Miniature Disk Drive: The Toshiba MK3006GAL Delivers 30 GB in a 1.8" Form Factor
Size Comparison: 2.5" Versus 1.8" Form Factors
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 | |
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Processor | Intel Pentium 4, 2.0 GHz256 kB L2 Cache (Willamette) |
Motherboard | Intel 845EBTIntel 845E ChipsetBIOS BT84520A.86A.0024.P10 |
Memory | 256 MB DDR/PC2100, CL2.0Micron/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 5.10.2600Service Pack 1 |
Benchmarks & Measurements | |
Office performance | ZD WinBench 99 - Business DiskWinmark 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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Hi - what kind of adaptor was used to connect that 1.8 Toshiba?Reply
I'm trying to do the same and I'm not having much luck. -
dan_guess21 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??...Reply
i really need this it's urgent, thanks...