Toshiba Canvio Basics Portable Hard Drive 320 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive E05A032BAU2XK Black
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Manufacturer: ToshibaRelease Date: 2011-12-16
Model: E05A032BAU2XK
Color: Black
Product features:
- USB 2.0-powered portable add-on storage.
- Easy to use with no software to install.
- Protects your drive (Internal Shock Sensor and Ramp Loading Technology).
- Gives you peace of mind (Toshiba 3-Year Limited Warranty).
- Accommodates large digital files with spacious storage capacity.
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Customer Review: Nice "Mini" Backup Drive - Poor Instructions
Summary: 4 Stars
My old backup drive is the size of a very fat hardcover book and requires a heavy "brick" powerpack. So, the tiny size of the 320gb Toshiba Canvio was a bit of a shock...just a bit bigger than an Apple Iphone...it would slip easily into your jeans pocket. And, no power "brick"...just a 20 inch USB cord that will also slip into a pocket.
I got the Canvio as a backup drive for my netbook computer, and the Canvio easily fits into a small pocket in the carrying case of my netbook. The Canvio came with a thick booklet that LOOKED like an instruction manual. It contained only the warranty and product "warnings" in a variety of languages. There were NO instructions in the box. On the box it states that the drive is already formatted for Windows computers...and by implication, Apple owners may have some work to do...but no details were offered for Apple owners.
I connected the Canvio to my Window 7 netbook, which quickly recognized it and installed the necessary software. The Canvio was already formatted and ready to use. I began copying 60gb of files from my netbook to the Canvio. It was copying the files at a rate of about 1gb per minute, about what I expected given the slow USB ports of my netbook.
Unfortunately, I had set my netbook to go into "sleep mode" after 30 minutes of inactivity. Windows 7 somehow treats backing up files to a outside drive as inactivity, so the netbook went to sleep half-way through the job. And, after I woke the netbook up, it refused to continue copying the files from mid-point through the files. So, I started again from the beginning. Oddly, Windows did not recognize that half the files had already been copied, and began to re-copy files that had already been moved to the Canvio.
So, I turned off the power-saving features of the netbook to ensure that ALL of the files would be copied. The problems I encountered are the fault of Windows 7, rather than the Canvio. If the Canvio HAD an instructions manual, that manual should have told me to turn off the power-saving features of my netbook before beginning the backup process.
I also copied some files from an ancient Windows XP desktop. Those files were copied at a slower rate of about half a gig per minute, so copying 10gb of files took about 20 minutes. I am guessing that with a 2011 model Windows 7 desktop with high speed USB ports the Canvio would work at a significantly faster speed.
Working in a 75 degree room, the Canvio got VERY warm to the touch during the one hour backup process. It has no air vents, and its rubber feet are only 1/16th inch tall, so no air circulates under the Canvio to cool it. Therefore, it may be a good precaution to use it in a cool room with good air circulation if a project will take an hour or two.
A lot of folks worry..."what if I back up my most important data to a backup drive, and then the backup drive fails?" At the very low price of the Canvio, an affordable solution is to buy two of them. Put your most valuable data on two Canvios and if one of them fails, your data is still safe.
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Description of Toshiba Canvio Basics Portable Hard Drive 320 GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive E05A032BAU2XK Black
Toshiba Canvio Basics hard drives are an easy and simple portable digital storage solution. With a compact and sleek design, traveling with your digital files is a breeze. It's also ready to go out of the box with no software to install. Just connect it to the USB port on your computer and you are good to go.Digital Cameras & Photo Categories
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