Toshiba Canvio Plus 750 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive E05A075PBU2XK
- 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.
Product Description
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 750GB Drive is capable of storing up to: 214,000 digital photos, or 197,0… More >>
Toshiba Canvio Plus 750 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive E05A075PBU2XK
This little drive has great capacity, but to use it effectively, you need the software to work right. I’ve ben *trying* to use it with a Win7 machine for over a week and the software is slow to respond to mouse clicks, frequently gets hung and doesn’t respond at all. The icons are confusing, too and the online help is, well, not much help. So far, it tells me the status of the simple File and Folder backup is “never backed up”, despite several tries. Every time I start up the software, the status report says “Backups did not run” (even after manually trying to start the backup); checking the log file just reveals errors. It does indicate that it did a Complete System Backup, but again, the status says “Backups did not run”. I can’t trust that the backups are working, so the drive is worthless.
Rating: 1 / 5
I bought this for a Mac. it will not work with a Mac unless re-formatted but nothing in the provided instructions or the website mentions this.
My 4 emails to the Toshiba website have gone unanswered for 2 weeks now {Toyota like arrogance it would seem} GRRrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Just how hard would that have been to do.
I finally found on an Apple forum that to reformat any portable drive for a Mac go to Disk Utilities. I did this for the Canvio and it took less than a minute.
Now works fine.
Rating: 3 / 5
Wow! This drive is awesome. Tiny but with a huge capacity and it’s fast. I **really** like it. Only thing I had to do to make it bootable on a Mac was to change the formatting to GUID. Excellent seller, good price and fast shipping make this a super deal.
Rating: 5 / 5
Ease to use, & somewhat fast for a compact drive,
But, use windows commander instead of the backup software included.
Rating: 4 / 5
i opened one of the three i got . open carefully from the top across from the usb port. sata drive 1 tb toshiba. if you are good with usb and not esata, the case is skin tight on the drive and fits perfect in the WD case that is designed for smaller WD external drive.
Rating: 5 / 5