Toshiba Canvio Plus 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive E05A050CAU2XK (Raven Black)
Thursday, May 20th, 2010
I was in the market to look for a replacement for my 500GB HDD which broke after it fell from the desk. I don't want to lose my data again, so I decided to look for something with shock protection. I saw the Seagate and Western Digital ones too but they didnt clearly state in the features whether they had shock protection or not. I didnt want to take risk in this. I thought of another option to have a network attached storage drive so that I dont need to carry the drive around with my laptop to take backup etc. But unfortunately it was coming costlier, and needed to be attached to the router too. With it kept always on, I was not sure how long they can last before they breakdown and take all my backups away. They were not in the market for so long to be claimed as "reliable" for me. Being an owner of a Toshiba Laptop for more than 4 years ( Yes it still works despite I have been using it almost 24x7 for movies, photoediting chatting browsing and everything you can do with that), I was pretty sure that Toshiba will live up to my expectations on reliability. Plus I got a pretty good deal from somewhere online, so I could own this for
Color: Raven Black
Model: E05A050CAU2XK
Toshiba Canvio Portable Hard Drive. Canvio products have been designed and manufactured in accordance with Toshiba's high quality product standards, incorporating the latest technology and user-interface, while ensuring best-in-class performance, quality and workmanship. With Toshiba's Canvio Portable Hard Drives, you'll enjoy portable storage space for even the largest digital libraries. Our 500GB Drive is capable of storing up to: 142,000 digital photos, or 131,000 digital music files, or 410 downloaded digital movies. Each Canvio Portable Hard Drive includes an internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to help keep your drive safe.
- High speed USB controller and Dual Memory Channel for ultra fast data transfer speeds.
- Data transfer rates of up to 21.1MB/sec. read and up to 10MB/sec write.
- Internal dampening system for shock protection.
- Slim, Compact & Stylish Retractable design - Pocket-sized for easy transportability and no more lost caps.
- Computer backup made simple. Canvio Portable Hard Drives are preloaded with software to make backup simple.
List Price: USD 94.39
Lowest New Price: USD 69.00
Awesome drive!
I picked this up at Best Buy for (the red version). It works great and flawlessly. I did not use the built in software, therefore I cannot rate that, but the drive works as it is supposed to. It is fast and very quiet. The built in light is nice and bright and the rubber feet and rubber sides makes it slip free and easy to handle. Overall: EXCELLENT!
Great 1TB portable hard drive that fits in your pocket!
Great red design, so small that it fits in your pocket, easy to use. Whoever has lots of music, videos, data, you will sooner or later need this. Why go for less capacity when you will end up needing more? I'd rather have one portable external hard drive than 2-3.
Love it.
This thing is perfect! Size of a pack of cards. Very quiet. Fast.
I don't use the sofetware that came with it though. Without clicking on anything to let it install, I moved it to a subdirectory in case I every need it in the future.
No installation. I just plugged the drive into the USB port and it showed right up in Windows Explore (Vista) as another drive. I just highlight and copy in the files I want to backup.
Some others have complained that it cannot use a standard USB cable, only the one it comes with. I tried mine with another USB cable and it worked fine.