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title: "WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB"
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# 7200 RPM high-speed rotation 160GB storage capacity PATA (IDE) interface compatibility WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB

**Brand:** western digital
**Price:** 311787CFA
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 💼 Upgrade your classic rig with speed and reliability — because vintage deserves the best!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB by western digital
- **How much does it cost?** 311787CFA with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/285326065-wd-blue-160-gb-desktop-hard-drive-3-5-inch)

## Best For

- western digital enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted western digital brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Quiet Confidence:** Whisper-quiet operation keeps your workspace distraction-free.
- • **Legacy Powerhouse:** Seamlessly upgrade your vintage PC with modern reliability.
- • **Trusted Durability:** Backed by a 3-year warranty for peace of mind.
- • **Speed Meets Stability:** 7200 RPM ensures swift data access without compromise.
- • **Plug & Play Simplicity:** IDE interface designed for hassle-free integration.

## Overview

The WD Blue 160GB Desktop Hard Drive (WD1600AAJB) is a 3.5-inch internal HDD featuring a 7200 RPM spindle speed and an 8MB cache, designed with a PATA (IDE) interface for compatibility with older desktop systems. It offers a reliable, quiet, and cost-effective storage upgrade option, supported by a 3-year warranty, ideal for professionals maintaining legacy hardware or seeking dependable secondary storage.

## Description

He learned that the only problem with the "use what you got" concept is that sometimes you change technology as you suck in with gear that doesn't play well with the new filler. It used to be that you couldn't swing a dead skull without hitting an IDE or two, but not all SATA, SATA, SATA anywhere you want. Good thing for you, Western Digital makes these games bad. Western Digital 160GB WD1600AAJB EIDE 3.5" Internal Hard Drive will be great with this old computer or your solid voice recorder. Even better, the shape may be "smaller" now, but the quality can't make it. The WD1600AAJB keeps the time you are looking for just 8.9 meters, since it runs at HP's professional 7,200 RPM standard and only 8.9 metres â€“ that's super fast enough for high track settings and massive audio files. What's more, Western Digital even cares about reliability making sure the WD1600AAJB keeps on the run, thanks to a beautiful 3-year warranty. This age!? Who knows that even SATA will rule.

Review: I purchased this hard drive to replace the 60GB hard drive in my HP Pavilion 742n purchased back in 2002. There was nothing wrong with the old hard drive and it had alot of free space left. The HP system recovery is on the D partition of the hard drive, and not on seperate CDs. If the hard drive did go South, I would have to purchase another operating system. I intended to install the WD hard drive and keep the old one as a back up in the event I needed to re-install the operating system. As stated, this is a bulk OEM package. All you get is the hard drive, no cables or attaching screws. I've been in the computer case before to clean out the dust bunnies from the cooling fans, upgrade the memory, and replace the CD writer with a DVD burner. This seemed to be a little more involved and made me a little anxious. In the end, it turned out to be very easy. The ribbon cable connected to the hard drive had provisions to connect two devices. The connectors were clearly marked with "primary" and "slave." I left the jumper settings on both hard drives to "cable select" and connected the WD hard drive to the "slave" connector. There is a diagram printed on the hard drive showing the jumper settings for the different configurations. I did alot of research beforehand on cloning software and decided to just use the Acronis cloning software available from the WD website. The cloning software will only work if it detects a WD component. It was easy to use and pretty much self explanatory. Once the cloning was done, I removed the old hard drive and attached the WD hard drive to the primary connector. The computer booted right up without any problems. I decided to test out the HP system recovery (pressing F10 when you see the blue HP logo) and it didn't boot into the HP system recovery. It just rebooted back to Windows. From what I could determine, it has to do with the partition configuration, which I haven't quite figured out yet, and frankly don't have any plans to at this point. When you do a system recovery, the computer reverts to as it was out of the box, with all the annoying programs that it came with and none of the programs you installed. I have everything set up just like I want it on the old hard drive. If anything should happen, I can just use it to re-install everything. The hard drive is very quiet, in fact, I can't even hear it! All in all, I think this a great product at a very reasonable price and a great way to update an older computer.
Review: Nachdem meine alte Festplatte nicht mehr genug Speicherplatz für meine Bedürfnisse hatte, habe ich für meinen alten Rechner eine günstige und einigermaßen schnelle Festplatte gesucht. Dabei bin ich auf die Western Digital WD1600AAJB-KIT gestoßen. Die Platte ist recht günstig und versprach halbwegs schnelle Zugriffszeiten. Also legte ich mir diese Platte zu. Ich muß sagen ich bin sehr zufrieden damit: - sehr leise - schnelle Zugriffszeiten - für meinen alten Rechner mehr als genug Speicherplatz - relativ günstig Ich würde mir diese Platte jederzeit wieder zulegen! Nachtrag: Die Festplatte funktioniert immer noch bestens. Konnte sie mitlerweile (habe jetzt einen anderen PC) mit einer SATA-Platte im selben Rechner vergleichen. Meine WesternDigital IDE wird mit der Leistungsinformation von Windows7 mit 5,9 bewertet, die SATA-Platte (Maxtor) bringts nur auf 5,3.

