MK4009GAL - Toshiba Mobile 40GB 4200RPM 8MB Cache ATA/100 (ZIF) 1.8-inch Hard Disk Drive

About Toshiba 40GB Parallel ATA, 1.8", 40 GB, 4200 RPM

Toshiba 40GB Parallel ATA. HDD size: 1.8", HDD capacity: 40 GB, HDD speed: 4200 RPM

Toshiba Storage Device Division introduces a new 1.8-inch Hard Disk Drive, the MK4009GAL.

It is based on perpendicular magnetic recording and has a capacity of 40GB. Through the use of a new Low Insertion Force connector (LIF), it is 7 millimetres shorter than current Toshiba drives. This allows manufacturers the possibility to produce even smaller consumer electronics products.

The new drive incorporates the ATA-6 interface and offer 8MB buffer memory.

The MK4009GAL has been developed specifically for ultra-portable devices such as mp3 and multi-media players and Personal Video Recorders.