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    Toshiba MQ01ABD MQ01ABD100 1 TB 2.5" Internal Hard Drive

    • It is an excellent hard drive, it worked perfectly for me my Toshiba satellite c655, I recommend purchasing this hard drive
    • Bought this item on June 29, and today is October 7---3 months after purchasing this hard drive--and it died
    • Old drive crashed.
    • There's also a persistent vibration much worse than the older hard drives in my older laptops
    • The only thing was that I had to reformat the hard drive to work for my MacBook and was pretty simple in doing so
    • Seems to be a good drive.
    • great hard drive
    • Upgraded my PS3 hard drive from about 160GB to 1TB
    • This 1 terabyte hard drive is fast
    • Mine was unreliable when used as a second hard drive, caused numerous boot issues
    • Replaced my old laptop hard drive with this.
    • Overall I enjoy my new hard drive.
    • Replace the internal hard drive of my macbook pro
    • You could not pay me to use another Toshiba Hard drive.
    • I switched out my old hard drive and put this one in
    • Works fine in a case as an external hard drive however.
    • This hard drive was installed on a PS3 to expand memory.
    • So yes, anyone looking at this hard drive for their PS4, it will work.
    • I have a great hard drive that does the job right and makes my laptop run just like it did when I fist used it.
    • Drive worked, as one expects any given hard drive to work, for almost 14 months, then crashed hard without warning
    • Fits into the enclosure as well as the old drive did.
    • Great drive
    • The best drives I've had have been Western Digital Blue and Black.
    • Just works as expected as a replacement hard drive for my laptop.
    • Quiet drive.
    • I bought this hard drive to replace my PS3 250 gb with the 1 tb.
    • I put this in my PS3 because I was running out of room on the hard drive.
    • I found a video on YouTube that shows you how to replace a hard drive
    • It's revision number is different and the drive makes significantly more noise than the first
    • I used it to successfully clone my hard drive and increased my memory for my laptop.
    • It maybe a great hard drive, but not for a ps3.
    • This is exactly what I needed to expand my hard drive on the PS3.
    • So for formatting the Hard Drive you may need to take visit to your local Apple store(tech department)
    • I love this hard drive so far
    • The hard drive works as expected
    • Original hard drive crashed
    • I needed a new drive after my main one died, and this one has exceeded my expectations.
    • The Drive is too loud
    • Highly recommend drive for purchase.
    • I'm a little leery of this particular hard drive, though I don't think it's a problem that happens a lot.
    • I bought this hard drive as a gamble to fix my son’s PlayStation 4 after it stopped working when our dog knocked it on the floor
    • I upgraded my PS4 from the stock 500 GB hard drive to this 1 TB and it works great
    • does that tell anything, cheaply made hard drives.....
    • This hard drive was a little snug to get in
    • Great internal Hard drive for the price.
    • I've only had the hard drive installed for a couple of weeks, but to date it is great, functioning fine and good to have enough space to do what I need to be able to work on.
    • This hard drive has breathed new life into my late 2009 MacBook
    • After backing up my existing PS3 data onto a USB Hard Drive, I installed the drive and the PS3 OS
    • Instead of the additional internal storage that I wanted, I will have to use it in a case as external storage until I can find the correct hard drive, since I need the space immediately, with no time to return or exchange
    • Bought this hard drive to use in my ps3 when my old 120 GB drive became too small
    • This hard drive is faster than my old one (probably because my old one was slow to begin with
    • I love my new 1TB hard drive
    • In fact it was the same brand hard drive that was already in my PS3 but with much more memory.
    • Used to replace failing hard drive in my Toshiba laptop
    • The solid state drives on the market make this drive look absolutely ancient and DEAD SLOW for operating system and program access.
    • This hard drive is great and highly recommended
    • This is a great hard drive
    • Its a 1TB hard drive
    • Hard drive is great, also came early
    • a drive is a drive so this isn't a specific PS3 drive, it is an internal hard drive that will work on any CPU, laptop, PS console that requires a 2.5 sized drive (this is the important part-the size of the drive informs the user if it will fit)
    • But very happy with the price for a 1 TB hard drive!
    • Drive works great in my mid-2012 Macbook Pro with 2 8GB mem sticks (16GB Crucial Memory Sticks)... very pleased at the quality and build... moves very fast as well, well, at least faster than the OEM 500GB Hard drive currently installed... gonna switch them out today since Time Machine backed up the files last night in about 5 hours doing 499 GBs!!!
