Hitachi HGST Travelstar 7K1000, 1TB 2.5" Internal SATA Drive with 7200 RPM & 32 MB Cache - View 1

Hitachi HGST Travelstar 7K1000, 1TB 2.5" Internal SATA Drive with 7200 RPM & 32 MB Cache

4.5 (1,982 ratings)
~$83.99
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Key Features

  • 1TB of Capacity
  • Advanced Format, industry standard 4K sector size
  • 512 byte emulation (512e)
  • 7200 RPM high-performance HDD
  • 6Gb/s SATA interface; Please refer the Application Guide before use.

Specifications

Standing screen display size
2.5 Inches
Hard Drive
1 TB Serial ATA-600
Brand
HGST
Series
FBA_0J22423
Item model number
0J22423
Hardware Platform
PC
Operating System
OS independent
Item Weight
4.1 ounces
Product Dimensions
3.9 x 2.75 x 0.4 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH
3.9 x 2.75 x 0.4 inches
Color
Silver
Number of Processors
1
Flash Memory Size
1
Hard Drive Interface
Serial ATA-600
Hard Drive Rotational Speed
7200 RPM
Manufacturer
HGST, a Western Digital Company
Language
English
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer
No
Date First Available
January 20, 2012

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Customer Reviews

M. A. Santos
This is an update to my original review because there have been several complaints about receiving used / refurbished drives being sold as new, or open box. These are fine drives if you get a new on as detailed below. However, you have no idea what a used one as been through and I wouldn't buy one.The 5 star rating only applies to New Unused old stock drives. Hitachi / HGST doesn't make these any longer and they have been bought by WDC so you have to find a drive that has never been used. Be VERY WARY of so-called open box drives. I received an open box drive that had over 10,000 hours of power on time!!! A few vendors open the drive's Mylar casing and test it. These should show 1 Hour or less power on time and ONE Start up power cycle. There are fine.I use Crystal Disk Info to verify power on hours and cycles. It's a free program. You should run it on the newly acquired drive. if the drive was never opened, it should initially show ZERO power on hours and ONE power cycle. If the vendor tested it (this is Ok as far as I am concerned) then it should show ONE or less power on hours and TWO power cycles. IN NO WAY SHOULD THERE BE MORE THAN 1 OR 2 POWER CYCLES OR 2-3 POWER ON HOURS. Anything over that indicates a used drive.With all that said these are fast, reliable and quiet. Hitachi drives were made in their Global Storage Facilities in Thailand which is a top quality facility that they originally acquired from IBM. Make sure you get the SATA 6Gb / Sec drive for the fastest performance. It's an electronics upgrade to the earlier 3 Gb / Sec drives. Hitachi / HGST drives have consistently been rated the most durable by large sate warehousing companies.This was my original review and if you get a NEW UNUSED one it still applies:These Hitachi drives work great. This looks to be the same item as the HGST Travelstar 0S03563 1TB SATA Hard Drive Kit... because I got one of each and they look to be the same drive. I'm not using these as boot drives, but rather as backup and additional storage for the main drive.And I STILL only source Hitachi / HGST drives as the boot drives in all my systems. I prefer the 500GB drives as boot drives.
C.G.
I bought this after being sold a mislabled hard drive, and to put it simply that other hdd was hell to set up so I returned it. This drive is slim, low power consuming, has a faster rpm/and more cache than most stock 2.5" drives. I bought this to replace my xbox one's internal hdd, and honestly I'm very satisfied with the results. Aside from my few Linux errors here and there i managed to get the drive fully operational as a new internal drive. It offers quicker boot and loading times which was my goal. I could be put this in my desktop or laptop but I look at more expensive/performance drives for my real toys. Either way it's a great driver overall I'd recommend it for either being an external drive, a new laptop drive, or if you're smart enough in Linux coding or disassembling electronics as an internal drive for a game console. The ps4 and xbone only have a 5,400 rpm 2.5" hdd with 8mb cache. This offers a huge difference in speeds, not to mention it is much more quite than the stock drive. It's slim, allowing it to fit in most slots. The 5v 0.8amp base power input works in a 5v 0.5amp slot, as I tested on an external drive chassis. So if you're worried about power consumption, size, or comparability I'd say you really shouldn't with this drive.
Lewis A Edge Jr
When I observed that the hard drive in my laptop computer was exhibiting traits that suggested its imminent failure, I ordered this HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5-Inch 1TB 7200 RPM SATA III 32MB Cache Internal Hard Drive. My Amazon Prime account promised two-day delivery but I was delighted to receive this drive the next day. Meanwhile, concerned about possible data loss, I use my Acronis True Image software to do a full mirror backup of my laptop computer onto a large external USB drive that I own for that purpose. Shortly after this drive arrived, I installed it in a USB 3.0 2.5" enclosure, then I successfully cloned everything from my laptop's internal hard drive onto this one.My next step was to shut down my laptop computer, remove all power sources, take out the old hard drive and replace it with this one. Once I restored power to my laptop computer, I was able to boot it without a problem. This hard drive automatically triggered the installation of a special driver and a re-boot. Once done, I observed that this hard drive is faster than the 1TB 5,400 RPM drive that was previously in my computer. It appears to have reduced my boot time by about 10%. Opening large files and programs also take noticeably less time.This review represents my initial experiences with this hard drive, which are good, but having owned this hard drive for just a day, I cannot comment on its long-term durability. Nonetheless, my initial experience, partitioning, formatting and cloning was positive. This drive's performance exceeds that of my previous one.UPDATE: As of April 2018, this hard drive is still performing flawlessly.