HTS726060M9ATX0 Hitachi 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 60GB and featuring a IDE interface. HTS726060M9ATX0 Hitachi Travelstar 7K60 60GB 7200RPM ATA-100 8MB Cache 2.5-inch Hard Disk Drive.
All information about the Hitachi HTS726060M9ATX0 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Hitachi HTS726060M9ATX0 Technical Details:
- Hard Disk Model: HGST Travelstar 7K60 (HTS726060M9ATX0)
- Disk Family: Travelstar 7K60 Series
- Form Factor: 2.5″
- Capacity: 60 GB (60,000,000,000 bytes)
- Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM
- Rotation Time: 8.33 ms
- Average Rotational Latency: 4.17 ms
- Disk Interface: Ultra-ATA/100 (IDE / PATA)
- Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 100 MB/second
- Buffer Size: 8192 KB (8 MB)
- Number of Disks (Platters): 2
- Number of Heads: 4
- Width: 70.0 mm (2.76 inch)
- Depth: 100.0 mm (3.94 inch)
- Height: 9.5 mm (0.37 inch)
- Weight: 115 grams (0.25 pounds)
- Manufacturer: Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (HGST)
Hitachi HTS726060M9ATX0 Hard Drives:

- HTS726060M9ATX0, PN 08K0889, MLC H69425, Hitachi 60GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
Hitachi HTS726060M9ATX0 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 HTS726060M9ATX0 Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Hitachi HTS726060M9ATX0 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:
08K0672, etc.
Multiple Sticker Number revisions:
08K1836 H69399_, etc.