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Toshiba HDDR200E01X 200 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive Features
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TOSHIBA 200GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive. The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is a hassle free, simple and easy solution to your backup needs. It features a unique aluminum body engineered to dissipate heat without a fan, for near silent operation. The design includes a patent pending shock mount system, to help keep your drive safe during lifes little mishaps. The included NTI Shadow backup software eliminates the need to push a button or click an icon to activate a backup. The software runs in the background, capturing updates to files and automatically saving them to the external drive. The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is automatically powered through the included USB 2.0 cable, eliminating the need for a power adapter.
Customer Review
This drive is great! Get it! The only thing is that I wanted to be sure that I had not just a back up of my files, but an actual disk image. This way I do not have to worry about reinstalling programs and settings and such and of course the files are backed up as well. So I did not use the prepackaged back up software, I use Acronis True Image software in order to back up a complete disk image which I can simply install on a new hard disk if my comp breaks down again. Of course, for the routine back up of data files you can use the Acronis as well. The device runs cool and silently and is quick. I recommmend formatting it as NTFS before you start using it and of course your USB port has to be powered or you are going to have to use the supplied power cord. I am quite satisfied with this purchase, but I can’t give an opinion about the software because I wanted more that just data file backups.
Great for PC. Terrible with Mac OS X. – T. Strodtbeck – Collierville, TN United States
This hard drive is great for PC. It gets the job done.
But for Mac OS X? Run for the hills. It’s garbage. A dead weight. A hunk of junk. I converted the hard drive format to FAT32 so that it could work with my Mac. Is it compatible as it’s marketed? Nope. I plugged the jewel in to my Mac Pro, tried to copy over a measly 160 MB and the thing locked up on me at only 30 MB transferred over. Then, it wouldn’t eject. Of course, this is all after the fact it took me forever for my Mac to even recognize it.. if it did at all!
Stay away from this garbage if you want an external hard drive that is compatible with both PC and Mac OS X.
Bad Bad BAAAAD – Madhatter – New York, NY United States
After almost a year of using this Toshiba Hard Drive, it began to click and make some terrible noises. Now, when I plug it in, I can see the directory of everything that’s on it (50% full — 100G worth) and I can’t access any of it. I’m hoping that Toshiba can when I send it in to them. I was traveling on business when this began to happen and couldn’t back-up any of the work from that trip. Weeks of work.
Don’t do it.
I have a small 40G Ion that has never given me problems in the 3 years I’ve had it, and a LaCie. Run away from Toshiba! It may work at the start, but after a year – just when you’re comfortable – POW!
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