*Updated* Toshiba 1TB USB 3.0 portable hard drive - now £63.99 and a FREE case @ PC World
Posted this originally at £68.99, but it's dropped again! Even cheaper than the Hitachi deal and still USB 3.0.
Keep your multimedia and data with you thanks to the Toshiba Stor.e Basics Portable Hard Drive!
Perfect portability and power
Weighing at a minuscule 180g, the Toshiba Stor.e Basics makes light work of transporting your external data with a sleek, smooth design that is easy to take wherever you go.
With a whopping 1TB hard drive, you will not run short of space very easily with the potential to store up to 250,000 songs or 1 million photos!
Rapid transferring
The Toshiba Stor.e Basics Portable Hard Drive is USB 3.0 compatible, catering for spectacular transfer rates of up to 5GB per second, guaranteeing you will not be waiting around!
There is also USB 2.0 backwards compatibility, ensuring that you will be able to transfer files no matter what the system is.
With an included 3.0 USB cable, make the most of simplistic, speedy data transfer with the 1TB Toshiba Stor.e Basics Portable Hard Drive.
General Information
Capacity 1 TB
Interface USB 3.0
Transfer Rate Up to 5 GB/s
Buffer Memory 8MB
Size 118.9 x 79 x 16.5 mm
Weight 0.18 kg
Required Configuration Windows XP, Vista, 7
Content USB 3.0 cable, manual
Free case - chose any Logik 2.5" hard drive case in the accessories tab
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All Comments (37)
Jump to unread Post a CommentSame as USB 2. There's no physical difference and the two standards are compatible.
Its Blue
there is a known problem with Toshiba Canvio/Store.e USB3 drives and Macbooks, a work around is using a micro usb cable inserted to the left of the usb 3 port on the drive. I have been using this method for months and had no problems. I also believe using a USB 'Y' extension cable plugged in both ports will also work. Excellent drive otherwise, heat from me
Edited By: gogosteve on Jul 24, 2012 14:44: .
Same as USB 2. There's no physical difference and the two standards are compatible.
Not true.
TypeA plugs and receptacles from both USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 are designed to interoperate.
TypeB receptacles in USB 3.0 are somewhat larger than would be required for a TypeB plug in USB 2.0 and earlier. This is intended to allow connecting an older TypeB plug into a newer USB 3.0 TypeB receptacle. Accordingly, a USB 3.0 TypeB receptacle on a peripheral device can be connected using the corresponding plug end of a USB 2.0 TypeB cable.
TypeB plugs in USB 3.0 are somewhat larger; therefore, a USB 3.0 TypeB plug cannot enter a USB 2.0 or earlier TypeB receptacle. Accordingly, normal USB 3.0 TypeB plugs cannot be inserted into normal USB 2.0 TypeB receptacles found on peripheral devices (and connect them to a computer).
Didn't work in my time machine, apparently there's no drivers that work for the 1950s :)
Sorry - my bad joke, heat :)
Edited By: graham1708 on Jul 24, 2012 14:42
buy WD, Seagate or Hitachi. all excellent.
buy WD, Seagate or Hitachi. all excellent.
Seagate, you 'avin a laugh?!
buy WD, Seagate or Hitachi. all excellent.
The problem is it's all down to individual experience - some people won't touch Seagate; personally I've never had a problem with Toshiba or WD but when I see Hitachi I immediately think 'Deathstar'. I think you just have to go with your own subjective experience until something makes you reassess your views.
Its Blue
But to be really helpful they aren't always...