In this article, we will look upon the latest 2.5’’ laptop PC HDD series from Toshiba, which is named L200; it is available with 500GB, 500GB Slim, 1TB, 1TB Slim and 2TB SKUs. The 500GB, 500GB Slim and 1TB models do feature 8MB of cache, while the 1TB Slim and 2TB variants have 128MB cache size.

Thanks to Toshiba’s Dynamic Cache technology, it is optimized how the cache is allocated during read/write operations in order to provide better performance.

The product is shipped in a small cardboard enclosure that mentions the total product capacity, rotational speed, buffer quantity and more:

On the back side we will get to see a comparison between different product series, but also some words regarding warranty, depending on location:

Air cushion packaging is spotted inside the box, along with documentation:

The drive does feature a large sticker on the top area, which shows the technical information; here we will also learn of the manufacturing date:

A breathing hole is also noted on the top layer, which must not be covered with the drive mounted inside the system:

On the sides of the 9.5mm drive, we do have screw mounts available:

In the back, the drive does feature the usual SATA Data/Power ports, but also some extra pins that will not be used in normal operation:

The frontal area of the drive does come with another SN sticker:

On the bottom area, we can see the PCB, along with the 5400 rpm motor contact area: