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Run heavy operating systems and large programs with plenty of space to spare with the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 internal hard drive. With a full terabyte of storage capacity, this drive can hold up to 17,000 hours of music, 1,000 hours of video, or 300,000 high-definition photos. Despite the size of its storage capacity, the drive itself is small. A 2.5-inch form factor makes it ideal for smaller laptops and other devices with an SATA interface. Its 8MB data buffer and spindle speed of 5,400 RPM equate to fast data access and short save times even when you are saving large files. It uses less power than the majority of 3.5-inch hard drives, which helps prolong the battery life of portable devices. Notebooks typically use 2.5-inch drive bays. Serial Advanced Technology Attachment hard disks, also known as SATA, provide efficient resource consumption. This lets your system run smoothly when reading and writing to the HD. The Serial Advanced Technology Attachment interface functions as fast as 6 GB/s. It also allows for easy installation in consumer electronics that are compatible with this device. As a high-performance drive with 1,000 gigabytes (1TB) capacity, the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB HD works very well for providing extra storage on the PS3 and the PS4. The average game can take up anywhere from 1GB to 10GB of space. Higher-end games can take up as much as 60GB. Because of this, a 1,000GB HDD is useful when storing games for your PS3 and PS4. To use this Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1,000GB HDD in your PlayStation 3 or 4, you will need to format the HD to FAT32. Embedded operating systems like the one found in the PS3 and PS4 often make use of FAT32. They do not work with the NTFS format and therefore will not recognize the HD if you format it to NTFS. For your PC, it is recommended that you use the NTFS format for your HD. This hard drive will work with any laptops that have a standard bay and Serial ATA connectors. PCs that use the older PATA interface may still be able to use the HD providing that a converter is used. To identify the interface technology of your system, you should look at the connectors that will be used. If your system has ribbons with a wide, 40-pin connector, then your system uses the PATA interface. If you have the PATA interface, you will need a converter to use the Serial ATA hard disks. This computing product measures 2.8 by 3.9 by 0.4 inches, and it weighs 4.2 ounces. The Toshiba name and product specs are located on one side of the drive. This Toshiba HDD possesses Ramp Loading, which prevents the arm mechanism from scratching the actual disk. This ensures that your data will be less likely to become corrupted or lost. It also provides for longer life from your HD. This drive gives you plenty of space in a compact form so that you can store all the data you want.