Western Digital Corporation announced that it's shipping the 1TB, 9.5mm, 2.5-inch, 7,200 RPM hard disk drive (HDD). The new Travelstar HDD is available in the HGST Hard Drive Retail Kit as well as in the Touro Mobile Pro USB 3.0 external storage solution for simple add-on storage and backup. HGST Hard Drive Retail Kit: The new Travelstar(TM) 1TB, 2.5-inch 7,200 RPM hard drive is ideally suited for upgrading notebooks, game consoles, and other high-capacity, high-performance personal storage products.

This standard 9.5mm drive leverages Advanced Format, which increases the physical sector size from 512 bytes to 4,096 (4K) bytes to improve drive capacities and error correction capabilities. With 7,200 RPM performance, 32MB cache buffer and a 6Gb/SATA interface, the drive delivers the 7,200 RPM mobile HDD performance in PCMark(R) Vantage benchmark testing, which results in faster downloads and better application performance than 7,200 and 5,400 RPM 2.5-inch HDDs. Other highlights include proven sixth-generation HDD technology, 1TB capacity, shock tolerance, a halogen-free design for an eco-friendly footprint, and low power consumption for sturdy unplugged notebook performance.

The 1TB, 2.5-inch, 7,200 RPM HGST Travelstar Hard Drive Retail Kit comes complete with step-by-step instructions that allows Microsoft(R), Apple(R) and Linux(R) systems to tap into the full capacity, power and performance of the 1TB drive. Now available, the 1TB, 2.5-inch, 7,200 RPM HGST Hard Drive Retail Kit has an MSRP of $99.99. Touro Mobile Pro External Storage Solution: Both Mac(R) and PC compatible, the Touro Mobile Pro portable external storage solution provides plug-and-play simplicity and a fast USB 3.0 interface and features a smooth black, textured body for solid good looks.

Placed vertically or horizontally, or even stacked, the Touro Mobile Pro fits perfectly into any home or office environment. Housing the new HGST Travelstar hard drive, the new 1TB, 7,200 RPM-based Touro Mobile Pro offers high-performance and massive storage capacity for storing hours of high-definition videos, thousands of photos, songs and movies, and tons of video games with room to spare. In addition to increased local storage, the Touro Mobile Pro solution provides two levels of protection with 3GB of free cloud storage from TouroCloudBackup.com.

With local and cloud backup, photos, movies, music and documents are not only safe but available anytime, anywhere from any smartphone or web browser. The 1TB Touro Mobile Pro solution is shipping with a MSRP of $109.99.