Western Digital WD1200JB 120GB IDE Hard Drive 3.5" 8MB Dell 02K222 WD Caviar

Western Digital WD1200JB 120GB IDE Hard Drive 3.5" 8MB Dell 02K222 WD Caviar

The Western Digital WD1200JB is a 3.5-inch IDE (PATA) desktop hard drive from Western Digital's Caviar series, offering 120GB of storage with an 8MB buffer cache. It connects via the standard 40-pin Enhanced IDE interface and draws power through the 4-pin Molex connector, making it a direct drop-in for any desktop system with an IDE/PATA controller. This unit carries the Dell OEM part number 02K222 and was manufactured in November 2002.

Specifications & What's Included

• Manufacturer: Western Digital
• Series: WD Caviar (Enhanced IDE)
• Model: WD1200JB / WD1200JB-75CRA0
• Dell OEM Part Number: 02K222 (DP/N 02K222)
• Capacity: 120 GB
• Interface: IDE / PATA (Enhanced IDE, 40-pin)
• Form Factor: 3.5-inch internal desktop
• Buffer / Cache: 8 MB
• Drive Parameters (LBA): 234,375,000
• Power: 5VDC @ 0.80A / 12VDC @ 0.45A
• Country of Manufacture: Malaysia
• Manufacture Date: 26 November 2002
• Included: Drive only — no IDE cable or mounting hardware

Applications

The WD Caviar IDE series was the mainstream desktop hard drive standard throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, before SATA took over as the dominant interface around 2003–2004. These drives are still actively used today for maintaining and upgrading legacy desktop PCs, older workstations, and retro computing builds that rely on IDE/PATA controllers. The WD1200JB was a high-capacity, high-performance option in its era, using the 8MB buffer (uncommon at the time) to improve sequential throughput on ATA-100 controllers. Common compatible systems include Dell Dimension, Dell OptiPlex, and Dell Precision desktops from the early-to-mid 2000s, as well as any desktop or tower PC with an onboard IDE controller or add-in PATA card. The drive is also well-suited for use in IDE-to-USB enclosures for data recovery or external storage.