE AMAZON.

good hard disk, very light in weight and performane is also very good.