User Manual

WD Blue
Everyday Storage
Product Features
Trusted engineering
Built to WD’s highest
standards of quality and
reliability, WD Blue offers
the features and entry-level
capacities that are ideal for
your computing needs.
WD Blue is designed by the
brand that you trust with the
quality you would expect for
a tested, proven, everyday
storage solution.
Your power of choice
WD Blue is available in a
broad range of entry-level
capacities, cache sizes, form
factors and interfaces so you
can be sure there’s a drive
that’s the perfect t for your
system. However, not all hard
drives are created equally
and for your applications that
demand more, WD gives you
the power of choice.
Drive with condence
We perform tests on hundreds
of systems, congurations,
and a multitude of platforms
in our FIT Lab™ to give our
customers the condence
that our drives will work in
their systems for the ultimate
compatibility. WD Blue allows
you to use our drive with
condence, knowing that our
storage advancements such
as NoTouch™ Ramp Load
technology are proven and
reliable everyday solutions.
Easy upgrade
Acronis True Image, available
as a download on the WD
Support website, enables you
to clone or copy all your data
to a new drive so you don’t
have to reinstall your operating
system and applications to get
all the benets of a new drive.
A modern classic
WD Blue storage is designed
and manufactured with
technology found in WD’s
original award-winning
desktop and mobile hard
drives. WD Blue sets the
baseline for everyday storage
by consistently delivering
improved performance over
previous generations while
successfully maintaining WD’s
quality and reliability for over
six generations. The difference
is that our colors never fade,
generation after generation.
The WD advantage
WD puts our products
through extensive Functional
Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior
to any product launch. This
testing ensures our products
consistently meet the highest
quality and reliability standards
of the WD brand. WD also has
a detailed Knowledge Base
with more than 1,000 helpful
articles as well as helpful
software and utilities. Our
customer support lines have
longer operational hours to
ensure you get the help you
need when you need it. Our
toll-free customer support lines
are here to help or you can
access our WD Support site
for additional details.
Product Specications
Western Digital, WD and the WD logo are registered trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries; absolutely, WD Blue, WD Green, WD Black, WD Red, WD Purple, NASware and FIT Labare trademarks of Western Digital Technologies, Inc. in the U.S.
and other countries. Other marks may be mentioned herein that belong to other companies. Product specications subject to change without notice. © 2014 Western Digital Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved.
As used for storage capacity, one megabyte (MB) = one million bytes, one gigabyte (GB) = one billion bytes, and one terabyte (TB) = one trillion bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending on operating environment. As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second
(MB/s) = one million bytes per second, and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = one billion bits per second.
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WD Blue is part of WD’s complete lineup of internal hard drives.
Everyday Capacity Performance SurveillanceNAS
INTERFACE INTERFACE CONNECTOR
SATA Connector (7 to 9.5 mm height)
FORM FACTOR Z-HEIGHT ROTATIONAL SPEED
SATA 6 Gb/s
SATA 3 Gb/s
2.5-inch 9.5 mm (BPxx and JPxx models)
7 mm (LPxx and SPxx models)
5400 RPM
MODELS CACHE CAPACITIES LIMITED WARRANTY
SATA 6 Gb/s
WD2500LPVX
WD3200LPVX
WD5000LPVX
WD7500BPVX
WD7500LPCX
WD10JPVX
WD10SPCX
SATA 3 Gb/s
WD2500BPVT
WD2500LPVT
WD3200BPVT
WD3200LPVT
WD5000BPVT
WD5000LPVT
WD7500BPVT
WD10JPVT
8 MB
16 MB (xxCX models)
250 GB
320 GB
500 GB
750 GB
1 TB
2 years