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2016-10-31T15:18:36

Rated 4 out of 5

Great Hard-drive

I needed a new hard - drive for my laptop and my friend who is an IT person recommended this. He installed it and my laptop is up and running again!

Tamika E.

Seagate ST500LM021 Specifications

  • Capacity

    500GB

  • Interface

    SATA 6Gb/s

  • Cache

    32MB

  • Bytes per Sector (logical/physical)

    512/4096

  • Load/Unload Cycles

    >600000

  • Seek Average

    11ms

  • Maximum I/O Data Transfer Rate

    600 MB/s

  • Maximum Sustained Data Transfer Rate OD

    135 MB/s

  • Head-Rest Method

    QuietStep Ramp Load

  • Maximum Non-recoverable Read Errors/Bits

    1 per 1014

  • Annualized Failure Rate (AFR)

    0.48%

  • Startup Power

    1.0 A

  • Seek Power

    1.8W

  • Idling Power

    0.65W

  • Operating Temperature

    0 to 60 deg. C / 32 to 140 deg. F

  • Non-operating Temperature

    -40 to 70 deg. C / -40 - 158 deg. F

  • Operating

    2ms 400 Gs

  • Non-operating Shock

    1ms 1000 Gs

  • Acoustics Idling

    2.3 bels - sound power

  • Acoustics Seek

    2.4 bels - sound power

  • Dimensions(H x W x D)

    0.276 x 2.76 x 3.959" / 0.70 x 7.01 x 10.06cm

  • Weight

    0.209lbs / 0.09kg

  • UPC Code

    763649053744

About Seagate ST500LM021

2.5-inch SATA Hard Drive Laptop Encryption
Feature-rich, slim, lightweight style at price and capacity points that enable no-compromise designs for thin computing.

• Available as a Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS 140-2 SED
• Compatible SATA 6Gb/s and 3Gb/s designs
• Backed by a 2-year limited warranty

2.5-inch Laptop Drives Available in Several Capacities
Seagate's purpose-built the 2.5-inch Laptop HDDs help meet their customers' demand for affordable, flexible computing solutions.

• 7mm hard drive is available inn 500GB, 320GB and 250GB capacity options
• 9.5mm hard drive is available in 2TB, 1TB and 500GB capacity options (Kits)

Smooth Migration to Advanced Format 4K
Laptop Thin HDDs include Seagate SmartAlign technology This innovation helps you easily get all the benefits of the new Advanced Format (AF) 4K sector standard - no utilities, no extra steps - automatically in the background. Performance is not affected and there is no need for time-consuming utilities required by other AF-enabled drives.

Secure Laptop Encryption (SED) Options
Laptop Thin SEDs deliver government-grade encryption without performance degradation - protecting your data where it lives. You get all the benefits of secure data encryption without the headaches.

• Ships with the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Opal protocol
• The world's first 7mm SED to ship with FIPS 140-2 validation
• Instant on-the-fly encryption without performance degradation
• Instant Secure EraseTM technology that can instantly erase the security key data on your hard drive if needed, enabling secure disposal or repurposing of the SED .

What's in the box:

  • Seagate ST500LM021 500GB 2.5" 7mm Internal Laptop Thin HDD
  • Seagate 2 Year Limited Warranty