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WD Caviar (High-Performance) 7200 Hard Drives are the performance champions for advanced desktop personal computers.
	Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM		Capacities: Up To 120 GB
	Interface: Ultra ATA/100		Average Read Seek Time: 8.9 ms
	Buffer Size: 2 MB
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Sample Performance (120 gig)

Read Seek Time (Average)	8.9 ms
Write Seek Time (Average)	10.9 ms (average)
Track-To-Track Seek Time	2.0 ms (average)
Full Stroke Seek	21.0 ms (average)
Average Latency	4.2 ms (nominal)
Rotational Speed	7,200 RPM (nominal)
Mode 5 Ultra ATA	100.0 MB/s
Mode 4 Ultra ATA	66.6 MB/s
Mode 2 Ultra ATA	33.3 MB/s
Mode 4 PIO	16.6 MB/s
Mode 2 multi-word DMA	16.6 MB/s
Buffer To Disk	525.0 Mbits/s (Max)
Buffer Size	2 MB

Samaple configuration (120 gig)

Cylinders	16,383
Number of Heads (Logical)	16
Number of Heads (Physical)	6
Sectors Per Track	63
Formatted Capacity	120,034 MB
Interface	EIDE
Actuator Type	Rotary Voice Coil
Number of Platters	3
Bytes Per Sector	512
User Sectors Per Drive	234,441,648
Servo Type	Embedded