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Barracuda FAQs

See our most frequently asked questions about Barracuda internal hard drives.

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Where can I find drivers for my SATA drive?

Find out where to find drivers for SATA drives.

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The BIOS does not detect or recognise the ATA/SATA hard drive

There are six main reasons why a system BIOS will not detect the presence of an internal hard drive.

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How do I Low-Level Format a SATA or ATA (IDE) Hard Drive?

Find out how to format your hard drive.

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Utilities

  • DiscWizard

    Seagate DiscWizard works with Maxtor and Seagate disc drives. The software lets you install your new disc drive quickly, with wizards that guide you through the processes of creating and formatting partitions on your disc drive, transferring and backing up your data. Learn more

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  • SeaTools for DOS

    The quick diagnostic tool that checks the health of your drive. Learn more

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Specifications

Barracuda
 
Generation Desktop HDD.15 7200.14 7200.12 7200.11 7200.10 7200.9 7200.8 7200.7
Capacity 4TB 3TB 2TB 1TB 750GB 320GB 250GB 1.5TB 1TB 750GB 500GB 320GB 250GB 160GB 80GB 1TB 750GB 640GB 500GB 320GB 160GB 1.5TB 750GB 500GB 400GB 320GB 300GB 250GB 200GB 160GB 80GB 500GB 400GB 300GB 250GB 200GB 160GB 120GB 80GB 40GB 100GB 250GB 200GB 160GB 120GB 80GB 40GB
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Form Factor 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"   3.5" 3.5" 3.5" 3.5"
Interface Options SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, SATA 6Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE SATA 3Gb/s ATA/IDE, SATA 3Gb/s SATA 3Gb/s, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA SATA, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA SATA, ATA/IDE SATA, ATA/IDE SATA, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA SATA, ATA/IDE ATA/IDE, SATA ATA/IDE ATA/IDE   SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s SATA 1.5Gb/s
Performance                                                                                              
Spindle Speed (RPM)         7200     7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200 7200
Cache (MB) 64 64 64 64 64 16 16 64 32 32 16 16 8 8 2 32 16, 32 32 32, 16 16 8 32 8, 16 8, 16 8, 16 16, 8 16, 8 16, 8 8 2, 8 8, 2 16 16 16 8 8 8, 2 2, 8 2, 8 2 2 16 2 8, 2 2, 8 8, 2 2, 8
Transfer Rate, Max Ext (MB/s) 600 600 600 600 600 600 600 600           600                                                     100   100 100 100 100 100
Sustained Data Rate OD 180 210MB/s 210MB/s 210MB/s 210MB/s 125MB/s 125MB/s 210MB/s                                                                              
Average Latency (ms) 5.10 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16   4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16 4.16
Reliability/Data Integrity                                                                                              
Non-recoverable Read Errors per Bits Read 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014 1 in 1014