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Western Digital produces hard disks that give home PC users power, performance and reliability while remaining cool, quiet and environmentally friendly.

Our Black and Blue ranges give consumers the choice of what is most important to them in a hard disk. Whether you're looking for lightning-fast data transfer and retrieval or a quiet hard disk that does not disturb the user, Western Digital has a hard disk designed just for you.

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The WD Scorpio Black gives outstanding performance in capacities up to 320GB. It has an integrated dual-core processor, a Sata connection that can transfer data up to a stunning 3 Gbits/sec and enhanced reliability features to help protect your files. It comes with a five-year limited warranty.

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WD Scorpio Blue hard disks are available with either Sata or EIDE connections, making them suitable to upgrade brand new or older computers. Ultra-quiet and with capacities of up to 500GB, these disks are perfect for family computing.

Click here for information on disks that are suitable for laptop computers.

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Not so, laptop to pc

Have not yet found an hard disk that can be connected to an ide cable, presume you are referring to later laptops than I have worked on within my family circle. I presume the caddy will have an ide connection.

Posted by Mr Thomas J Tough., 03 Feb 2009

   

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