Western Digital has recently launched mobile hard drive series Scorpio Blue 2.5 in India. The drives are powered by 333GB-per-platter technology, and have huge capacity to store data - offering storage up to 1 TB.

Sharad Srivastava, Director India and South Asia, Western Digital, said: "Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives."

The drives, incorporated with a 12.5 form factor, offer an extraordinary transfer rate of 3 gigabits per second. The drives use Whisper Drive technology which makes them totally noise-free. They also support shock tolerance technology, with the highest combined shock tolerance specifications.

Jim Morris, Senior Vice President and General Manager of client systems at WD said: "Our new WD Scorpio Blue drives enable people to take even more of their digital collections with them wherever they go and, realizing the value of their data, back up their notebooks on their My Passport drives."

The drives are priced at Rs. 12980 and Rs. 9880 in different storage ranges.