Hitachi's 7K1000 Terabyte Hard Drive

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By Patrick Schmid
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Access Time

An access time of 13.8 ms is not quite a revolutionary result, but it is still quick enough for a 7,200 RPM desktop hard drive. Clearly, the 10,000 RPM Raptor drives by Western Digital are much quicker.

PCMark05 Windows XP Startup Performance

Thanks to the high transfer rates, the drive offers great performance when it has to provide the data Windows XP requires at launch.

PCMark05 File Write Performance

Patrick Schmid
1 Comment Comment from the forums
  • JMG_22
    Purchased a new Hitachi 1 TB hard drive, but can't get Windows XP loaded without getting blue error screen? Can I use Windows restore/recovery disks with a new hard drive to install operating system.
    (old hard drive failed)
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