07th of September 2010
Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL Liquid Blue specifications:
Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue) Description:
Toshiba’,s movable External Hard Drives make computer backup simple. Our drives take the complexity out of backing up your computer data by easy to use backup software for both Windows and Mac users. Powered by USB 2.0, you may be able to take your files just about anywhere. Just one click and you’,re on your way to creating a digital safety net to help protect your files. With Toshiba’,s movable External Hard Drives, you’,ll enjoy mobile storage space for the biggest digital libraries. Our 500GB1 Drive is able of storing up to 142,000 digital photos, or 131,000 digital music files, or 410 downloaded digital movies. Toshiba’,s movable External Hard Drives work with both Mac and PC computers and include software that makes backing up your computer simple. Note: The part number P/N that appears on the packaging can be used to recognize all the things in the box, as well as the hard drive which has own distinct model number, color, software, cable, user guide, etc. This number can be used for ordering reasons. The model number that appears on the bottom of the hard drive can be used to register the device with regulatory agencies UL, FCC, etc and identifies a particular mechanical and electrical design.
Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive HDDR500E04XL (Liquid Blue) Reviews:
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135 of 136 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of five stars
I love Tosh drives,
August 9, 2009
By ,Gadgester “No Time, No Money” Mother Earth See all my reviews
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I have half a dozen Toshiba movable drives and many of them served me well for some number of years. They’re dependable and fast with the 500GB movable drive I get about 20MB/s read and write speeds tested on two recent HP laptops, one with Intel and the other with AMD both running Vista, which is half of USB 2.0 high speed’s theoretical max throughput. The drives may be used with the PS3 and Macs out of box, but for best results with XP/Vista/Win7 you may be able to change it to NTFS without reformatting or losing present data via a DOS command: change g: /fs:ntfs where g: is the drive letter, or you may be able to use a volume name like “tosh_500g” if your drive is already named tosh_500g.
Because this drive like other movable drives doesn’t use a separate power line it draws power directly from the USB port your computer must have a powered USB port to use this. Nearly all recent desktops and laptops have the feature, but if you experience any problem, it can be caused by an insufficiently powered USB port or USB hub, so attempt another port or another computer.
In addition to being a fast 5,400RPM drive, this Toshiba will include many valuable features:
Backup software that backs up system files also to regular files and folders great for system recovery!
Password protect your data through encryption
Drive space alert allows you to know when free space is running low
Toshiba’s famous shock absorbing technology, also used in iPods.
BTW, this drive is a great value because now a 320GB Seagate movable drive costs over ., plus tax.
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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of five stars
Great product!,
August 30, 2009
By ,Taeko McFadden See all my reviews
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This hard drive is great! I had a last clunker that took up many of space. The Toshiba 500 GB easily plugs into a USB port and does not require an extra power source. It’s small and easily fits into my computer bag. I recommend this hard drive for anybody looking for a way to store many of material and not take up many of space.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of five stars
Very cool drive!,
October 26, 2009
By ,Patrick Stirling See all my reviews
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I have only just received this, listed as “Toshiba USB 2.0 movable Hard Drive” in the 500GB size. It has a cool design, the case is alike to my 5G 30GB iPod a smooth, flat front/top with a rounded back. It has a nice discreet blue activity light in one corner of the top i.E. Front surface that’s on for power and blinks for activity. The USB2 connection is a micro style and opposite to another review is a regular cable this micro style is quite common, I have it on my GPS and camera so can use the same cable for all 3. The cable supplied is a short single cable i.E. Not a “Y”, and my Asus netbook powers it with a single USB port. The drive like all of them is just plug & play plug it in, the computer sees it, and you are off. I reformatted it to a single big NTFS partition, 465GB drives are generally sold with powers of ten “GB”, i.E. 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes 10 to the nineth power, whereas computers use powers of two “GB”, where 1GB = 1,073,741,824 bytes 2 to the 30th power. I do not like this sales speak, but Toshiba do obviously state the difference in the short instruction sheet to their credit.
The drive comes with NTI Backup Now EZ. I already have a backup approach using xxcopy, I recommend it! so dont have need for this. It is reviewed though.
4 stars rather than five because I do not know its dependability still, and it is not quite as fast as I’d hoped but still fine.
The major reason I got this specific drive is that Toshiba have a three year warranty, and the others all just have one year. And $90 with free shipping is a great deal!
I also got the Kroo movable Hard Drive EVA Case, it fits well just enough space for the drive and short USB cable. It is a semi hard case, but little padding. Much better than leaving the drive naked but I would not want to drop it!
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May 1, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Frye Electronics used to offer free shipping
May 2, 2009 at 11:10 pm
Clearance prices aren’t much more discounted than this so may as well buy it now.
May 3, 2009 at 2:59 pm
Couldnt find any toshiba 500 gb deals in Washington
May 4, 2009 at 1:30 pm
It has been reviewed everywhere, but i still couldnt find a coupon
May 5, 2009 at 1:39 pm
i got it in Frye Electronics store that had a clearance sale, but generally online deals are better
May 6, 2009 at 1:29 pm
it’s in limited availability, and hard to find a rebate, so dont bother too much, just buy it
May 7, 2009 at 8:17 pm
What is the best price that i can find in Portland. Any coupons?
May 8, 2009 at 8:45 pm
I am selling it in Memphis area if anyone is interested, great price.
May 9, 2009 at 9:30 pm
It’s one of the better storage out there. Good Pricing.
May 10, 2009 at 8:15 pm
What is the warranty like?
May 11, 2009 at 1:17 pm
How long is the warranty?
May 12, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Getting it online will always be more cheap than store price
May 13, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Enough comparisons, just buy it.
May 14, 2009 at 9:19 pm
wouldnt want to get this one refurbished haha
May 15, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Is that the lowest price for toshiba 500 gb online, or all deals included?
May 16, 2009 at 4:27 pm
I think Ebay may have free shipping
May 17, 2009 at 0:40 pm
I am looking to buy one in Philadelphia so i dont pay for shipping if it’s not free
May 18, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Compare toshiba 500 prices here or on ebay, is my best guess
May 19, 2009 at 9:44 pm
You break you buy
May 20, 2009 at 4:44 pm
What’s toshiba 500 compared to other storage?
May 21, 2009 at 7:58 pm
Usually has a limited availability, and when i found it, wasnt exactly the cheapest
May 22, 2009 at 4:27 pm
Getting it online will always be more cheap than store price
May 23, 2009 at 1:20 pm
I checked Costco and they dont have any wholesale deals are there any wholesale deals online?
May 24, 2009 at 10:28 pm
I did try Amazon, no deals worth mentioning
May 25, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Circuit city had the lowest price last month, without a rebate