HS08XJC Samsung 1.8″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 80GB and featuring a ZIF interface. HS08XJC Samsung Spinpoint N1C 80GB 5400RPM ATA-100 8MB Cache 1.8-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Samsung HS08XJC hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Samsung HS08XJC Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: SAMSUNG HS08XJC
  • Disk Family: SpinPoint N1
  • Form Factor: 1.8″
  • Capacity: 80 GB (80 x 1 000 000 000 bytes)
  • Number Of Disks: 2
  • Number Of Heads: 4
  • Rotational Speed: 5400 RPM
  • Rotation Time: 11.11 ms
  • Average Rotational Latency: 5.56 ms
  • Disk Interface: Ultra-ATA/100
  • Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 100 MB/seconds
  • Buffer Size: 8192 KB
  • Drive Ready Time (typical): 2.5 seconds
  • Average Seek Time: 13 ms
  • Width: 54 mm (2.13 inch)
  • Depth: 71 mm (2.80 inch)
  • Height: 8 mm (0.31 inch)
  • Weight: 59 grams (0.13 pounds)
  • Manufacturer: Samsung

Samsung HS08XJC Hard Drives:

HS08XJC Samsung 80GB ZIF 1.8 Inch Hard Drive

  • HS08XJC, HS08XJC/D, FW GR100-01, Samsung 80GB ZIF 1.8 Hard Drive

Samsung HS08XJC Failure Symptoms:

  • Electrical Failure Symptoms:
    Drive is powered, but shows no sign of function;
    Disk knocking as the motor fails to spin;
    Clicking sound as the heads search or initialize;
  • Mechanical Failure Symptoms:
    Clicking, grinding sounds;
    Completely quiet due to ” motor freeze”;
    “music” tone as the disk is powered up;
  • Logical Failure Examples:
    Accidental deletion, accidental format, file corruption, software bugs, file system corruption, viruses and malware, and many, many more.
  • Firmware Failure Symptoms:
    drive powers up, but is not recognised by the computer;
    Drive powers up, but is recognised wrongly, sometimes with nonsensical characters;
    Drive freezes during booting up;
  • Bad Platter Area Symptoms:
    Hard disk still accessible but appear to “hang” or “sluggish”;
    Constant Cyclic Redundancy (CRC) errors;
    Unable to access folders or files which could be seen;
  • Complex Failure Model

Samsung HS08XJC Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Samsung HS08XJC Hard Disk Drive experience is burnt circuit board(PCB). So if you will need to match a replacement PCB, it is important that you note the “Board Number” of your current circuit board in addition to the hard drive’s “Model Number“.

Multiple PCB Number revisions:
BF41-00182A, etc.