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Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive review

At its list price of $80 for the 320GB HDDR320E03X model, Toshiba ends up charging you about $0.56 per GB. That's actually a tie for first with the SimpleTech Signature Mini and the Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini. You can find all of those drives for less than their listed prices, so in real world terms the cost per gigabyte is actually even a bit better than that.

Performance tests (in megabits per second)
(Longer bars indicate better performance)
Read  
Write  
Toshiba Portable External Hard Drive (USB 2.0)
157.52 
68 
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini
151.84 
140.24 
Maxtor Black Armor (USB 2.0)
139.2 
138.96 

On the CNET Labs' test bench, the Toshiba had very good read speeds, but horrendous write speeds, as you can see from our test results. Compared with the well-balanced SimpleTech drive, which offers the same amount of storage for the dollar, that performance gap makes it impossible to recommend the Toshiba.

The Toshiba USB External hard drive comes with a limited three-year warranty available within the United States, United States Territories, and Puerto Rico. Toshiba has a technical support line for storage available weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). You can also find FAQs and other help on Toshiba's Web site.

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Quick Specifications

  • Release date05/20/11
  • Hard drive size 320 GB
  • Storage Hard Drive / Hard Drive Type External hard drive
  • Interface type Hi-Speed USB
  • Form factor 2.5"

When not juggling the dual demands of parenthood and playing basketball, Joseph is a life-long Manhattanite who can be found testing the latest tech in the CNET Labs and developing new benchmarks and testing methodologies. Full Bio

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