Western Digital Corp. WD1600BB hard drive specifications

160GB Caviar Internal EIDE Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive

The latest generation of Western Digital's award-winning WD Caviar Enhanced IDE (EIDE) hard drive family features new firmware innovations to achieve 60 GB per platter. Spinning up to 7200 RPM and offering capacities as large as 200 GB, the latest WD Caviar hard drives combine the high performance and increased areal density required by today's capacity-hungry users. Data Lifeguard is an expanded set of data protection tools that includes shock protection, an environmental protection system, and embedded error detection and repair features that automatically find, isolate, and repair problem areas that may develop over the extended use of the hard drive. With these enhanced data reliability features, the drive can perform more accurate monitoring and error repair and deliver exceptional data security. Data Lifeguard Tools is a set of software utilities that work in conjunction with the embedded Data Lifeguard features to make hard drive installation, drive management diagnostics, and repair simple and worry-free. Shock Guard provides outstanding improvements in shock and vibration protection for the newest WD Caviar drives. Shock Guard allows instantaneous data protection at high shock values to achieve leading shock specifications.

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Manufacturer
Western Digital Corp.

HDD Part Number
WD1600BB


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General

Device Type
Hard drive - Internal hard drive

Width
4 in

Depth
5.8 in

Height
1 in

Weight
1.3 lbs

Hard Drive

Form Factor

Capacity
160 GB

Interface Type
ATA-100

Buffer Size
2 MB

Features
FlexPower, Shock Guard, SecureConnect, Data Lifeguard

Compliant Standards
S.M.A.R.T.

Performance

Drive Transfer Rate
100 MBps

Seek Time
8.9 ms (average) / 21 ms (max)

Track-to-Track Seek Time
2 ms

Average Latency
4.2 ms

Spindle Speed
7200 rpm

Reliability

Storage Hard Drive / Non-Recoverable Errors
1 per 10^14

Start / Stop Cycles
50,000

Storage Controller

Type
None

Expansion / Connectivity

Interfaces
1 x ATA-100 - 40 pin IDC

Compatible Bays
1 x Internal - 3.5" x 1/3H

Compatible Slots
x None

Miscellaneous

Compliant Standards
RoHS

Package Type
OEM

Software / System Requirements

Software Included
Data Lifeguard Tools

Manufacturer Warranty

Service & Support
3 years warranty

Environmental Parameters

Min Operating Temperature
41 �F

Max Operating Temperature
131 �F

Humidity Range Operating
5 - 95%

Vibration Tolerance
0.75 g @ 20-300 Hz (operating) / 4 g @ 20-500 Hz (non-operating)

Sound Emission
26 dBA

Max Altitude Operating
9840 ft


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