Western Digital WD 400GB 7200RPM PATA 16MB Bulk/OEM Hard Drive WD4000AAKB

I'm using this as a second hard drive in my desktop Macintosh. The drive has a sturdy feel 2 it. I've handled a lot of drives & this one is quite heavy when compared 2 the other drives I have used. I've had it in everyday use 4 over a month now & have had no problems at all & I don't expect any.
This drive is a good value. When used on a mac you simply plug it in, & turn it on. Then use disk utility in the utilities fold 2 format the disk & your in business.

This is an excellect drive; probably about as good as it gets on the EIDE/ATA interface. Big & fast.

But NOTE; this is a BARE DRIVE. You will have 2 go 2 the Western Digital website 2 get the utilities, diagnostics & instructions. And I found the utitlites & instructions weak. Too much reliance on wizards but, if they don't solve your particular problem, no help in doing things "by hand."

Second caveat: If you want 2 use this drive with a version of Windows before XP-SP1 (or intend 2 install a pre-SP1 version & then update), you will run up against the "137GB barrier." This should have been noted in the product discription. The Western Digital utilities are supposed 2 include a solution, but I could not verify that because something was incompatible with the Windows XP "product restore" disks that came with my IBM NetVista (Not a Windows disk, but an image of the boot hard drive as shipped).

Recommended without qualification 4 XP-SP1 & later.

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