Western Digital Blue 500 GB 3.5-inch PC Hard Drive WD5000AZLX

Western Digital Advanced Format Caviar Blue WD5000AZLX 500GB 3.5" Internal Hard Drive. ~What does Advanced Formatting mean to me? Advanced Formatting optimizes hard drives to take advantage of the capabilities of newer operating systems. This capability enables hard disk drive manufacturers the ability to design larger capacity hard drives, now and into the future. ~What are the benefits of Advanced Formatting? Advanced Formatting enables hard drive companies to read and write more data into the same available space on the hard drive.

• Buffer to Host 6.0Gb/s with a sustained 150 MB/s Host to/from drive
• NoTouch ramp load technology. So the recording head never touches the disk. Which ensures significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.
• WD hard drives come with free access to WD Acronis True Image. Our downloadable software quickly copies all your existing data to your new drive - without reinstalling your operating system. Backup and restore functions make it easy to save and retrieve your personal data.
• IntelliSeek Calculates optimum seek speeds to lower power consumption, noise and vibration.