Product Description
Canvio Basics 3.0 products have been designed and manufactured in accordance with Toshiba's high quality product standards, incorporating the latest technology and user-interface, while ensuring best-in-class performance, quality and workmanship.With Toshiba's Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drives, you'll enjoy portable storage space for even the largest digital libraries. Our 750GB Drive is capable of storing up to: 214,000 digital photos, or 197,000 digital music files, or 610 downloaded digital movies.Each Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drive includes an internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology to help keep your drive safe. Storage for your computer made simple. Future proof with USB 3.0 interface and backwards compatible with USB 2.0, Toshiba's Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drives are an ideal portable add-on storage expansion solution that makes your storage easy and simple. Extremely portable with a compact design, the sleek looking and post card sized Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drives are an ideal travel companion. Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drives offer plug and play ease of use that's ready to go out of the box with no software to install. Just connect it to the USB port on your computer and you are good to go. Whether for work, school, or digital entertainment, Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drives accommodate large digital files with spacious storage capacity. You can rest assured that there is a Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Hard Drive that meets your storage needs and your lifestyle. Toshiba Canvio Basics 3.0 Portable Drives are compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. For over 20 years Toshiba has been developing and manufacturing hard drives used by every major brand of notebook computer.
It is compatible with drag and drop but needs to be reformatted in order to be used with time machine back-up.
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Product Details
- Size: 750 Gb
- Color: Black
- Brand: Toshiba
- Model: HDTB107XK3AA
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .65" h x 4.70" w x 3.10" l, .60 pounds
- Hard Disk: 750GB
Features
- USB 3.0-powered portable add-on storage.
- Easy to use with no software to install.
- Protects your drive (Internal Shock Sensor and Ramp Loading Technology).
- Gives you peace of mind (Toshiba 3-Year Limited Warranty).
- Plug and play operation.
From the Manufacturer
If you want an easy way to hold your growing digital library--files, pictures, music and videos--Toshiba's Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives are a great solution, offering simple drag-and-drop storage that's ready to roll right out of the box. It requires no external AC adapter and it's Plug & Play compatible. Just connect it into the USB port of your PC and you're good to go.
Future-proofed with USB 3.0 technology, the Canvio Basics 3.0 hard drive significantly improves file transfer speed for large media files and dramatically minimizes the wait time for backup and recovery processes. Plus, it's backwards compatible with USB 2.0 devices.
This version of the Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drive has a 750 GB storage capacity, but it also comes in 500 GB and 1 TB capacities.
Toshiba Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives are compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
Key Features
| Portable Peace of MindToshiba's Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives deliver one of the easiest ways to add storage to your computer. One of the simplest storage solutions in a box, they offer plug-and-play, drag-and-drop convenience. |
| Extra Hard Drive ProtectionOffering a built-in internal shock sensor and ramp-loading technology, Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives help safeguard your data against accidents, drops and unfortunate real-life scenarios. |
| Faster Transfer SpeedsPowered by new USB 3.0 technology, Canvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives are far faster than--but still compatible with--USB 2.0 technology. So you'll still be able to plug it into older PCs with USB 2.0 ports. |
| Three-Year Limited WarrantyCanvio Basics 3.0 portable hard drives are packed with famous Toshiba innovation, tested thoroughly for reliability, and backed by a three-year limited warranty. |
Specifications
| What's in the BoxToshiba Canvio Basics hard drive, pre-loaded backup software, USB 3.0 cable, quick install guide, warranty card |
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
201 of 208 people found the following review helpful.
By TMac
Many people have complained about the Toshiba 2.5" drives (of all capacities and price points) quickly 'dying' after a very short time. This opinion is prevalent on both Amazon and other shopping sites and even Toshiba's direct site itself.
I was in the same boat. My Canvio Basics failed to be "recognized" by my PC within 1 month. My 2-star rating reflects this.
HOWEVER, this is directed toward those who believe "all [my] valuable data is lost forever". I conjecture that 99% of the time it is not, and there is a relatively very simple & inexpensive fix.
The problem is most likely not with the drive itself but rather the 'bridge' circuitry between the drive and the USB connection. There is most likely nothing wrong with the drive itself, and thus nor is there anything wrong with your data. Such was also the case with me.
