Fast, Quiet and Reliable!
Seagate 100GB ATA-100 Hard Drive
Seagate’s 7200 RPM Internal Retail Hard Drives are the fastest, quietest, most reliable drives made for desktop computing. With a 100GB capacity, they're ideal for data backup, MP3 and DVD libraries, games, digital imaging and digital video. They deliver ultra-fast performance and the lowest acoustics a.k.a quietest drives in the industry (2.0 bels).
The Seagate 100GB drive is just what you need to accelerate intensive multimedia applications, import audio files and build video transitions in your movie creations. Take advantage of the breakthrough reliability and performance-enhancing technologies. Why waste your valuable time waiting, when you could already be playing?
This drive holds:
30 two-hour DVD-quality movies or
120 hours of VHS-quality video or
82 days of around-the-clock MP3 audio or
30,000 vivid digital photos or
170 action-packed games!
Specifications
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 Capacity (GB) Learn More |
100 |
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Interface |
Ultra ATA-100 |
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Spindle Speed (RPM) |
7200 |
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Buffer Memory |
8MB |
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Average Seek (msec) Learn More |
<9.5 |
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Average Latency (msec) |
4.16 |
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Maximum Internal Transfer Rate (Mbits/sec) |
683 |
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Maximum External Transfer Rate (Mbits/sec) |
100 |
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Discs/Heads |
2/3 |
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Logical Cylinders/Heads/Sectors per Track |
16,383/16/63 |
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Bytes Per Sector |
512 |
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Recording Method |
EPRML (16/17) |
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3D Defense System |
Yes |
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Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read |
1 in 10E14 |
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Temperature, Operating (°C) |
0 to 60 |
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Temperature, Nonoperating (°C) |
-40 to 70 |
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Shock, Operating: 2 msec (Gs) |
63 |
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Shock, Nonoperating: 2 msec (Gs) |
350 |
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Acoustics Idle (bels—sound power) |
<2.5 |
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Acoustics Seek (bels—sound power) |
2.8 |
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Acoustics Performance Seek (bels—sound power) |
3.4 |
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Type |
Retail |
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Dimensions |
1.02" x 4.01" x 5.78" |
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Additional Specifications
- 7,200-RPM spindle speed and 8-Mbyte buffer combine for superior desktop performance
- High instantaneous (burst) data transfer rates (up to 100 Mbytes per second) using Ultra DMA mode 5
- Giant magnetoresistive (GMR) recording heads and EPRML technology, which provide the drives with increased areal density.
- State-of-the-art cache and on-the-fly error-correction algorithms
- Full-track multiple-sector transfer capability without local processor intervention
- Quiet operation
- 350 Gs nonoperating shock
- SeaTools diagnostic software performs a drive self-test that eliminates unnecessary drive returns
- The 3D Defense System™, which includes Drive Defense, Data Defense, and Diagnostic Defense, offers the industry’s most comprehensive protection for disc drives
- Support for S.M.A.R.T. drive monitoring and reporting
- Support for Read Multiple and Write Multiple commands
- Support for autodetection of master/slave drives that use cable select (CSEL)
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