Seagate ST500LM021 500GB Internal Hard Drive 2.5" 7200 RPM, SATA 6.0Gb/s, 32MB

Seagate® Laptop Thin HDD (formerly Momentus® Thin) offers feature-rich, slim, lightweight style at price and capacity points that enable no-compromise designs for thin computing.

• The world's first 7mm z-height, 2.5 inch form factor drive
• Seagate SmartAlign™ technology1 provides easy transition to 4K sectors
• Available as a Self-Encrypting Drive (SED) and FIPS 140-2 SED2
• Compatible with SATA 3Gb/s designs
• Backed by a 2-year limited warranty

Opens New Frontiers for System Designers
Seagate has purpose-built the Laptop Thin 500GB HDD to meet our customers’ demand for affordable, slimmer, fully functional computing solutions.

While traditional laptop hard drives offer a z-height of 9.5 mm, the Laptop Thin HDD stands apart with a z-height of just 7mm.

Features

Secure Self-Encrypting Drive Options
Seagate Laptop Thin Self-Encrypting Drives deliver government-grade encryption without performance degradation - protecting your data where it lives. You get all the benefits of secure data encryption without the headaches.

• Ships with the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) Opal protocol
• The world’s first 7mm SED to be shipped with FIPS 140-2 validation
• Instant on-the-fly encryption without performance degradation
• Instant Secure EraseTM technology that can instantly erase the security key data on your hard drive, enabling secure disposal or repurposing of the SED

Thin Hard Drive Perfect For:
• Building entry-level to high-performance ultraportable laptops
• Creatng thin, light netbooks without compromising storage or affordability
• Designing slim consumer electronics devices
• Protecting your sensitive data