While, I had mistakingly ordered the 3.5", instead of the 2.5" version of this HD, I did return it hassle free and received the 2.5" high performance 1TB drive, which, is now installed and running Windows 10 perfectly. I have collected over the years, numerous Laptop Hard Drives either through upgrades or crashes. Out of 6, three are WDs, 1 Hitachi and two Toshiba Drives. ALL OF THE WDs, are all still working and in use as external HDs. I sold the Hitachi, which still was working. The two Toshiba's have the dubious distinction of being the two Laptop Crashes, that I have had. I now purchase strictly Western Digitals or Seagate drives.
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I bought this drive as an addition to my usual drive to add space. It is internally installed yet acts as an easy extension of my main drive much as a usb peripheral. It was extremely easy to install with the downloaded software in place before I actually attached it. It works flawlessly and has other nice features and software if one chooses to use. I did find the additional software were trials; however. I love Western Digital and trust it highly to outlast my system.
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Great Internal hard drive/ The Instructions were confused / I first created a backup image of my old hard drive/ Next I created a new repair disc/ I have Windows 10/ I installed the New WD Black Hard drive/ I used the new repair disc to access the image of the hard drive needed that was created as the image in the external hard drive / It was created in the backup before I installed the New WD Black Hard drive/ The old image in the backup in the external drive was accessed by the repair disc/ It took 20 minutes to access the backup image and use it in the new WD Black hard drive/ I installed the New WD Black Hard drive and in 20 minutes it had a good image needed to run the computer for the next few years/ Success// Access the image in the external hard drive and soon your new WD Black Hard drive will be ready to work for a few years/ 20 minutes to access the image with the repair disc and then ready to power the computer for a few years/ Outstanding Read full review
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I always struggled to find good reliable hard drives that I could use for my computers and RAID. I ran across these drives years ago and have stuck with them ever since. They are the most reliable drives for a home/business user that I have encountered. If you are looking for a quiet, fast, reliable hard drive, then look no further! Get one of these drives today!
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It does not work I bought it because it is similar to my hard drive and it has a broken PCB, so I replaced it Thank you
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In the past few years I have converted all my computers and laptops and tablets over to SSD's and noticed a significant performance increase. The kids SSD was getting filled up do I chose a low priced alternative with the WD 1TB HDD. I didn't mention the change to the kids at all because I wanted an honest opinion and they noticed absolutely no difference in performance at all. They would know because all they do is game ... you know the type ; ) Definitely recommend this HDD if you're looking for some extra capacity and don't want to spend a lot of money. BTW ... the SSD I removed was a Samsung EVO 850 500GB model ... no slouch in the SSD department.
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Too early to tell if this drive will be reliable but the WD Black drives carry a 5 year warrantee. Everything else is great.
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Outstanding performance. Windows 7 installation takes care of the format when installing the OS from the disk, so no need for any installation instructions. Great drive for the price. Not too noisy, but more so than an SSD.
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Excellent old hard drive. Always reliable.
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I received the hard drives exactly as described. Both hard drives worked perfectly and came wrapped in anti static packaging. These hard drives are fast and a great buy for the price.
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