{"video_id":"6nXaF46xtVU","title":"WD Black² Dual Drive","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2014-05-07T14:53:45Z","duration_s":285,"segments":[{"start_s":6.879,"end_s":13.36,"text":"Hotspot Shield service makes your internet browsing safer more secure and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":10.759,"end_s":17.439,"text":"fully private click now to learn more welcome to my unboxing and overview of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":15.639,"end_s":23.76,"text":"an extremely exciting product this is the WD black squared dual Drive which is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.199,"end_s":28.679,"text":"to say that when you open up the package there is two drives inside and I'll show","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":25.96,"end_s":33.0,"text":"you guys this check this out we got uh we got inside okay well there there's a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":30.24,"end_s":36.48,"text":"USB drive and then if you dig 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overview of the WD black squared dual drive now we understand the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":237.56,"end_s":243.4,"text":"name of it don't forget to subscribe to L's techtips more unboxings reviews and","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":241.439,"end_s":247.799,"text":"other computer videos it's been a while since we've done this but yeah I forgot","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":245.319,"end_s":251.92,"text":"something there's also a USB transfer cable included so that's USB 3 which is","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":249.879,"end_s":256.04,"text":"Handy nice and fast and it's also included in the quick start guide how to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":254.239,"end_s":259.639,"text":"back up your old system to your new black square drive and be pretty much","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":257.84,"end_s":264.44,"text":"ready to rock pretty quickly there so there you go SATA in there and then USB","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":262.0,"end_s":266.68,"text":"3 there and I love this auxiliary power right","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":268.72,"end_s":271.72,"text":"there","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":283.32,"end_s":286.32,"text":"yeah","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Hotspot Shield service makes your internet browsing safer more secure and fully private click now to learn more welcome to my unboxing and overview of an extremely exciting product this is the WD black squared dual Drive which is to say that when you open up the package there is two drives inside and I'll show you guys this check this out we got uh we got inside okay well there there's a USB drive and then if you dig under the quick install guide which is in about one bajillion languages and the technical support and limited warranty which is a 5year warranty because this is a black series dual drive you find another drive so there it is a USB drive and a hard drive the black Square no that's not what it is at all okay I'm sorry you guys this is just the software that you need to take advantage of Western digital's first consumer grade hybrid drive but when they call it a dual drive it's a little bit different from the kinds of hybrids that we're normally used to this is a 9 1 12 mm form factor so double check your notebook to make sure it works it doesn't go down to 7 mm like many ssds and even high-capacity hard drives do these days but there's a reason for that it has both a 1 tbte 5400 RPM notebook drive inside and a 120 gig SSD okay lonus but this isn't the first time we've seen a hard drive and an SSD jammed into a 2 and 1/2 in enclosure the first time we saw it was actually about 3 years ago with the Seagate momentus XT so this is basically the same right the answer is no the momentus XT uses a regular notebook hard drive just like this one does and it uses a 4 gig for the original or 8 gig SSD as a cash so that is to say that you never actually see it it's working in the background accelerating applications bringing that hard drives performance closer to SSD but not quite to the same level as an SSD the black squared uses a very different implementation so it actually takes a dedicated 120 g SSD and lets you throw your operating system and your key games and applications on it for lightning fast pure SSD performance which isn't to say that it's the fastest SSD on the market or anything like that but it is Light Years faster than a mechanical hard drive especially if you're coming from a hard drive you go to SSD you're like what holy crap they're fast anyway so it's an actual dedicated SSD then it has a completely separate one tbte hard drive that you can use as a dedicated storage drive so it actually shows up to your system as a c and d Drive that you will manage separately and there's a little application that you install off this clever USB drive in order to get all of that working so okay lonus I don't know if that's the kind of thing that my mom would find as userfriendly as this drive where you just plug in the one drive and it shows up as one drive and it's all works in the background and I think WD knows that because look at The Branding on it it's black it's intended for enthusiasts it's intended for the folks who are able to see the value of having two specialized Solutions installed in their computer within one enclosure that are each good for a different thing so that is the SSD for small storage but fast and the hard drive for large storage but not nearly as fast and who is it actually for among the enthusiasts well I would say the notebook guys someone who has a notebook that only has a single 2 and 1/2 in Bay please bear in mind guys it is a 9 1 12 mm drive so you're not going to be installing this in every single notebook out there double check with your manufacturer for compatibility but if you have a single 2 and 1/2 in Bay and you want the best of both worlds without having to deal with carrying around additional external drives that my friends is who this is for thank you for checking out this unboxing and overview of the WD black squared dual drive now we understand the name of it don't forget to subscribe to L's techtips more unboxings reviews and other computer videos it's been a while since we've done this but yeah I forgot something there's also a USB transfer cable included so that's USB 3 which is Handy nice and fast and it's also included in the quick start guide how to back up your old system to your new black square drive and be pretty much ready to rock pretty quickly there so there you go SATA in there and then USB 3 there and I love this auxiliary power right there yeah"}