    • The available hard drive space was a bit short (only 887 gigs instead of the 950 i expected) and I've noticed that some programs took a bit longer to load, but I can afford to wait until the superfast SSDs come down in price
    • this hard drive was much cheaper and works great.would recommend it to anyone wanting a larger hard drive for
    • The available hard drive space was a bit short (only 887 gigs instead of the 950 i expected) and I've noticed that some programs took a bit longer to load, but I can afford to wait until the superfast SSDs come down in price
    • It was a very good drive for the price and performs very well, I wouldn't hesitate to buy another one
    • this hard drive was much cheaper and works great.would recommend it to anyone wanting a larger hard drive for
    • Before ordering, make certain your computer will accept a thicker hard drive.
    • Hard drive is great, also came early
    • Hard drive was dead on arrival
    • I used my USB hard drive interface to format the 1Tb hard-drive and write/read files and pictures
    • This is a great hard drive
    • This hard drive is great and highly recommended
    • Great drive
    • I love my new 1TB hard drive
    • This hard drive is faster than my old one (probably because my old one was slow to begin with
    • Instead of the additional internal storage that I wanted, I will have to use it in a case as external storage until I can find the correct hard drive, since I need the space immediately, with no time to return or exchange
    • , apple wanted $189.00 that I didn't have to change the hard drive
    • I believe this is the same HDD used in the Toshiba 1TB External Hard Drive which I also own
    • Great internal Hard drive for the price.
    • works great, fits great, i will buy again and recommend to anyone looking for a quality hard drive for your laptop
    • Ordered two hard drives and NEITHER one worked
    • I used this to upgrade my PS3 hard drive and it did not disappoint.
    • Dead hard drive in 3 months
    • about 8 or so screws don't pay it ,get this hard drive and do it yourself
    • This 1TB hard drive is a great buy at a great price
    • Future buyers, just be aware, THIS IS A 0.7MM HARD DRIVE, NOT 0.4 AS DESCRIBED.
    • I upgraded my PS4 from the stock 500 GB hard drive to this 1 TB and it works great
    • Had this hard drive installed in my mid 2012 Macbook Pro for almost 3 months and it died
    • I purchased the hard drive to replace an old hard drive so my kids could have a computer to use at home, but it CRASHED within 3 weeks
    • Excellent drive
    • I purchased this hard drive to replace the factory one in my late 2011 mac mini.
    • When I began replacing the hard drive I was amazed and impressed at my decision to choose the Toshiba because the 150g in my system was also a Toshiba
    • I needed a new drive after my main one died, and this one has exceeded my expectations.
    • I love this hard drive so far
    • Save your money and buy a hard drive from a place that you will actually be able to return it under warranty if it fails!
    • so I know what I'm doing when installing a hard drive and putting an operating system on it
    • It maybe a great hard drive, but not for a ps3.
    • Works well so far but there is concern about when the hard drive is spinning at full load it makes a loud vibrating noise every time when loading some up!!!
    • It's amazing how inexpensive hard drive space has become.
    • The hard drive arrived earlier than expected was easy to install and met all my requirements.
    • Great drive great price.
    • I have a great hard drive that does the job right and makes my laptop run just like it did when I fist used it.
    • Anyhoo this hard drive does meet my needs and then some.
    • Works fine in a case as an external hard drive however.
    • I wouldn't have guessed that these little 2.5" drives would be appropriate for the constant workload of a whole-house DVR
    • I've come to trust Toshiba 2.5 inch drives over many years, and feel comfortable placing valuable data on this one
    • Hard drive replacement went very easily.
    • ...within two months the drive had died completely
    • I understand every once in a while drives go bad, but I've never had one that arrived completely dead before I even installed an operating system on it
    • This is a decent drive.
    • Overall I enjoy my new hard drive.
    • the best hard drive
    • Great price, a arrived super fast :-)It's been a year, and the hard drive has gone bad, need to replace it
    • Computer stopped working did an internet search to find out what the problem could be and they said to replace the Hard drive
    • Brand new, well packaged and a perfect replacement for the 150GB hard drive that came with my 14" Dell laptop
    • This 1 terabyte hard drive is fast
    • Great drive.
    • Fortunate that we use Carbonite with an external hard drive
    • Upgraded my PS3 hard drive from about 160GB to 1TB
    • great hard drive
    • This hard drive is 9.5 mm high, and did not fit in my Lenovo laptop computer.
    • This was an easy upgrade from a 500GB to a 1TB hard drive.
