HDS722525VLAT80 Hitachi 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 250GB and featuring a IDE interface. HDS722525VLAT80 Hitachi Deskstar 250GB 7200RPM ATA-100 8MB Cache 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Hitachi HDS722525VLAT80 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Hitachi HDS722525VLAT80 Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: HITACHI HDS722525VLAT80
  • Disk Family: Deskstar 7K250
  • Form Factor: 3.5″
  • Number Of Disks: 3
  • Number Of Heads: 6
  • Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
  • Rotation Time: 8.33 ms
  • Average Rotational Latency: 4.17 ms
  • Disk Interface: Ultra-ATA/100
  • Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 100 MB/seconds
  • Buffer Size: 8192 KB
  • Average Seek Time: 8.5 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 1.1 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 15.1 ms
  • Width: 101.6 mm (4.00 inch)
  • Depth: 146 mm (5.75 inch)
  • Height: 25.4 mm (1.00 inch)
  • Weight: 640 grams (1.41 pounds)
  • Required Power For Spinup: 3100 mA
  • Power Required (Seek): 7 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 5 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 2 W
  • Manufacturer: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

Hitachi HDS722525VLAT80 Hard Drives:

HDS722525VLAT80 Hitachi 250GB IDE 3.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • HDS722525VLAT80, PN 08K0466, MLC H71474, Hitachi 250GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • HDS722525VLAT80, PN 14R9249, MLC H71474, Hitachi 250GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • HDS722525VLAT80, PN 14R9203, MLC H71474, Hitachi 200GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • HDS722525VLAT80, PN 13G0347, MLC BA1103, Hitachi 250GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • HDS722525VLAT80, PN 08K0466, MLC BA1027, Hitachi 250GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • HDS722525VLAT80, PN 14R9249, MLC BA1254, Hitachi 250GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive

Hitachi HDS722525VLAT80 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

Hitachi HDS722525VLAT80 Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Hitachi HDS722525VLAT80 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 “Main Controller IC Number (3.5″)” or “White Label Number (2.5″)” of your current circuit board in addition to the hard drive’s “Model Number“.

Multiple Main Controller IC Number revisions:
08K1054, 13G0196, 0A29003, etc.

Multiple Sticker Number revisions:
08K1968 H71468_, 14R9219 J41048A, 0A30212 BA1036_, 0A29245 BA1327_, etc.