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The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive

The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive

579 reviews

Apr, 2025

Positive
usability (150)
price (136)
size (59)
design (16)
reliability (12)

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 579 reviews of The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviewers really like the design and size. The price and usability also get good feedback, but there are some mixed comments about the reliability.

usability, price, size, design

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 88/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 334 user reviews of The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Views about the design and size are on the whole positive. The price and usability are also mentioned favorably. Comments are divided on the reliability.

usability, price, size, design

93% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2025

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive

alaTest has collected and analyzed 211 user reviews of The Techguys 250GB 2.5 Laptop SATA Internal HARD Drive from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.3/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. Reviewers really like the reliability and design. The size and usability are also mentioned favorably.

price, usability, size, design, reliability

90% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2025

Consumer review (play.com)

Worked a dream

I bought this to upgrade my black macbook's hard drive memory. Worked a treat. Now I have a larger hard drive to fill up.

Nov, 2009

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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Neso 250GB 2.5" External Hard Drive

SIMPLE PLUG IN AND GO

GETTING OUT OF THE CASE !

Nov, 2009

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Consumer review (reevoo.com)

Toshiba 250GB 2.5" Internal SATA HDD

Well Built, Easy to use, Reliable, Fast, Pretty Dam Good in all

Aug, 2009

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Great Drive

Works great, no complaints whatsoever

None

Apr, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

A decent replacement hard drive for my PS3, not a laptop

Works great in my PS3.

I have ordered many hard drives from Samsung, and for the longest time, they were my favorite hard drive manufacturer. However, I was a little saddened when I had heard Samsung's HDD unit, had been purchased by Seagate (back in 04/2011) ; I went...

I'm sure this would have worked fine, if I was installing from a Windows Recovery Disc. Not sure why it didn't play nicely with a Windows Recovery Partition. Dropped 2 eggs, because of these issues

Feb, 2013

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

DOA

I use a USB to SATA adapter to connect new hard drives externally before installing them in a system. This way they come up in windows as an external drive on a working system and I can run a full diagnostic on them before going through all the effort...

Price

Dead on Arrival. I ran a diagnostic on the drive before using it. The result was too many bad sectors

Dec, 2012

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Consumer review (bestbuy.ca)

Great HDD for PS3

just bought it few hours ago upgraded from 60GB to 250GB wroth it very ez to install i give it 5.5 rating nottin else :)

Dec, 2010

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Debi

I purchased this portable drive as a Christmas present for my son. It gives you a great feeling when you hear "this is exactly what I need. I was going to buy one myself!" The unit was smaller than I thought it would be, which is actually great for my...

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

kelley

Very compact with lots of storage. Very easy to use. Great price. BUY.com fast shipping...great price

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Consumer review (rakuten.com)

Ed

As with the WD 120 I bought earlier, this works perfectly with all my USB ports on notebooks and desktops. It does not require additional power from a second port like some of the other brands I've purchased. Keeps up well with camcorder video...

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