WD Blue PC Hard Drives

Improve PC Performance
Give your desktop a performance and storage boost when you combine your hard drive with an SSD to maximize speed of data access and a WD Blue drive for up to 6TB of additional capacity.

Plan for the Future
With better technology comes bigger storage needs. Digital cameras that record ultra-high definition video at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second require a ton of storage. Handling all that media is a snap with our 6TB drive.

Trust in WD
With legendary reliability, WD Blue drives are designed, tested and built to last, and ship with a 2-year limited warranty.

Easy Backup And Upgrade
Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and back up your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.

Technology To Help Protect Your Data
NoTouch Ramp Load technology safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to help protect your data.

Improve PC Performance
Give your desktop a performance and storage boost when you combine your hard drive with an SSD to maximize speed of data access and a WD Blue drive for up to 6TB of additional capacity.

Plan for the Future
With better technology comes bigger storage needs. Digital cameras that record ultra-high definition video at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second require a ton of storage. Handling all that media is a snap with our 6TB drive.

Trust in WD
With legendary reliability, WD Blue drives are designed, tested and built to last, and ship with a 2-year limited warranty.

Easy Backup And Upgrade
Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and back up your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.

Technology To Help Protect Your Data
NoTouch Ramp Load technology safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to help protect your data.

Improve PC Performance
Give your desktop a performance and storage boost when you combine your hard drive with an SSD to maximize speed of data access and a WD Blue drive for up to 6TB of additional capacity.

Plan for the Future
With better technology comes bigger storage needs. Digital cameras that record ultra-high definition video at 4K resolution and 30 frames per second require a ton of storage. Handling all that media is a snap with our 6TB drive.

Trust in WD
With legendary reliability, WD Blue drives are designed, tested and built to last, and ship with a 2-year limited warranty.

Easy Backup And Upgrade
Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and back up your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.

Technology To Help Protect Your Data
NoTouch Ramp Load technology safely positions the recording head off the disk surface to help protect your data.

Reliable everyday computing

WD Blue internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you.

NoTouch Ramp Load technology

The recording head never touches the disk media, ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Low power consumption

State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption 

Tested for compatibility

We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Upgrading your drive is easy

Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition software, available as a free download on the Western Digital Support site. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. 

The Western Digital advantage

Western Digital puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the Western Digital Support site for full details. Recommended use - WD Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures.2

WD Quality
Built to the high standards of quality and reliability of the WD brand, these
drives offer the features and capacity ideal for everyday computing needs.

The Original
WD Blue 2.5-inch PC Hard Drives are designed and manufactured with the proven technology found in WD’s original award-winning hard drives.

Compatible
The latest generation of 7 mm 2.5-inch mobile drives is designed for thin and light mobile
applications, and is also compatible with most standard 9.5 mm bays.

SATA 6 Gb/s interface
The SATA 6 Gb/s interface provides greater flexibility for use with the latest chipsets as
well as backwards compatibility to legacy systems with SATA 3 Gb/s requirements.

Low Power Consumption
State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features help
ensure low power consumption.

Quiet
In a notebook, silence is golden. WD’s exclusive noise reducing technologies yield some
of the quietest 2.5-inch hard drives on the market.

Upgrading Your Drive is Easy
Acronis™ True Image™ WD Edition cloning software is available as a free download on
the WD Support site enabling you to copy all your data to a new drive. You don’t have to
reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive.

Enhanced Availability (EA)—for 24x7 Access to Data
Western Digital provides enhanced availability models of WD Blue 2.5-inch PC Hard
Drives (WD5000LQVX) that deliver 24x7 access to information for data-intensive applications requiring round-the-clock operation. WD Blue EA models support the stringent
demands of “always-on” applications in lower-transaction environments and come with a
3-year standard warranty.

Reliable everyday computing

WD Blue internal hard drives deliver reliability for office and web applications. They are ideal for use as primary drives in desktop PCs and for office applications. With a range of capacities and cache sizes, there’s a WD Blue internal hard drive that’s just right for you.

NoTouch Ramp Load technology

The recording head never touches the disk media, ensuring significantly less wear to the recording head and media as well as better drive protection in transit.

Low power consumption

State-of-the-art seeking algorithms and advanced power management features ensure low power consumption 

Tested for compatibility

We perform tests on hundreds of systems and a multitude of platforms in our FIT Lab to give our customers confidence that our drives will work in their systems.

Upgrading your drive is easy

Seamlessly migrate your current system to your new Western Digital drive using Acronis® True Image™ WD Edition software, available as a free download on the Western Digital Support site. This software enables you to copy all your data to a new drive so you don't have to reinstall your operating system to get all the benefits of a new drive. 

The Western Digital advantage

Western Digital puts our products through extensive Functional Integrity Testing (F.I.T.) prior to any product launch. On average, each new product goes through 600,000 hours of testing. Western Digital also has a detailed Knowledge Base with more than 1,000 helpful articles. You can also call toll-free support 7 days per week in the U.S. and Canada. See the Western Digital Support site for full details. Recommended use - WD Desktop hard drives are tested and recommended for use in PCs, industrial applications and external enclosures.2