These drives, regardless of manufacturer or capacity, are essentially identical in their 'guts'. The difference is often nothing more than what you see: packaging, branding, bloatware, and other brand-specific identities. Indeed, crack open a lesser-known brand (Calvary, Fantom, etc.) and there's a good chance you will actually see Toshiba, Hitachi, Western Digital, or some other recognizable name's 'guts' inside.
Here is how to fix the problem.
1. Purchase a 2.5" SATA-to-USB enclosure. Amazon lists them for as little as $3. If you are fortunate enough to live close to a MicroCenter, they sell them for $6. Yes this is extra money and hassle, but your data is worth it, and I presume for many of you this is more convenient than dealing with returning the drive. You probably purchased this drive because it was over $6 cheaper anyway.
2. The drive casing is a 2-piece shell. Use an Exacto knife or boxcutter to gently pry/'slice' open the seam between the 2 pieces. Once you get it 'started' it will be quite easy to pop apart the rest of the fasteners.
3. From here it is simply a plug-and-play situation. Disengage ('unplug') the drive from the circuitry. Be gentle (use the wiggle method). Then 'plug' the drive into your new enclosure and, *Voila*.
There are several Youtube videos showing this as well.
Now, there are several sites/Youtube videos that claim this is not a permanent solution, due to the 'delicate balance' of the rubber bumpers in the original drive. I smell bull-manure, but only time will tell... maybe this new setup will last until the expected life of the drive, maybe it won't. Also, the $3/6 new enclosures will not support USB 3.0; you'll indeed have to shell out extra money for that. Regardless, this process will almost certainly buy you enough time to find another place for your data.
All is not lost! Hope this helps.
105 of 114 people found the following review helpful.
By Charles Bittner
At the time of writing this review this drive was $54.99 - a friend needed an external hard drive to back up her Mac (Time Machine Drive) and I wanted to get it with free prime shipping and as was the cheapest that had prime. At 320 GB that is more space than most people are ever going to need for backing up a notebook/MacBook. The drive is USB 3.0 and 2.0 compatible so get pretty decent transfer speeds as you would expect.
If you're a Mac user you will need to bring up the disk utility (found in your utilities folder in the applications folder) and format the drive to something that the Mac can read and write to (HTFS+is the file system that is default format of OS X) but once you reformatted your good to go.
And this drive is sleek looking and is really ultraportable and I'm a big fan of drives that draw their power from the USB port this means you don't have to carry around an extra wall wart (a.k.a. AC adapter). and I want to note that you could spend a little bit more if you shopped around and get a 500 GB hard drive maybe even a 640 GB for maybe around $70 I didn't really have the time to shop around so with 320 GB because I think it's good to be plenty for her needs.
Thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed and/or found it informative. (How can someone be really enjoy it review? I shouldn't use that term in a review because most reviews are informative but very few reviews are entertaining)
50 of 53 people found the following review helpful.
By No Hassle Guy
Toshiba Canvio 1.0 TB USB 3.0 Basics Portable Hard Drive - HDTB110XK3BA (Black)
I have this drive for only one day.
This review is for people who are thinking about a portable USB 3 drive.
A few reviewers has posted problems with a different version of this drive.
I was concerned about having trouble with my computers' USB 2 ports not able to support this drive.
I found out that it has no problem with USB 2 ports on my 1 yr old desk top and 3 yr old laptop.
It came with 15 inch long USB 3 cable which works fine.
I was also able to use my old 3 feet USB 2 cable for my Logitech Harmony just fine with this drive. That saves me one cable as I hate to have too many cables on my desk. It does not accept standard mini-USB jack that I use for all other portable HDDs that I have because USB 3 jack is of different size/shape.
Amazon product description says something about pre-loaded backup software, but I do not find any. I am not surprised as this is a basic version. I do not like to use included back up softwares anyway as SyncToy is the only backup program that I need and use.
Some reviewers report loud noise. I do not notice any excessive noice levels and the noise is about per with my prior portable HDD drives from WD and Toshiba. It became warm after writing ~ 200 GB, again, about same as other drives.
So far, I am happy with this HDD.
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4/12/12
Working fine with light use as a back up drive after about 4 mths.
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