Special Features:

Low power; whisper quiet; rugged design; spins at 5400 rpm, but has power specs similar to slower 4200 rpm drives; shockguard protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks.Wd's durastep ramp locks the heads in a secure position away from the disk to provide another layer of protection when the drive is not in use.Utilizing the most technologically advanced material available, the drive can perform a of 600, 000 load/unload cycles without contamination; rigid stainless steel top cover withstands more than 5pounds of pressure without pinching vital internal components

Properties:

An electromechanical item which accepts and systematically retains digital input data in such a manner as to facilitate the rapid recovery of stored information. The item may or may not consist of disk(s) some of which are removable, hard, removable disk packs, fixed disks, or removable flexible, each surface coated with a material susceptible to spot magnetization, integral writing, a drive motor and its mechanical linkage, and data translating heads for impressing on or removing from the disk surface data in digital form. the item is a component of an electronic computer. see also, magnetic drum, data storage; core memory unit.