WD1200JS Western Digital 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 120GB and featuring a SATA interface. WD1200JS-55NCB1 Western Digital 120GB 7200RPM SATA 3Gb/s 3.5-inch Hard Drive.
All information about the Western Digital WD1200JS hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, free asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Western Digital WD1200JS Technical Details:
- Manufacturer: Western Digital
- Manufacturer Website: www.wdc.com
- Manufacturer Part No: WD1200JS
- Product Series or Family: Caviar SE
- Product Type: Internal Hard Drive
- Storage Capacity: 120GB
- Spindle Speed: 7200RPM
- Drive Interface: SATA 3.0Gbps
- Form Factor: 3.5Inch
- Cache: 8MB
Western Digital WD1200JS Hard Drives:
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM HSCANTJAA, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB1, DCM DSCACTJAA, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-22NCB1, DCM DSBHYT2AAN, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-22NCB1, DCM HSBHNT2AHN, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM DSCANT2AA, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM DSBHNT2CA, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM DSBNHTJAH, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM DSBHNTJAH, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM HSCACT2AA, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00NCB1, DCM HSBHYTJCAB, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00NCB1, DCM HSCANTJAHB, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM DSBHCTJAH, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00MHB0, DCM HSBHCTJAH, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00NCB1, DCM HSCHNT2AH, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00NCB1, DCM DSBHNTJCAN, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
- WD1200JS-00NCB1, DCM HSCANTJAAB, Western Digital 120GB SATA 3.5″ Hard Drive
Western Digital WD1200JS 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 WD1200JS Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Western Digital WD1200JS 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:
2060-701335-003, 2060-701335-005, etc.
Multiple Model Number revisions:
WD1200JS-00MHB1, WD1200JS-22NCB1, WD1200JS-00MHB0, WD1200JS-00NCB1, etc.