Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB SATA 3.0 GB/s 5400RPM 2.5 Inch 7mm Internal Hard Drive

I was getting messages on my Packard Bell laptop, that the hard drive was failing and should be replaced. I was a bit disappointed as it was only 4 years old, and lightly used. Having established that it was a 1TB Toshiba SATA hard drive, I resolved to replace with the same make. A quick search of Amazon found this drive, which I ordered and had delivered next day. It came well packaged, and in an anti-static bag. I had already backed up my files, and created a system image using Windows 10 (It's actually a Windows 7 app). Installing the hard drive turned out to be as easy as removing a few screws, and lifting out the old one, then slotting in the new one. It took less than 10 minutes. It fired up immediately, using the recovery disk I was prompted to create when I upgraded to Windows 10 a few months ago.I then connected the external hard drive with the system image, and let it do it's stuff. In no time, my PC was working again as if nothing had happened. Overall I am delighted with the purchase, and it's performance is as it should be. A good product at a great price.

I bought this to put in my Toshiba C850-1LV to replace the original 500GB. Do you remember the days when HDDs were measured in MB? 1TB in a laptop! As each day passes, that last sentence will seem silly. Anyway, it was packaged well and was certainly brand new. Another review worried me about reconditioned ones but this was from Amazon themselves and they are yet to let me down in 13 years of buying from them. Cloning the new drive from the original was easy as pie with NTI Echo and that was by far the longest part of the whole procedure. I used an Iomax S-ATA & IDE to USB converter, very cheap but very capable. What can you say about a HDD? It's as quiet as the original, it's easy to fit, only 9.5mm thick and suites my needs to perfection. Now I have different operating systems on the 2 HDDs amd it takes 2 minutes to swap them over.

Bought this hard drive as a replacement for the one which failed in my Freesat recorder. Identical to the original, and an easy straight swap. Just a small torx bit for the case screws and a flat blade to lever the cover apart, then a multipin plug to swap over. Have tried the new one and works perfectly. Beats buying a new Freesat box for £200.

I bought this as an upgrade for my PS3 HDD (Hard Disc Drive), after I had filled the 320GB HDD that came with it. I was taking a gamble by going for a 1TB HDD, as I had no real idea if the PS3 would handle such a large HDD or if it would affect performance. After doing a fair bit of research and reading on the web, I settled on this HDD, for a number of reasons: 1) It was the correct dimensions - PS3 HDD have to be 9.5mm high, some 2.5inch HDD are taller than 9.5mm and won't fit in the PS3. 2) Running speed of 5400rpm - PS3 is compatible with HDD's that run at 5400rpm, I've read online that some people have put in HDD's that run at 7200rpm, but I chose to stay safe and avoid the risk of overheating my PS3. 3) The HDD has only two platters - the fewer the platters in the HDD, the quicker the HDD read speed. It also has a decent size buffer, more than what the PS3 needs on the HDD. 4) 1TB size for a reasonable price. Installation of the new HDD was relatively straight foward - one tip I would give is to do your research and read up on how to change the HDD before attempting to change the HDD in your PS3 - because its not about just removing one HDD and sticking the new one in, you also need to install the PS3 system software. Sony's PlayStation website has all the information in its help and support pages. Imagine my relief when the old 320GB HDD I took out of my PS3 was also a Toshiba..!! It's only been in my PS3 for a little over a month now, which is why I'm only giving it 4 stars, because I do not yet know about how well it will perform over time. However, up to now I've had no issues with it, it's no more louder than the previous HDD and seems to read data quickly, and I've already filled half of its total free space!! Please be aware that when you buy a HDD, you do not get the full amount of space available after installation I had 828GB / 931GB, but that is still more than enough HDD space to be lasting me for the foreseeable future, or until I eventually decide to go to PS4.

Bought this hard drive as a replacement for the one that had failed in my Freeview recorder. Identical model to the original, and fairly simple to swap. Now working again.

Bought to replace a similar Freesat HD box drive that failed after a year, easy to fit and recognised and worked right away. Failed after 2 months however so cannot recommend.

Bought this to replace my dead ps4 Pro harddrive. Blue light of death, safemode restart did nothing so Followed youtube tutorial how to replace hardive which was the last option. Easy to install. My Ps4 is now alive and working perfectly fine.my only regret was not buying a more powerful hard drive like a more expensive sold state drive. Reason being I wasn't sure if it was my original hardive was the issue so bought the cheaper hardrive as a test..anyway. this hardrvie works fine as a replacement ps4 hardive. Good quality for the price.

Fast delivery of a great product. Value for money too.