Toshiba 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive HDDR320E04XW (Vivid White)
Toshiba 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive HDDR320E04XW (Vivid White)
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- Capable of storing up to 91,000 digital photos, or 84,000 digital music files, or 260 downloaded digital movies
- Complete System Backup and Recovery for Windows Users.”
- Password-protected data encryption
- Internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology helps protect the drive
- USB Powered for portability
320gb Portable External Ext Hard Drive
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about 7 months ago
I love Tosh drives,
I have half a dozen Toshiba portable drives and some of them have served me well for several years. They are reliable and fast — with the 500GB portable drive I get about 20MB/s read and write speeds (tested on two recent HP laptops, one with Intel and the other with AMD both running Vista), which is half of USB 2.0 high-speed’s theoretical max throughput. The drives can be used with the PS3 and Macs out-of-box, but for best results with XP/Vista/Win7 you can convert it to NTFS without reformatting or losing existing data via a DOS command: convert g: /fs:ntfs [where g: is the drive letter, or you can use a volume name like "tosh_500g" if your drive is already named tosh_500g].
Because this drive (like other portable drives) does not use a separate power line — it draws power directly from the USB port — your computer must have a powered USB port to use this. Almost all recent desktops and laptops have this feature, but if you experience any problem, it may be due to an insufficiently powered USB port (or USB hub), so try another port or another computer.
In addition to being a fast 5,400RPM drive, this Toshiba includes some valuable features:
- Backup software that backs up system files in addition to regular files and folders (great for system recovery!)
- Password-protect your data through encryption
- Drive space alert lets you know when free space is running low
- Toshiba’s famous shock-absorbing technology, also used in iPods.
BTW, this drive is also a great value because at present a 320GB Seagate portable drive costs over [...], plus tax.
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|about 7 months ago
Very cool drive!,
I’ve only just received this, listed as “Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive” in the 500GB size. It has a very cool design, the case is similar to my 5G 30GB iPod – a smooth, flat front/top with a rounded back. It has a nice discreet blue activity light in one corner of the top (i.e. front) surface that is on for power and blinks for activity. The USB2 connection is a micro style and contrary to another review is a standard cable – this micro style is quite common, I have it on my GPS and camera so can use the same cable for all 3. The cable supplied is a short single cable (i.e. not a “Y”), and my Asus netbook powers it with a single USB port. The drive (like all of them) is just plug & play – plug it in, the computer sees it, and you’re off. I reformatted it to a single large NTFS partition, 465GB (drives are always sold with powers of 10 “GB”, i.e. 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes (10 to the 9th power), whereas computers use powers of 2 “GB”, where 1GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes (2 to the 30th power). I don’t like this sales speak, but Toshiba do clearly state the difference in the very short instruction sheet – to their credit.
The drive comes with NTI Backup Now EZ. I already have a backup strategy (using xxcopy, I recommend it!) so have no need for this. It’s well reviewed though.
4 stars rather than 5 because I don’t know its reliability yet, and it’s not quite as fast as I’d hoped (but still fine).
The main reason I got this particular drive is that Toshiba have a 3 year warranty, and the others all have just 1 year. And $90 with free shipping is a great deal!
I also got the Kroo Portable Hard Drive EVA Case, it fits well – just enough space for the drive and short USB cable. It’s a semi-hard case, but very little padding. Much better than leaving the drive naked but I wouldn’t want to drop it!
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