200GB of 2.5-inch SATA disk

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yves · #1 Post by **yves** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:58 pm

Toshiba announces their MK2035GSS which packs in 200GB of 2.5-inch SATA disk spinning at 4200RPM with a 150MB/sec transfer rate and 12-millsecond mean seek time.

Rose · #2 Post by **Rose** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 2:58 pm

yves wrote:Toshiba announces their MK2035GSS which packs in 200GB of 2.5-inch SATA disk spinning at 4200RPM with a 150MB/sec transfer rate and 12-millsecond mean seek time.

I woundnt dare buy a disk from Toshiba. Crappy warranty policy.

#3 Post by **archer6** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 4:13 pm

I have had very good luck with Toshiba drives.

And yet can you imagine how much heat this drive may put out!....

jvarszegi · #4 Post by **jvarszegi** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 5:48 pm

It may not run hot at all, with that rotational speed. The latency seems kind of sucky, but if it really delivers 150MB/s in actual use, I will consider picking one up in the next year. It'll be nice to just keep all my photos on one laptop and just back up occasionally, and still have room to grow...

sjhwilkes · #5 Post by **sjhwilkes** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:52 pm

I'll be happy when the 5K160 actually ships, or when the Seagate 160 comes out in SATA...

#6 Post by **archer6** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:42 am

jvarszegi wrote:It may not run hot at all, with that rotational speed.

I certainly agree with you. I was just joking about the heat, as there seems to be so many people here complaining about heat from their new ThinkPads...

jvarszegi wrote:It'll be nice to just keep all my photos on one laptop and just back up occasionally, and still have room to grow...

Yes, that's a great benefit of a large drive, being able to have all your files in one place. My problem is the amount of files I tend to accumulate therefore I always seem to fill even the largest drives in my laptop relatively quickly...

yves · #7 Post by **yves** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:55 pm

The production is starting in august

These 200 Go use only 2 plates

They use perpendicular structure recording, one of Toshiba leading recording technology

Prices will regularly drop until 2007

277,1 mégabits per square minimeter
(178,8 gigabits per square inches)

1,67 time maximal conventional density used in other HDD

kwramm · #8 Post by **kwramm** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:43 pm

gotta agree with the warranty part. If you are european you should check out the manufacturer's site first if there is a decent RMA system in place. It's not like in the US where it is easy to send a harddisk back when it is broken.

I found out the hard way with Fujitsu. If you're in Europe they won't handle any RMA at all. They tell you to go back to your dealer and that's it.

As far as I know only Seagate seems to offer an easy replacement system in Europe when your HDD dies within the warranty time. Go to their website, enter the serial of your broken HDD, get a RMA code and mail them the broken drive and wait for a new one to arrive.

yves · #9 Post by **yves** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:07 pm

Thank you !

I will purchase my 200 Go Toshiba HDD in the US

I will order a large quantitie

I will a laptop with 400 Go Hdd !!!

gcbartlett · #10 Post by **gcbartlett** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:02 pm

I gotta have one for my Z60m. Anyone know where/when the average home user can pick up one of these drives? Any idea on how much it will cost? What would be the best way to transfer my existing drive contents (including the ThinkVantage utility partition) to the new disk?

yves · #11 Post by **yves** » Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:28 pm

I will ask my Offfice in Tokyo and report to you

Toshiba announces their MK2035GSS which packs in 200GB of 2.5-inch SATA disk spinning at 4200RPM with a 150MB/sec transfer rate and 12-millsecond

gcbartlett · #12 Post by **gcbartlett** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:49 am

It looks like this drive is now available... Computer Giants is advertising it for $499, availability 3-4 days:

http://www.computergiants.com/items/one ... art=119488

I think I'll wait a while for the competition to drive prices a bit lower.

xaveon · #13 Post by **xaveon** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:20 pm

AHHHH when will the 5k160 come out!!! Seems like it's taking forever. Everybody is out of stock!

NokiaNokia · #14 Post by **NokiaNokia** » Tue Aug 08, 2006 2:09 am

its only 4200rpm, it wont work for me. If its 5400rpm i'd buy one.

gcbartlett · #15 Post by **gcbartlett** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:58 am

Yves, any update on pricing from Tokyo yet?

gcbartlett · #16 Post by **gcbartlett** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:46 pm

Hmmm, it appears that Computer Giants is now listing the drive as discontinued/unavailable, and I can't find this drive listed anywhere, even at the official Toshiba distributors.

Does this sound like a drive problem or a normal delay in making the drives available? I also notice that DELL has some support articles referring to the MK2035GSS drive. Perhaps they've purchased all of Toshiba's drives.

Anyone have any more information on availability or pricing?

Thanks,
Gary

gcbartlett · #17 Post by **gcbartlett** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 4:46 pm

Aha, this drive is finally listed on Froogle:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=MK2 ... &scoring=p

There are currently 9 listings ranging in price from $257.50 (eWiz.com) thru $399. Does anyone have any experience dealing with any of these merchants or suggestions for others?

Gary

gcbartlett · #18 Post by **gcbartlett** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:02 pm

Has it really been 2 years since I upgraded to that 200GB drive?

Now I see there is a 400GB drive available and am thinking of upgrading again. It is the MK4058GSX. Anyone know whether this ( ATA-8 ) drive will 'just work' (albeit with a possibly reduced throughput rate) with the Z60m's drive interface (the 200G drive had an ATA-7 interface)?

http://www.toshibastorage.com/main.aspx ... /MK4058GSX

http://www.google.com/products?q=MK4058 ... ts&show=dd

tylerwylie · #19 Post by **tylerwylie** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:32 pm

gcbartlett wrote:Has it really been 2 years since I upgraded to that 200GB drive?

Now I see there is a 400GB drive available and am thinking of upgrading again. It is the MK4058GSX. Anyone know whether this ( ATA-8 ) drive will 'just work' (albeit with a possibly reduced throughput rate) with the Z60m's drive interface (the 200G drive had an ATA-7 interface)?

http://www.toshibastorage.com/main.aspx ... /MK4058GSX

http://www.google.com/products?q=MK4058 ... ts&show=dd

I didn't realize how old this thread was until I saw this post, was THOROUGHLY confused

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