    • Excellent Price and very stable drive, I ordered 2 and will order again in the future
    • The only thing was that I had to reformat the hard drive to work for my MacBook and was pretty simple in doing so
    • hard drive that I've been using for backups
    • For a moment I wavered between installing the Toshiba MQ01ABD 1 TB 2.5' Internal Hard Drive to my laptop and the 500GB it came with into my external device case
    • It is an excellent hard drive, it worked perfectly for me my Toshiba satellite c655, I recommend purchasing this hard drive
    • As described, hard drive works perfectly.
    • This hard drive works, but even brand new, it was already making some clicking noises.
    • so I took it out and plugged the hard drive into a SATA/USB connector on a Lenovo Z580 and it did not register as an external drive at all
    • Good quality hard drive still working
    • I am not sure where to lay they blame, poor packaging or just a bad drive.
    • It's a small, portable hard drive that holds a lot
    • Nice quiet drive
    • This is a great drive for use as an external backup - you will need an external USB enclosure
    • I have used this hard drive for 3 months and it's already failed and needs replaced
    • This is a perfect drive for doing clones of my laptop drive.
    • but I understand this is the case with all hard drives
    • Very good hard drive
    • I used this to upgrade my PS3 hard drive and it worked perfectly.
    • I had to clone my old hard drive
    • Yes,Yes, Wahooo,EeeeHaaaaa...., my 2008 MacBook pro had a hard drive crash
    • The MQ01ABD 1 TB 2.5" Internal Hard Drive is not exceptional in any regard, but provides a lot of storage space for the size and price
    • Cheap and a great backup drive
    • I just replaced my old hard drive and installed my 1tb onto my computer and Prego
    • Good hard drive with a reasonable storage capacity and a good price
    • The package arrived on time, the hard-drive was well protected in bubble wrap in a sturdy box
    • Works the same as my other hard drive but has so much more space.
    • The hard drive worked in my PS3 without any problems
    • The hard drive failed and cannot be restored.
    • Great replacement drive for one that crashed
    • Toshiba Laptop + Toshiba Hard Drive = ??
    • Drive worked, as one expects any given hard drive to work, for almost 14 months, then crashed hard without warning
    • It's big and inexpensive, but it makes the characteristic hard drive read/write clicking
    • Excellent drive. bought an external case and added this drive to create a portable storage solution
    • Note: this hard drive is on the bit of the thick side
    • hard drive has fail
    • all thought does lag some times but so did the original drive over all I recommend this drive for ps4
    • It was also very inexpensive for the size drive it is, but have yet to install - will need to rebuild machine completely.
    • TB Toshiba 2.5-inch SATA laptop hard drive (5400rpm, 8MB cache)
    • Would highly recommend this drive to anyone who is upgrading their PS3.
    • Imagine my surprise that the hard drive manufacturers were offfering larger hard drives
    • The hard drive worked in my PS3 without any problems
    • Works the same as my other hard drive but has so much more space.
    • The package arrived on time, the hard-drive was well protected in bubble wrap in a sturdy box
    • Good hard drive with a reasonable storage capacity and a good price
    • it is a bad drive
    • I bought this hard drive to install onto my PS4 which I just got not too long ago, and after a few minutes of fiddling around with things, I finally got the firmware installed, updated and ready to go
    • Still, 14 months later, I have a dead drive.
    • Cheap and a great backup drive
    • The MQ01ABD 1 TB 2.5" Internal Hard Drive is not exceptional in any regard, but provides a lot of storage space for the size and price
    • I have a slim model PS3 with a 160Gb Hard Drive, and I keep movies on my system, as well as quite a few games that were purchased as downloads
    • The original drive on my laptop was a 1TB, and when it failed I searched for a suitable replacement
    • When my laptop hard drive went
    • Very good hard drive
    • I replaced my HP envy laptop hard drive after it died on me with this.
    • Purchased this to replace a failed hard drive in MacBook Pro 2011
    • I bought this hard drive to use as additional storage as a 2nd hard drive in my Lenovo Thinkpad X301
    • This hard drive works great for my MacBook Pro 2011
    • I did not work but a different hard drive
    • It's a small, portable hard drive that holds a lot
    • Did a hard-drive check and there were no errors
    • However, the hard drive I received was made in the Philippines.
    • Good quality hard drive still working
    • I expected a hard drive made in Japan, as the one shown in the picture, and therefore I was willing to pay some more dollars
    • Following the instructions on how to format the hard drive for the PS3 helped and it is functioning perfectly now.