Toshiba Portable External Drive HDDR320E04XW

Manufacturer: Toshiba 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive HDDR320E04XW (Vivid White)
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List Price: $99.99
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Product Description

Toshiba’s Portable External Hard Drives make computer backup simple. Our drives take the complexity out of backing up your computer data by providing easy-to-use backup software for both Windows and Mac users. Powered by USB 2.0, you can take your files just about anywhere. Just one click and you’re on your way to creating a digital safety net to help protect your files. With Toshiba’s Portable External Hard Drives, you’ll enjoy mobile storage space for even the largest digital libraries. Our 320GB1 Drive is capable of storing up to 91,000 digital photos, or 84,000 digital music files, or 260 downloaded digital movies. Toshiba’s Portable External Hard Drives work with both Mac and PC computers and include software that makes backing up your computer simple.

Product Features

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

Customer Reviews

I love Tosh drives

Review Date: August 9, 2009

Reviewer: Gadgester “No Time, No Money” (Mother Earth)

This review is from: Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue) (Electronics) 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.

I wish it REALLY had password protection

Review Date: August 17, 2009

Reviewer: D. Templeton “DT” (USA)

This review is from: Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue) (Electronics) For the price, it’s a good little drive and it’s worth the money. But the sole reason I bought this drive was to store sensitive data, and it was advertised as being a password-protected encrypted drive. It is not. I thought it had encryption software built in, which would ask for a password to access data stored on the drive. This is not so. Anyone can access any information on this drive using any computer. It is not secure whatsoever. The included software is a backup program only, and the only time a password or encryption come into play is if you are trying to boot from this drive. Like I say, it’s a nice little portable drive, but it does not do what it is advertised to do. I will have to buy encryption software after all, and I thought that was part of the package.

it works great and its nice to look at

Review Date: August 23, 2009

Reviewer: Chris Taylor

This review is from: Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue) (Electronics) it has a great amount of stogage and it is compact. what more can you ask for.

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