Scorpio Blue 750GB Mobile Hard Drive

Mobile users of today are looking for bigger and better more energy efficient solutions. The SSD is a vogue word but none too many of these expensive discs are to be found yet as the primary disc of choice in the notebook without paying a substantial premium.   Western Digital (The Knight in Shining Armour to many) comes along with their rugged new range of Scorpio® Blue™ mobile 2 ½” discs.   Namely with 1TB and 750GB capacities.  These are primarily designed for the rugged road warrior who requires power, performance and a disc that does not compromise battery life. But we also see many gamers  and SoHo users storing huge amounts of Game fixes, Films and photographic files now that take up enormous amounts of space.  Could this be the answer to the problem at hand whether the disc takes up an additional drive space (for those who have it.  Or the drive positioned within a mobile storage box to facilitate these needs.

This is an unusual outing for us as we normally do not look into these items, though vogue changes in today’s lifestyles mean we have to keep up with the times. Many notebooks contain the more modern ATI and NVIDIA professional cards as it means that the studio/architect can present to the client readily a scene or drawing in uncompromised professionalism with the item in question firing up immediately with no lag time. But, and there always is a but, this can be the case with some notebook discs.

Notwithstanding we must also remember that discs of this nature can also be found within Blade Servers, though this is for another outing, but must be highlighted.

Before we go on any further with the dialogue let’s have a few pictures to grasp the fantastic engineering that has gone into this tiny powerful beast.

With the availability of SATA or EIDE interfaces, WD Scorpio Blue drives offer high-performance, low power consumption, and cool operation, perfect for notebooks and other portable devices. Pick the drive that suits your needs with the confidence in knowing that all WD Scorpio Blue drives are built to the highest standards of quality and reliability.

Key Features

Massive capacity - Whether they are in an external drive or a notebook computer, WD Scorpio Blue SATA drives continue to offer the highest capacity for space-hungry operating systems with plenty of room left over for photos, music, and video. A slight increase in overall drive height (750 GB and 1 TB only) has driven storage capacity for 2.5-inch form factor drives upwards to a realm once thought to be impossible.

Quiet - In a notebook drive, silence is golden. WD’s exclusive WhisperDrive™ combines state-of-the-art seeking algorithms to yield one of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market. These algorithms also optimize the way a drive seeks for data, which significantly improves power consumption. So now silence (and longer battery life) is golden.

Reliable and Rugged - WD's ShockGuard technology protects the drive mechanics and platter surfaces from shocks. WD's SecurePark™ parks the recording heads off the disk surface during spin up, spin down, and when the drive is off. This ensures the recording head never touches the disk surface resulting in improved long term reliability due to less head wear, and improved non-operational shock tolerance.

Fast and Efficient - Ultra-fast 3 Gb/s SATA interface speed yields performance fit for demanding mobile applications.

Tested for Compatibility - We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab™ and Mobile Compatibility Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

750 GB and 1 TB models are 12.5 mm high and may not be compatible with all notebook systems.    Consult system specifications for maximum allowable drive height before attempting to install.

Page 1 - Introduction
Page 2 - Scorpio Blue Pictures
Page 3 - System Set-Up and Software Used
Page 4 - HD Tach 3.0.4.0. and SiSoftware Sandra 2009 SP4
Page 5 - HD Tune Ver.3.50 and Hard Drive File Transfers
Page 6 - Conclusions and Award