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The Seagate Barracuda XT HDD offers a 7200RPM rotational speed, meaning swift read and write times for your system. The fast spindle speed and 64 MB cache memory translate into fast OS boots and quick application loading. This module is fully compatible with any software buffers provided by system software.The Seagate ST32000641AS boasts reduced power consumption and quiet operation because of the advanced motor design. Since this Seagate drive draws so little from attached power supplies, it's even possible to use it as a replacement for SSD volumes for quick and easy responsiveness in a massive volume. The ST32000641AS also uses a high-powered SATA interface in order to offer a blazing GB/second data transfer rate in spite of the low power consumption. If you're working with drives in small form factor machines that use external power sources, you won't have to sacrifice performance with this device.Most laptops and netbooks feature a SATA jack. The Barracuda is compatible with any machine that features this connector and that has firmware that can view large drives. You can use the Barracuda with a wide range of hardware options for excellent results in speed, versatility, and capacity. This makes it an ideal SATA hard disk for supercharging your machine. This drive works with the internal SATA cables and mounting screws that are already in your machine. You won't have to buy anything extra in order to install this drive and benefit from its speed and performance.If you need an external drive, then you can attach this Seagate disk to any USB SATA enclosure. This allows you to transfer data from any standard USB 2.0 or higher port to the SATA strip on the back of these drives. When you use this device as an external storage model, you should see I/O numbers comparable with standard external drives.Every Seagate ST32000641AS comes with bare platters and free of files. Technicians at the Seagate factory give the platters on the Barracuda a low-level format to create sectors. It comes without any installed applications or file system structures. This means you have complete access to the entire 2 TB capacity. The onboard controller performs an automatic disk check across the entire length of the drive. This is independent of any consistency checks that your OS performs. These checks ensure that you won't suffer data loss because of the sudden appearance of bad blocks or any other physical geometry problems.You can store any type of file system you want on the Seagate Barracuda SATA hard drive. Windows users can format this hard drive to work with the NTFS standard. The Barracuda is compatible with the APFS specifications used by Mac OS Sierra as well as the HFS+ specification for OS X. Since it's compatible with both hard and soft links, this drive can work with Linux and FreeBSD. This makes it ideal for any desktop media devices that can stream online video.