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Easy Installation
Customers have reported that installation of the HGST Travelstar 500GB internal hard drive is straightforward and effortless. They've successfully installed it in various computers, including MacBook Pros, with ease. Some users even mentioned that they had no prior experience with computer hardware but were able to install it without any issues.
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Fast Performance
Customers have positive opinions about the fast performance of the HGST Travelstar 2.5-inch 500GB 7200RPM SATA III 32MB Cache SATA 6Gbps Internal Bare or OEM Drives, with some mentioning it being a significant improvement over older drives and providing fast boot up times for laptops. However, there are also concerns regarding the drives not being new as advertised and having used hours prior to purchase.
Reliability
Customers have reported mixed experiences with the reliability of this HGST Travelstar drive. While some have used it for years without issue, others have experienced failures within weeks or months of purchase.
Highlights
Quality
Works great and gave my old macbook pro a new life
Formatting, installing the os, and data transfer was easy.
It is usually not spinning and is in sleep mode prior to the weekly cloning.
The hard drive is no longer spinning up and you can hear it making a clicking noise.
Price
Great hard drive at a great price.
Edit - 10/10/2018 and now it's a moot point what with ssd's at 500gb able to be had for around $70.
New drives are either not available or very expensive.
) the old ssd's based on the mature 3d tlc and is driving the price points down, way down.
Shipping
Item arrived quickly, and was packaged appropriately.
They recieved it on time and installed it themselves with no issues.
I received an open box drive that had over 10,000 hours of power on time!
Packaging/appearance
Even the post office where i want the package is marked!
Competitiveness
Hitachi / hgst drives have consistently been rated the most durable by large sate warehousing companies.
A few vendors open the drive's mylar casing and test it.
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new, great, easy, old and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 836 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 20 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Found this via a straight web search listed on amazon which is the first place i had looked for a replacement drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i looked for this drive directly via the amazon search it did not show up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had a drive failure on a 320gb drive in my laptop
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Needs to be formatted but woks fine buy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Update its now july and the hard drive has already gone out
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The computer is telling me that no boot device is found
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The hard drive is no longer spinning up and you can hear it making a clicking noise
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Immediately booted up and suddenly the laptop is usable again instead of moving along at a painful crawl
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