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Toshiba 640 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Dive HDDR640E04XR (Rocket Red) | 
| Brand: Toshiba
Category: CE
List Price: $101.99
Buy New: $94.48
as of 9/7/2010 07:06 EDT details
You Save: $7.51 (7%)
Rating:  509 reviews
Sales Rank: 1806
Color: Rocket Red
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1072
Hard Drive Size: 640
Size: 640 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 0.7 x 5
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: HDDR640E04XR
Model: HDDR640E04XR
UPC: 883974234264
EAN: 0883974234264
ASIN: B002Q9K1UW
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | Capable of storing up to 182,000 digital photos, or 168,000 digital music files, or 520 downloaded digital movies | | • | Full system backup and recovery (including attached internal/external drives). | | • | Internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology helps protect the drive. | | • | USB Powered for portability. | | • | Password protected backup encryption. |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Toshiba HDDR640E04XR 640GB Portable External Hard Drive
Toshiba's Portable External Hard Drives make computer backup simple. Our drives take the complexity out of backing up your computer data by providing easy-to-use backup software for both Windows and Mac users. Powered by USB 2.0, you can 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 Portable External Hard Drives, you'll enjoy mobile storage space for even the largest digital libraries. Our 640GB Drive is capable of storing up to 182,000 digital photos, or 168,000 digital music files, or 520 downloaded digital movies. Windows users: File and folder backup or complete system backup, it's your choice. The included NTI Backup Now EZ software takes the mystery out of what to backup by scanning your system and recommending the best coverage for your computer. Choose between backing up your files and folders, backing up everything on your hard drive, or choose both for the most comprehensive coverage. The Drive Space Alert will monitor your Toshiba drive and let you know when it is getting full. Recovering a file or your entire computer is simple. Click the restore button and you can recover a file or folder, boot to your Toshiba Portable External Hard Drive and it will restore your entire computer. We've even included a utility to burn a boot CD/DVD to make the process even simpler. Mac users: Backing up your Mac's most important data is easy with NTI's Shadow 4 for Mac. Just select the files you want to backup, how often your backup takes place and you're covered. We've even included sync, (a new feature for Shadow), so you can keep your files synchronized between different Macs. The Drive Space Alert will monitor your Toshiba drive and let you know when it is getting full. Recovering a file or a folder is a snap, just click the restore button and
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 509
 I love Tosh drives August 9, 2009
Gadgester (Mother Earth)
342 out of 348 found this review helpful
I have half a dozen Toshiba portable drives and some of them have served me well for several years. They are reliable and fast -- with the 500GB portable 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 can be used with the PS3 and Macs out-of-box, but for best results with XP/Vista/Win7 you can convert it to NTFS without reformatting or losing existing data via a DOS command: convert g: /fs:ntfs [where g: is the drive letter, or you can use a volume name like "tosh_500g" if your drive is already named tosh_500g].
Because this drive (like other portable drives) does not use a separate power line -- it draws power directly from the USB port -- your computer must have a powered USB port to use this. Almost all recent desktops and laptops have this feature, but if you experience any problem, it may be due to an insufficiently powered USB port (or USB hub), so try another port or another computer.
In addition to being a fast 5,400RPM drive, this Toshiba includes some valuable features:
- Backup software that backs up system files in addition to regular files and folders (great for system recovery!)
- Password-protect your data through encryption
- Drive space alert lets you know when free space is running low
- Toshiba's famous shock-absorbing technology, also used in iPods.
BTW, this drive is also a great value because at present a 320GB Seagate portable drive costs over [...], plus tax.
Great product! August 30, 2009
Taeko McFadden
69 out of 73 found this review helpful
This hard drive is great! I had a previous clunker that took up a lot of space. The Toshiba 500 GB easily plugs into a USB port and doesn't require an additional power source. It is very small and easily fits into my computer bag. I recommend this hard drive for anyone looking for a way to store a lot of material and not take up a lot of space.
Great Portable October 1, 2009
E. Viray (Teaneck, NJ, USA)
34 out of 34 found this review helpful
I bought this because I was looking for a portable hard drive that was durable enough to travel from home to classroom to wherever. I holds over 100GB of music and all the pics I've ever taken or been given since 2005 (about 20 GB) and all my lesson plans (20 GB). It's been jarred, dropped by a 2 year old and it's still ticking.
500Gb Toshiba External Drive w Caselogic October 5, 2009
yaqub
44 out of 50 found this review helpful
I was looking for a good portable external hard-drive for sometime (only online and not only at Amazon.com). Eventually, I basically slimmed my options down to wanting a Toshiba. User specs seemed about the best to me and recommendations were all good. I found different variations from various sellers. Amazon had the latest and newest version, which appears to be the one I am writing the review for, at a lesser price than what the other vendors were selling out-dated-models of 500Gd Toshiba hard-drives for. That I liked. Be careful not to buy the old models from on-line sellers, they usually do not specify between the older models and the latest released models. Service was very prompt too, and shipping was handled well.
I really don't know a lot about hard drives, space, or even computers. The drive itself works well. The instillation process was confusing if one does not understand the difference or benefits between using the drive as a FAT32 or NTFS. Even without formatting it to NTFS apparently it still can be used FAT32 on Windows. Sometimes when I plug unrelated external storage units into my computer, like my 1Gb Flash disk, the BackUp Now EZ software attempts to use them to backup my computer. Maybe, their is an easy way to make the software function only with the external storage units that I select, that I simply have not yet discovered.
I purchased the Caselogic brand hard-drive case that Amazon recommend along with the drive. The drive does fit with some extra room. The small elastic type material strap inside the case keeps the drive from moving. After looking at the drive I am happy I bought a case. I would recommend that anyone who does travel, to get a case for it.
I consider it a good investment made and money well spent.
So far so good... July 15, 2009
James B. Rex (Tyler, TX USA)
35 out of 39 found this review helpful
Quick transfers on XP (usb 1.0) and Vista (usb 2.0).
Comes in Fat32 so it's ready for PS3 out the box.
Very short firewire to USB cable so be prepared.It's not too bad.
It does get warm quickly so I wouldn't leave it plugged in for
extended periods. Transfer yo data. Get in, get out...
Great price and function.
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