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Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive Reviews

Memory - 512 MB - SO DIMM 200-pin - DDR - 266 MHz / PC2100 - CL2.5 - 2.5 V - unbuffered - non-ECC More product details

$4.99

Large capacity for a travel drive ; very compact and light ; USB 2.0 powered ; ships with backup... (zdnet.com)

Durable casing and shock-resistant design ; bundled with backup software ; bus-powered ; fast... (cnet.com)

alaTest Review Summary for Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

We have collected and analyzed 8 expert reviews and 72 user reviews from international sources. Experts rate this product 66/100 and users rate it 86/100. The average review date is June 24, 2008. We have compared these reviews to 58005 reviews from other Computer Memory. Last update: November 21, 2009.

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80 reviews

November, 2009

66 / 100

8 Experts

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86 / 100

72 Users

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Expert Reviews (8)

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Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

By Joseph Kaminski (zdnet.com)

The $180 320GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (HDDR320E03X) is the second drive from Toshiba we've reviewed bearing the Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive name. The design has been updated in this new version, but unfortunately ...

Large capacity for a travel drive ; very compact and light ; USB 2.0 powered ; ships with backup software ; cool and quiet

No FireWire ; very slow write speeds

The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is an attractive, lightweight drive with a decent price point for a drive of this capacity. Its size makes it great for travel, but the write speeds aren't up to par with other drives we've seen. We can't ...

The $180 320GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (HDDR320E03X) is...

Rating

63100

Partner Source
zdnet.com
US

Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (120GB)

By (cnet.com)

Durable casing and shock-resistant design ; bundled with backup software ; bus-powered ; fast read speeds

Write speeds are on the slow side

The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive is an attractive, durable drive for toting around, but the write speeds aren't up to snuff.

Perhaps Toshiba's marketing department has run out of ideas, but their new...

Rating

68100

Partner Source
cnet.com
US

Review: Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive 400GB

By Chris Holt (macworld.com)

Toshiba's USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is a serviceable drive with a few tradeoffs. Performance-minded users will see the Toshiba's USB-only connectivity as a limitation.

Compact ; bus powered

USB only ; power booster cable works only with a pair of USB ports

The G-Drive Mini has a much higher cost per gigabyte than the Toshiba drive. The $549 G-Drive has a 500GB capacity, giving it a price per gigabyte of $1.10. In comparison, the Toshiba drive costs $.45 cents per gigabyte

CompanyToshibaPrice as rated$180OS compatibility10.3 (Panther), 10.4 (Tiger)...

Rating

70100

macworld.com

User Reviews (72)

US

Great

By Chaeze (newegg.com)

Fast shipping and well packed by NewEgg.

Great deal for 320GB ; LED light not too bright ; Comes with software for PC as well as Mac (I'm using Mac)

Glossy surface prone to fingerprints ; Easily scratched (get a case) ; Decent speed

US

Worked for a month

By N/A (newegg.com)

Have had horrible luck with toshiba products wont buy anything else from them ever again

Price, Speed. Newegg service

Crapped out just over a month

US

Awesome Buy!

By Iva Gurl "Amanda B" (target.com)

This external memory drive has so much space! I put my pictures and documents from both laptops, my pc, and my flash drives, and still have not scratched the surface of memory available. I love that all of my information is on one drive which I can access...

Manufacturer's Description

The THNCFxxxxMA series CompactFlash card is a flash technology based with ATA interface flash memory card. It is constructed with flash disk controller chip and NAND-type Toshiba flash memory device. The CompactFlash card operates in both 5-Volt and 3.3-Volt power supplies. It comes in various capacities for type-I card. Emulating IDE hard disk drives and being certified in accordance with the CompactFlash Certification Plan it is a perfect choice of solid-state mass-storage cards for battery...

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