Review on Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB PATA Hard Drive - 8MB Cache - 3.5-Inch Internal Retail Kit (WDBAAV5000ENC-NRSN) by Darius Early

Name: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB PATA Hard Drive - 8MB Cache - 3.5-Inch Internal Retail Kit (WDBAAV5000ENC-NRSN)
Item: Western Digital Caviar Blue 500GB PATA Hard Drive - 8MB Cache - 3.5-Inch Internal Retail Kit (WDBAAV5000ENC-NRSN)
Rating: 4

October 29, 2022

Not sure about this drive yet

Installed in an external USB drive enclosure and it takes a very long time for the computer to recognize it (tried on a pair) and the data transfer is incredibly slow for some reason . I have several of the exact same cases with 500GB IDE drives and they work great. The drive was preformatted so I may need to reformat and try again. Otherwise the price for the gig was very reasonable.

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