WD1200JB Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 120GB and featuring a IDE interface. WD1200JB-22DYA0 Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM ATA-100 3.5-inch Hard Drive.

All information about the Western Digital WD1200JB hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.

Western Digital WD1200JB Technical Details:

  • Hard Disk Model: WDC WD1200JB
  • Disk Family: Caviar SE
  • Form Factor: 3.5″
  • Capacity: 120 GB (120 x 1 000 000 000 bytes)
  • Number Of Disks: 1
  • Number Of Heads: 2
  • 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
  • Drive Ready Time (typical): 7 seconds
  • Average Seek Time: 8.9 ms
  • Track To Track Seek Time: 2.0 ms
  • Full Stroke Seek Time: 21.0 ms
  • Width: 101.6 mm (4.00 inch)
  • Depth: 147 mm (5.79 inch)
  • Height: 25.4 mm (1.00 inch)
  • Weight: 600 grams (1.32 pounds)
  • Acoustic (Idle): 3.5 Bel
  • Acoustic (Min performance and volume): 3.7 Bel
  • Acoustic (Max performance and volume): 3.9 Bel
  • Required Power For Spinup: 1055 mA
  • Power Required (Seek): 7.0 W
  • Power Required (Idle): 7.0 W
  • Power Required (Standby): 1.0 W
  • Manufacturer: Western Digital Corporation

Western Digital WD1200JB Hard Drives:

WD1200JB Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5 Inch Hard Drive

  • WD1200JB-75CRA0, DCM HSEHNA2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM DSBHNVJAH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00REA0, DCM HSBANTJCHN, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-75FUA0, DCM HSBACVJAA, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-75CRA0, DCM HSEACV2CH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00CRA1, DCM HSEHNA2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00REA0, DCM HSBHNTJCHN, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-75CRA0, DCM DSEHCV2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00CRA1, DCM DSEHNV2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00CRA0, DCM HSEHNQ2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-32EVA0, DCM HSBACAJAH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00FUA0, DCM HSBHCTJAH, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00CRA0, DCM HSEHNA2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM HSBHNAJAH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM HSCHCAJAH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00CRA1, DCM HSEHNA2CH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM HSBHNVJAH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM DSBHCAJAA, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM DSBHCAJCH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA1, DCM HSBHNAJCA, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-34EVA0, DCM HSBACTJAH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00DUA3, DCM HSBHCA2AH, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
  • WD1200JB-00CRA1, DCM HSEHNA2CA, Western Digital 120GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive

Western Digital WD1200JB 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

Western Digital WD1200JB Data Recovery & HDD Repair:

When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Western Digital WD1200JB 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:
2060-701265-001, 2060-701292-002, 2060-001102-002, 2060-001102-003, 2060-001179-003, 2060-001160-001, etc.

Multiple Model Number revisions:
WD1200JB-00GVC0, WD1200JB-75FUA0, WD1200JB-75CRA0, WD1200JB-00REA0, WD1200JB-32EVA0, WD1200JB-00FUA0, WD1200JB-00CRA0, WD1200JB-00DUA1, WD1200JB-34EVA0, WD1200JB-00DUA3, WD1200JB-00CRA1, etc.