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Seagate 1TB (MG05ACA800E): Recording Status

We have not found a manufacturer document stating the recording technology for this exact part number. We know what the drive is - a Seagate 1TB SATA-6G hard drive (3.5") that we track - but a recording technology printed without a source is a guess, and for RAID, NAS or ZFS use that guess is the one that matters. That is a statement about what we have found, not about what Seagate has published.

What the part number decodes to

Live rankings this model belongs to: every 1TB hard drive · 1TB SATA drives · Seagate 1TB SATA.

Nearest model with a sourced answer: ST2000VX015 (Seagate SkyHawk 2TB, SMR). Listed for comparison only - two part numbers can use different recording methods, so its answer is not MG05ACA800E's.

MakerSeagate
Capacity1TB
InterfaceSATA-6G
Recording technologyNo maker source found

No seller we track has MG05ACA800E in stock right now. That describes today's listings only - it says nothing about whether the model is discontinued.

How to settle it for this drive

Read the model number on the drive's own label, then find Seagate's data sheet or product manual for that family. A document that prints MG05ACA800E in its own row of a recording-technology table settles the question. A family page that names no part numbers does not: we have found maker pages that list neither a part number nor a recording method, and we no longer count them as sources. A retailer listing is not a source either - it is a seller's description, and sellers repeat what other listings say.

Documented Seagate drives at 1TB

These Seagate part numbers at the same capacity do have a maker document on record. They are listed for comparison, not as an answer for MG05ACA800E: two part numbers at one capacity can use different recording methods.

When a source turns up

When we find a maker document that names MG05ACA800E, this page will state the answer with that document linked and the date we read it, the same way our documented pages do. Until then, the honest answer is that we do not know.

In-stock drives with sourced CMR, 1TB and up