Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB SATA 3GB/s 5400RPM 2.5 Inch 9.5mm Internal Hard Drive

Bought this to replace my dead ps4 Pro harddrive. Blue light of death, safemode restart did nothing so Followed youtube tutorial how to replace hardive which was the last option. Easy to install. My Ps4 is now alive and working perfectly fine.my only regret was not buying a more powerful hard drive like a more expensive sold state drive. Reason being I wasn't sure if it was my original hardive was the issue so bought the cheaper hardrive as a test..anyway. this hardrvie works fine as a replacement ps4 hardive. Good quality for the price.

This hard drive has been performing exactly as expected. It was a good price when I bought it, making it a great value for the money. In terms of performance, the hard drive works flawlessly. It handles all my storage needs efficiently, and I haven’t encountered any issues. It’s reliable and does its job well, which is all you can ask for from a hard drive. I have no complaints about this product. If I ever need another hard drive in the future, I would probably get the same one again. It’s a solid choice for anyone looking for dependable storage at a reasonable price.

I got the 500GB of this drive to go with an external USB 3.0 enclosure https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00LS31KQG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to make a nice (and cheaper) alternative to a 512GB USB memory stick thumb drive thingy. OK, so the capacity is only 465GB (after formatting etc) but at under £30 along with the above enclosure I reckon it's good value for money. It's being put through its paces as I type - it's already had over 200GB of data transferred to it, and then deleted, the transfer rate dropped quite a bit for the second onslaught (down to 30MB/sec), so I gave it a Quick Format and the transfer rate was back up to speed (about 110MB/sec from both my internal HDD and an external USB 3.0 HDD). OK, so it doesn't fit in the pocket like a good memory stick, but when it's capacity you want along with reasonable speed (yes, I know there are memory sticks faster than this - I have a couple - but they cost rather more than this did) then this seems to be just the ticket. Plus, it's Toshiba - a well-known and respected brand, not some new no-name/almost random combination of letters name brand that may be here today and gone tomorrow. I'm happy; I just hope it lasts...

Bought this to replace the hard drive (broken) in my Freesat Settop box - most difficult part was getting the box apart as one screw was hidden under a sticker!. Really easy once box was apart and so far so good as it is working!

Bought this hard drive as a replacement for the one which failed in my Freesat recorder. Identical to the original, and an easy straight swap. Just a small torx bit for the case screws and a flat blade to lever the cover apart, then a multipin plug to swap over. Have tried the new one and works perfectly. Beats buying a new Freesat box for £200.

Was very pleased with this. Needed to replace hard drive on daughter's Acer Aspire 5720 laptop which had been knocked over when running and must have caused the hard drive heads to touch the surface of the platten as Windows just keep re-starting before the log in screen stage. Luckily I managed to salvage most of the data by popping the drive into our desktop and running a CHKDSK repair so that it was recognised by Windows and I could read from it (rather than using it to boot from). Anyway, that was a 160GB Western Digital unit. The new Toshiba drive is 500GB. Same physical dimensions as the old one, just had to swap the laptop mounting rails over from the old drive and hey presto! The new drive is very quiet and so far has performed without any difficulty. Obviously I had to reinstall Windows on it. Packaging from the supplier was very good (a small box holding the drive with foam insert which was then inside a bigger outer box for protection).

Fast delivery of a great product. Value for money too.

I bought this, in July 2026, to replace a failed HDD in a FreeSat PVR. This was a straight swap and simple to do. In fact, the HDD in the PVR was the same make and model as the one supplied. However, I was annoyed to see that the HDD supplied was made in 2019, so it is 7 years old. The failed HDD in the FreeSat PVR was made in 2022, so was 3 years younger. This might not be an issue if the drive has been stored correctly for all 7 years but I have no idea if that is the case and therefore do not expect this unit to last. An example of very old new stock, sadly, which this seller has not advertised at all. UPDATE 19 July 2026 - given others have had the same experience, I now believe that this is a reconditioned (ie, not new) item, and that the seller is not advertising this.

Lo compré para instalarlo en la ps4 y la verdad que va muy bien, como si viniese de serie.

J'ai redonne vue a la ps4 de ma fille qui avait un soucis de disque dur ! Impeccable

chegou certinho mas eu tenho q conferir ainda se tá funcionando tudo dboa

Very good 👍

très contente je recommande merci