Toshiba 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Dive, It's a palm-sized unit easily into a pants or jacket pocket with a smooth black finish coloured wave design and available in ‘Gecko Green', ‘Hot Rod Red', ‘Carbon Grey', ‘Electric Blue' and ‘Frost White'.This drive connect to a notebook via a USB cable, the transfer test by transfer a folder (size 4.97GB, mixed media). Writing the file took 5 minutes and 22 seconds, a rate of 15.8 MBps, which was a bit below the 17.6 MBps pocket-drive average. On our read test, the drive transferred the same folder in a brisk 3:14, or 26.2 MBps. That’s the second fastest pace (via USB) of all the pocket drives we’ve tested
Verdict:
The Toshiba 500GB drive distinguishes itself from the competition and a best-in-class read speed and easy backup software, but aside from this there's nothing particularly special about it and, being priced at just above average for this sort of product, there's no real reason to offer a strong recommendation.
Specifications:
Hard Drive Size/Speed: 500GB/5,400 rpm
Ports: One USB 2.0
Read/Write Speeds: 26.2 MBps/15.8 MBps
Size: 5.0 x 3.2 x 0.7 inches
Weight: 6.0 ounces
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