| | |  | Everything Else | Home » » Western Digital 250 GB Scorpio Blue 100 Mb/s 5400 RPM 8 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Notebook Hard Drive - WD2500BEVE | | | | | | | Description: | | With capacities up to 320 GB, WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch PATA hard drives from Western Digital deliver lightning-fast and ultra-quiet performance hand-in-hand with low power consumption. In addition, they are designed with ruggedness, reliability, and data-protection features that actively watch over valuable data. These drives feature up to a 100 Mb/s PATA interface and 8 MB cache. WD Scorpio Blue hard drives are designed for portable digital devices of all kinds, including notebook computers, external storage, and digital media players. | | | Features: | |
• Ships in Certified Frustration-Free Packaging
• WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks.
• WD's exclusive WhisperDrive co MBines state-of-the-art seeking algorith ms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.
• WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.
• These algorith ms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption.
• These algorithm ms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption.
• WD's exclusive WhisperDrive co MBines state-of-the-art seeking algorithm ms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 3.94 inches | | Product Width:
| 2.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.49 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.26 pounds | | Package Length:
| 7.56 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.69 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.99 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.49 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 58 reviews |
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17 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 big and quietMar 14, 2008
By S. Nechaev
"nsbio"
This 250Gb drive replaced the original 80Gb drive in my G4 PB. The drive affords plenty of extra storage space and by thus adds some extra life to the machine. The reviewer who mentioned that the drive is noisy must have gotten a defective unit: my drive is as quiet as it could be - I can barely hear it in a quiet room and absolutely can not hear it if there is any background noise such as office or lab chatter. The old drive was much smaller and noisier. Very worthwhile upgrade!
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Works perfectlyJul 14, 2008
By Sunil Nagaraj
Great drive. Simple installation. Note that this is a PATA drive (wide hard-drive connector cables).
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Withstood my first week abuseJan 12, 2009
By N. Kannadaguli
"CSharpByter"
When I bought this item it was listed as "Western Digital 250GB 2.5" PATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD2500BEVE" on Amazon. That link now takes me to "Western Digital Scorpio Blue 250GB 2.5" PATA 5400RPM 8MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD2500BEVE". I am not sure if these are the same. I also bought "Apricorn EZ-UP-UNIVERSAL EZ Upgrade Universal Hard Drive Upgrade Kit" to clone the hard drive of my Toshiba 1115-S1554 that began complaining weeks ago of an imminent hard drive failure. I made an clone of the old drive and exchanged the drives. New image did not boot. I partitioned the hard drive in to two 125BG blocks and cloned - that did not work. I imaged using XXClone, that also did not boot. Then I partitioned so that the boot partition had same size as the old one (partitioned to 40GB, 90GB and 120GB blocks) and tried separately Apricorn cloning software and XXClone imaging unsuccessfully again and again. Eventually I ended up installing OS from fresh using Toshiba recovery package that came with the laptop years ago. It worked. In the process I must have mechanically installed and uninstalled this 250GB hard drive more than a dozen time each in the laptop and Apricorn enclosure and partitioned and formatted several times. Even after all this, the WD 250GB hard drive is working like a champ. I am glad that that the clucking noise I was used to hear from my old drive is gone. I have a quiet working laptop at the end with plenty of storage space. I have several other WD drives that work reliably. I would recommend this product.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Western Digital Scorpio 250GB PATA Hard DriveFeb 08, 2008
By Craven Morehead
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED replacement for 17" PowerBook G4. Upgrading from 60GB to 250GB gives you maximum storage for EIDE/ATA drives available today. Provided you backed-up (cloned) your original drive to an external HD using Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper, it's a snap to restore the new drive to pre-installation status. This drive runs cooler and faster than original 4200 rpm HD. The processor generates the most heat on PowerBooks and that heat does not affect the hard drive. Follow the step-by-step directions available in the free installation guides at http://www.ifixit.com to do the hard drive switch yourself. No problems whatsoever with this WD hard drive.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Unreliable! Worst Drive Ever!Sep 02, 2009
By Nathan Weinberg
This is without a doubt the worst drive I've ever owned. Like many other reviews here and on Newegg and other sites, this drive had data corruption problems, leaving it unable to boot. After wiping it close to ten times, I had it replaced after just four months. Now, two months after I received a replacement, I'm hearing loud clicking noises, meaning it's breaking down. Worse, Western Digital makes me pay return shipping if I want to receive a replacement drive before I send back the broken one (and with hard drives, you need to work that way), so I have to pay every time their crappy hardware fails! Disgustingly bad hard drive, terrible service. I'll probably never buy from Western Digital again, but I certainly would advise everyone to run the hell away from this product! It will break, I guarantee it.
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