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    Laptop Hard Drive Naming Conventions

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by PavelMan, Mar 26, 2009.

  1. PavelMan

    PavelMan Newbie

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    If anybody knows how to decrypt those HDD parameters strings -- please, advise. Here are some examples:

    200GB, Serial ATA, 9.5, 7.2K, SE100
    200G 7.2, H080, M1330
    200G 7.2, SE100, 1330


    xxxGB -- size
    7.2K -- rpms
    1330 -- for dell xps 1330, probably dell's internal thing...

    What are SE100 or H080 ?
    (Seagate vs. Hitachi? Special Edition vs Home? Education vs. Homo?)

    What is 9.5 ?
    What else may people bump into in those cryptic abbreviations?
     
    PavelMan, Mar 26, 2009
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  2. K-TRON

    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    9.5 is the thickness of the drive. Standard notebook drives are 9.5mm thick.
    Some are 12.5mm thick, like the Hitachi 5K500 and the Fujitsu 500gb 5400rpm three platter drive.

    (200GB, Serial ATA, 9.5, 7.2K, SE100) means 200gb capacity, bus is Serial ATA, 9.5mm thick, 7200rpm, the capacity per platter? never seen H080 or SE100 before)

    What harddrive are you looking at buying, we can identify the information here?

    K-TRON
     
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