## Features

- Portable

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B000VRZ7PA |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Brand | Western Digital |
| Color | Blue |
| Computer Memory Type | DRAM |
| Customer Reviews | 4.1 4.1 out of 5 stars (420) |
| Date First Available | 3 August 2012 |
| Form Factor | 3.5-inch |
| Hard Disk Description | 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 160 GB Western Digital Hard Drive |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 7200 RPM |
| Hard Drive Interface | IDE |
| Hard Drive Size | 160 GB |
| Hardware Platform | PC |
| Item Weight | 430 g |
| Item model number | WD1600AAJB |
| Manufacturer | Western Digital |
| Operating System | Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000, Mac and Linux |
| Processor Count | 1 |
| Product Dimensions | 14.73 x 10.16 x 2.54 cm; 430 g |
| Series | VelociRaptor |
| Standing screen display size | 3.5 Inches |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Western Digital
- **Colour:** Blue
- **Compatible devices:** Desktop
- **Connectivity technology:** PATA
- **Digital storage capacity:** 160 GB
- **Hard disk description:** 3.5-inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 160 GB Western Digital Hard Drive
- **Hard disk form factor:** 3.5 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** IDE
- **Installation type:** Internal Hard Drive
- **Special features:** Portable

## Images

![WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51IAJiHrjiL.jpg)
![WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71Wie5JIciL.jpg)
![WD Blue 160 GB Desktop Hard Drive: 3.5 Inch, 7200 RPM, PATA, 8 MB Cache - WD1600AAJB - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71fhwvANkFL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: is it SATA technology?**
A: No it is NOT SATA technology.  It uses the description PATA technology which is the same thing as IDE that is found in older PCs like the one I'm keeping alive.  I also discovered that XP does not like to go above 128 MG so I quit fighting that limitation and just underutilize the drive or partition it into to logical drives.

**Q: is it up to date?**
A: I ordered one in October 2018 from AMTECH and the unit that was delivered was manufactured in May 2011.  They are no longer manufactured by Western Digital, but I don't know when manufacturing stopped.

**Q: Will this work to replace my dead hard drive in my original Xbox (not the 360 or 1)?**
A: Well, Yes you can. But you will have to do some work. I don't know how but this website has instructions.http://www.se7ensins.com/forums/threads/how-to-create-a-xbox-360-hard-drive-from-scratch-western-digital-only.897465/Hope you can do it. Let me know if it works.David

**Q: will this work in a macbook air first gen?**
A: No, it is the wrong physical size 3.5 inches vs 1.8 inches and different connectors.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by K***0 on 26 March 2010*

I purchased this hard drive to replace the 60GB hard drive in my HP Pavilion 742n purchased back in 2002. There was nothing wrong with the old hard drive and it had alot of free space left. The HP system recovery is on the D partition of the hard drive, and not on seperate CDs. If the hard drive did go South, I would have to purchase another operating system. I intended to install the WD hard drive and keep the old one as a back up in the event I needed to re-install the operating system. As stated, this is a bulk OEM package. All you get is the hard drive, no cables or attaching screws. I've been in the computer case before to clean out the dust bunnies from the cooling fans, upgrade the memory, and replace the CD writer with a DVD burner. This seemed to be a little more involved and made me a little anxious. In the end, it turned out to be very easy. The ribbon cable connected to the hard drive had provisions to connect two devices. The connectors were clearly marked with "primary" and "slave." I left the jumper settings on both hard drives to "cable select" and connected the WD hard drive to the "slave" connector. There is a diagram printed on the hard drive showing the jumper settings for the different configurations. I did alot of research beforehand on cloning software and decided to just use the Acronis cloning software available from the WD website. The cloning software will only work if it detects a WD component. It was easy to use and pretty much self explanatory. Once the cloning was done, I removed the old hard drive and attached the WD hard drive to the primary connector. The computer booted right up without any problems. I decided to test out the HP system recovery (pressing F10 when you see the blue HP logo) and it didn't boot into the HP system recovery. It just rebooted back to Windows. From what I could determine, it has to do with the partition configuration, which I haven't quite figured out yet, and frankly don't have any plans to at this point. When you do a system recovery, the computer reverts to as it was out of the box, with all the annoying programs that it came with and none of the programs you installed. I have everything set up just like I want it on the old hard drive. If anything should happen, I can just use it to re-install everything. The hard drive is very quiet, in fact, I can't even hear it! All in all, I think this a great product at a very reasonable price and a great way to update an older computer.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by M***. on 3 November 2009*

Nachdem meine alte Festplatte nicht mehr genug Speicherplatz für meine Bedürfnisse hatte, habe ich für meinen alten Rechner eine günstige und einigermaßen schnelle Festplatte gesucht. Dabei bin ich auf die Western Digital WD1600AAJB-KIT gestoßen. Die Platte ist recht günstig und versprach halbwegs schnelle Zugriffszeiten. Also legte ich mir diese Platte zu. Ich muß sagen ich bin sehr zufrieden damit: - sehr leise - schnelle Zugriffszeiten - für meinen alten Rechner mehr als genug Speicherplatz - relativ günstig Ich würde mir diese Platte jederzeit wieder zulegen! Nachtrag: Die Festplatte funktioniert immer noch bestens. Konnte sie mitlerweile (habe jetzt einen anderen PC) mit einer SATA-Platte im selben Rechner vergleichen. Meine WesternDigital IDE wird mit der Leistungsinformation von Windows7 mit 5,9 bewertet, die SATA-Platte (Maxtor) bringts nur auf 5,3.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
*by J***A on 23 February 2014*

El viejo ordenador de mi esposa, con un disco duro de 20 GB estaba dando problemas dado que tenía muy poco espacio libre. Había tenido que desinstalar los programas que apenas utilizaba, para liberar espacio. La decisión de comprar el nuevo disco, con la intención de "clonar" el antiguo, mediante la aplicación de Western Digital "True Image" de Acronis, me ha permitido ahorrarme el trabajo de reinstalar en el nuevo HDD todos los programas, incluso el sistema operativo. Todo ha funcionado perfectamente y tras la clonación he desinstalado el viejo disco, quedando el nuevo como "único" en el sistema.

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