WD20EARS how many platters?

smsmasters · 24 Mar 2011 at 11:11

Got two drives

00UAB0
00S8B1

Anyone know how many platters is in each drive?

Ta!

DragonQ · 24 Mar 2011 at 11:57

00S8B1 = 4 x 500 GB platters
00J2GB0 = 4 x 500 GB platters
00MVWB0 = 3 x 667 GB platters

Not sure about 00UAB0 since it doesn't exist according to Google...

Surveyor · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:32

Look at the bottom of you drive.

If it's like this it's 4 platter:

If it's like this it's 3 platter:

smsmasters · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:14

Thanks guys, that cleared things up!