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 Fast, Quiet, So Portable! Small Size--Perfect for Taking My PC With Me! September 10, 2010
Daisy S (Hot Springs, AR)
Just received this Rocket Red Toshiba Hard Drive yesterday, so I am giving it an early review of my experience thus far...And I took it out of the box which contained the hard disk, USB cable (there is no AC plug with this drive because the USB cable runs the drive from the power of the USB port). And I plugged in the USB cable into the drive and then into my USB port, and Windows 7 instantly found the driver and I was up and running in just 1 minute or less. Then I went on to back up my hard disk. Now I did this in increments of just 10 folders at one time. Why just 10 folders at one time? I did this to discover how fast the drive would work. And work quickly, oh yes, it did. I was able to copy my first 10 quite large folders in just about 15 minutes. Then I went on to the next 10 folders, and these were smaller ones so they took less than 11 minutes to complete. In fact, I found this drive to be just as fast for me as my larger iOmega 1 TB desktop drives! What a delightful surprise, this drive is just as fast as the big boys!
This is the PERFECT on the go portable hard drive. It is lightweight, not much larger than a tiny notepad, yet works just as well as the desktop external hard drives. I own 2 iOmega desktop hard drives that I keep on desks just for backups and more hard disk space. This portable hard drive I carry around and use like a JUMBO flash drive. This drive comes installed with these items:
1) Setup for backing up your files. (I have not installed this yet as I back up daily anyway).
2) Quick Reference Guide in PDF (this is the instruction booklet and warranty information in English and also in several languages).
Hopefully this drive will work for a long time and if it does pass the test of time, hopefully this Red Rocket will have a "sibling". So far, I highly recommend this drive as my favorite thing about it is that to me, it is like a JUMBO FLASH drive that I can carry everywhere with ease!
**By the way, I purchased a Magenta Caselogic Small External Hard Drive Case (I have reviewed that as well) and it is perfect for carrying around this wonderful portable hard drive as it has a pocket inside for the USB cord and a separate area for the harddrive). I would suggest to anyone who buys this hard disk to buy a portable case for it.
Awesome drive! September 7, 2010
Luigi (NY United States)
I picked this up at Best Buy for $89 (the red version). It works great and flawlessly. I did not use the built in software, therefore I cannot rate that, but the drive works as it is supposed to. It is fast and very quiet. The built in light is nice and bright and the rubber feet and rubber sides makes it slip free and easy to handle. Overall: EXCELLENT!
 Resonable drive, bad software September 7, 2010
Neo (San Jose, CA, USA)
I was in the market to look for a replacement for my 500GB HDD which broke after it fell from the desk. I don't want to lose my data again, so I decided to look for something with shock protection. I saw the Seagate and Western Digital ones too but they didnt clearly state in the features whether they had shock protection or not. I didnt want to take risk in this. I thought of another option to have a network attached storage drive so that I dont need to carry the drive around with my laptop to take backup etc. But unfortunately it was coming costlier, and needed to be attached to the router too. With it kept always on, I was not sure how long they can last before they breakdown and take all my backups away. They were not in the market for so long to be claimed as "reliable" for me. Being an owner of a Toshiba Laptop for more than 4 years ( Yes it still works despite I have been using it almost 24x7 for movies, photoediting chatting browsing and everything you can do with that), I was pretty sure that Toshiba will live up to my expectations on reliability. Plus I got a pretty good deal from somewhere online, so I could own this for <100 bucks.
Though I feel that Amazon/toshiba should be more descriptive about the features in the description so that we can decide about this even before ordering, Especially about the warranty.
* Warranty for 3 years - Nice, but what about the shipping costs and the refurbished items that you Toshiba will give? - No mention of that.
PROS:
* Shock sensor can held damage from drops etc. Sounds good, but I don't want to test this anyways :)
* Secure backup - Very important since I don't want someone else seeing my data and stealing personal information in case I lose the drive.
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* 1TB size at a reasonable cost.
* No external power supply needed. USB powered.
* Uses Mini usb connection. Much easier and cheaper to get a replacement in case you lose your original one. The ones from Western Digital comes with the micro USB connectors, but they are not as common as the Mini USB ones.
* Not so bulky. Can fit into the pocket.
CONS:
* They could have shipped a better quality USB cable with this. May be a flexible type one or a retractable one. Much easier to carry around in pocket. They are not costly to buy from outside, but I don't want to spend more money on that and throw away my current cable.
* Computer backup made simple ?? If that's what Toshiba says with their preloaded software, they they will need to explain what "simple" means to them. My laptop is having 3 different partitions. The backup software tool they have automatically backed up my first drive(C:). Thats simple, now I can restore any files from the backup. But there is no option to restore anything from the other drives. Neither does the software have any button in the UI to backup these files. I finally switched to Microsoft SyncToy. Agreed that this is not a full fledged backup tool, but it serves my purpose better than the Toshiba software.
 Stops working randomly.. September 7, 2010
gadgetguy
I have received this item in good, faultless packaging. Opened it up, and hooked it on. Started working properly and went on. However, after 3 weeks of seldom usage, it now suddenly stopped working -neither reckognized by the os, nor reaching a constant speed for reading.
Head of the disk reader is setting back to parking position and repositioning to the start up center, randomly over and over again (you can hear the loud enough sound it makes hitting back to parking pos.), and not just getting to read the disk. I have kept the item in perfect condition, with no drops or hits, have used it only on two computers, that have perfect records with peripherials.
I can't believe the situation. It's a Toshiba disk, and it's broke in it's third week !! Amazon has verified that I can get a refund or replacement with no problem.. So I have asked for a return label for refund. However it's too late to ship it overseas, so I am stuck with it. Thanks to toshiba !!
Regarding all the complaints, it is very possible that on this lot of production, Toshiba has a high rate of defect, and one might assume that as a reason for the lowered prices. Although the error has not yet repeated, it is well known that such temporary failures are solid signes of further fatal malfunctions. So now I either have to take the risk of an upcoming data loss or trash the 98$..
If you are willing to buy this product, note that you will possibly be taking a high enough risk of getting one of the defectives out of the production line. So beware.. To remind, Amazon has a 30 day guarantee back.. Beyond that, you will have to deal with toshiba, which seems not to have a good record of customer services according to customer reviews here.
Great 1TB portable hard drive that fits in your pocket! September 6, 2010
Adam (Chicago, IL)
Great red design, so small that it fits in your pocket, easy to use. Whoever has lots of music, videos, data, you will sooner or later need this. Why go for less capacity when you will end up needing more? I'd rather have one portable external hard drive than 2-3.
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