MK1017GAP Toshiba 2.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 10GB and featuring a IDE interface. MK1017GAP Toshiba MK1017GAP 10.06 GB 2.5 Plug-in Module Hard Drive 1 Pack IDE Ultra ATA/66 (ATA-5) 4200 rpm 256 KB Buffer.

All information about the Toshiba MK1017GAP hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Toshiba MK1017GAP Technical Details:

• Hard Disk Model: TOSHIBA MK1017GAP
• Disk Family: MK-1017GAP
• Form Factor: 2.5″
• Capacity: 10.06 GB (10.06 x 1 000 000 000 bytes)
• Number Of Disks: 1
• Number Of Heads: 2
• Rotational Speed: 4200 RPM
• Rotation Time: 14.29 ms
• Average Rotational Latency: 7.14 ms
• Disk Interface: Ultra-ATA/66
• Buffer-Host Max. Rate: 66.6 MB/seconds
• Buffer Size: 256 KB
• Drive Ready Time (typical): 4 seconds
• Average Seek Time: 13 ms
• Track To Track Seek Time: 3 ms
• Full Stroke Seek Time: 24 ms
• Width: 69.85 mm (2.75 inch)
• Depth: 100 mm (3.94 inch)
• Height: 9.5 mm (0.37 inch)
• Weight: 94 grams (0.21 pounds)
• Required Power For Spinup: 940 mA
• Power Required (Seek): 2.7 W
• Power Required (Idle): 1.0 W
• Power Required (Standby): 0.25 W
• Manufacturer: Toshiba Corp., Storage Device Division

Toshiba MK1017GAP Hard Drives:

• MK1017GAP, A0/A4.01B, HDD2151 P ZE01 T, Toshiba 10GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
• MK1017GAP, A0/A4.01A, HDD2151 Y ZE01 T, Toshiba 10GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
• MK1017GAP, A0/A4.01B, HDD2151 P ZE01, Toshiba 10GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive
• MK1017GAP, A0/A4.01A, HDD2151 C ZE01 T, Toshiba 10GB IDE 2.5″ Hard Drive

Toshiba MK1017GAP 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

Toshiba MK1017GAP Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Toshiba MK1017GAP 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:
B36021242013-A, etc.