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Size Comparison: 2.5" Versus 1.8" Form Factors

Miniature Disk Drive: The Toshiba MK3006GAL Delivers 30 GB in a 1.8" Form Factor
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While they obviously don't excel in terms of performance, 1.8" drives offer many advantages. The physical characteristics of the drive help underscore this: at less than 2 ounces (51 g) the MK3006GAL has to be one of the lightest disk drives around. With a maximum theoretical data capacity of 30 GB, one of these platters weighs little, but is a league of its own in terms of flexibility. It is also energy-efficient, because this drive consumes only tiny amounts of power relative to its larger cousins.

While it might not seem so just looking a the two numbers, the size difference between a 1.8" drive and a 2.5" drive is immense. And for those concerned with achieving as much miniaturization of computer systems as possible, every little bit helps.

Test Setup

Hardware
Processor Intel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz
256 kB L2 Cache (Willamette)
Motherboard Intel 845EBT
Intel 845E Chipset
BIOS BT84520A.86A.0024.P10
Memory 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2.0
Micron/Crucial
Controller i845E UltraDMA/100-Controller (ICH4)
On-Board USB 2.0 (ICH4)
On-Board FireWire
Graphics card ATI Radeon SDRAM, 32 MB
Network 3COM 905TX PCI 100 MBit
Operating system Windows XP Professional 5.10.2600
Service Pack 1
Benchmarks & Measurements
Office performance ZD WinBench 99 - Business Disk
Winmark 2.0 c't h2benchw
High-End performance ZD WinBench 99 - High-End Disk Winmark 2.0
Performance measurements c't h2benchw 3.6
I/O performance IOMeter 2003.05.10
Drivers & Settings
Graphics driver 5.1.2001.0 (Windows XP Standard)
DIE driver Intel INF Drivers 5.02.1003
DirectX version 9.0c
Resolution 1024x768, 16 Bit, 85 Hz
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    Anonymous , July 7, 2008 11:05 AM
    Hi - what kind of adaptor was used to connect that 1.8 Toshiba?

    I'm trying to do the same and I'm not having much luck.
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    dan_guess21 , September 30, 2009 3:17 PM
    hi, i have one off this hard disck, and i want to make a back up from my information, but i don't have the adapter, can you tell me where i can get one off them or maybe you can say me other way to make my back up??...

    i really need this it's urgent, thanks...