[SOLVED] What is the capacity of this laptop hard drive?
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1 TB
That's because it doesn't show the size in gigabyte. But as Corday notes, it says 1TB (terabyte) which is 1,000GB.
I live in the Netherlands, but I have never seen an HDD with the full printed address of HGST (Hitachi) Limburg in the Netherlands..
HOST EUR: LTD / Marie curieweg 20
ROERMOND LIMBURG 6045 GH NETHERLANDS
HOST EUR: LTD / Marie curieweg 20
ROERMOND LIMBURG 6045 GH NETHERLANDS
Black Tiger
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We might not have payed attention to it, but I did some research and it seems that this is mandatory by the EU since 2015.
Also for Seagate and WD disk there is an address on it since 2015.
Also for Seagate and WD disk there is an address on it since 2015.
Just looked at 4HDs and 1SSD here from different makers. None had the full mailing address. So yeah, maybe a EU thing.
Black Tiger
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I'm sure it's EU thing. If you look on the Seagate HDD's it's even stated on them:
"European Regulatory Address"
I'm not native English, but I think that means it's obligated.
Didn't see it on disks from 2014 or earlier. Since I do see it on disk from 2015 and newer and this "European Regulatory", it seems obvious that it must be a EU legislation most likely.
No idea what's the benefit of stating the address, but the EU sometimes have some odd rules.
"European Regulatory Address"
I'm not native English, but I think that means it's obligated.
Didn't see it on disks from 2014 or earlier. Since I do see it on disk from 2015 and newer and this "European Regulatory", it seems obvious that it must be a EU legislation most likely.
No idea what's the benefit of stating the address, but the EU sometimes have some odd rules.
I don't either - especially since companies move and change addresses. Those I mentioned above all have their webpages. And those can change too, most at least redirect to the correct place. For example, I have an Maxtor drive here that says www.maxtor.com on it. While Maxtor was acquired by Seagate over 15 years ago, that address still links to support.
Well, they don't have exclusive rights to odd rules.
Black Tiger
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If you still want to find where it is yourself (if you have not already done so), it's on the left side, the first line of the block of text above the bar codes.
It says:
1TB 5400 RPM
5V 700mA DC=
I had to look twice to see it too.
This is interessting, I just looked at a new WD disk from June last year and it has the full UK address as well, but the UK has left the EU?
