Desktop Computer Review: Toshiba MK4006GAH - Hard drive - 40 GB - internal - 1.8" - ATA-100

I purchased this HDD as a replacement for my girlfriend's faulty iPod 4th Generation 40Gb drive, which was making ticking and grinding sounds. I had tried resetting it, as well as the high-tech 'bang it on the desk' solution - all to no avail.

The drive arrived very well packaged and protected. Installation was a breeze (I had never pulled apart an iPod before, but there were plenty of instructional videos on the Induhnet).The new drive works perfectly.

The only negative was that the white plastic surround that fits on top of the drive (before the metal back of the iPod goes on) did not fit perfectly - the old drive had indented grooves, but the new one didn't.This was relatively easy to fix by using a small file to file the protruding bits off of the surround.

Total cost was about USD$37 - sure beats paying Apple a hell of a lot more for the same job.

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Product Description:
This Toshiba 40GB 1.8-inch hard disk drive is the size of a credit card and weighs only 62 grams. It is ideal for mobile storage solutions due to its ideal lightweight, small form factor and tremendous capacity. The MK4006GAH was developed to meet the market demands from users of sophisticated multimedia applications.The growing number of consumers using video cameras, wearable computers, automotive and personal jukebox systems have spurred a demand for top quality storage hardware. Hard disk drives these days need to meet more than a handful of the usual pre-requisites and go beyond the typical high capacity, small form factor classification. As most people know, Toshiba Storage Device Division has been the leader in the "niche" storage sector. However, as multimedia gadgets become increasingly widespread, Toshiba is committed to being the forefront storage manufacturer by anticipating future technologies and producing hard disk drives before the trend.Toshiba's hard disk drives, such as the MK4006GAH, are highly ruggedized and durable, with operating shock resistance of 250G, making it extremely suitable for demanding environments. It is also a more cost effective storage solution than traditional technologies such as Flash and other less powerful HDDs, exceeding other storage products on a cost-per-megabyte and portability basis.