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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
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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