Travelstar

Initial models were industry-leading for small form factor HDDs in terms of areal density (644 Mb/in2), data transfer rates (11.1 MB/sec) and shock tolerance (500g).

Older models were offered with the Parallel ATA interface and some in a 1.8" form factor.

[2] Newer Travelstar drives were manufactured with the Serial ATA interface.

The brand was adopted and renamed to "HGST Travelstar" by Hitachi Global Storage Technologies after they acquired IBM's HDD business in 2003[3][4] and continued for a while after HGST's 2.5-inch drive plant in Thailand, Toshiba Storage Device Co. Ltd., was acquired by Western Digital[5] in 2012, but the HGST prefix is now defunct.

As of 2024 this drive is no longer offered for sale by Western Digital.

A Hitachi Travelstar 80GN 60GB hard drive (front and back)
Left to right: HGST HTS545050A7E380, HTS545050A7E680, HTS545050B7E660. All 3 drives are part of the Travelstar Z5K500 family