TOSHIBA Canvio 3.0 500GB USB 3.0 Black Portable Hard Drive HDTC605XK3A1 TOSHIBA Canvio 3.0 500GB USB 3.0 Black Portable Hard Drive HDTC605XK3A1 TOSHIBA Canvio 3.0 500GB USB 3.0 White Portable Hard Drive HDTC605XW3A1

Pros: Day after receiving the unit, I used the Windows 7 backup software to perform a backup on my new desktop ( USB 3.0 ) and my wife's laptop ( USB 2.0 ). Mine took less than 15 minutes and my wife's less than 30.

Solution obtained.

Cons: None

Pros: None this post, read my previous post for input...

Cons: Formatted for NTFS, not FAT32 like so many other Ext HDDs... Loaded it w/over 200+GB of data to use w/my PS3... FAIL UGH, my fault for not paying closer attn @ first.

Pros: 500GB, USB 3.0, No need for power supply, Compact, Lightweight but yet has a solid build feel to it, runs quiet & cool, unique white led, as most I've seen/owned are R/G/B

Cons: Unique cable end, not sure if its due to being USB 3.0, (my 1st, so not familiar w/the look of the cabling) but seems its proprietary to this Ext HDD, minor inconvenience if you're like me & tend to swap out Ext HDD's regularly, super glossy finish might be a problem to those who don't like to see fingerprints, lol

Other Thoughts: As a gift, great, no complaints from me, but if I were to go & buy a new Ext HDD, the plug might keep me from going w/this model again...

Pros: Great shape, great style. Good form/factor & the 3.0 USB cable is the best quality & lenght I have ever seen for a Backup Hard Drive from anybody.

Cons: RUN, as fast as you can from this unit!! As an I.T. Pro I am GREATLY disappointed in Toshiba. This is JUNK! USB 3.0 willnot stay connected for any lenght of time. I a now on my 2nd unit in as many weeks & both are the same. USB 3.0 will not work!

Other Thoughts: That said, if you only want to use it in USB 2.0 mode then it is great, but what's the point?? I have many other USB 3.0 devices & they ALL work just fine. Toshiba WAKE UP!!

Pros: Good drive, and Toshiba is great with laptops so makes sense they are good with portable drives.

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: To the person who was upset over the drive size. You need to understand that ALL harddrives, internal/external/etc, are this way. A drive that claims 500GB means it has 500 billion bytes. They all take the term giga-byte to mean 1 billion bytes. Windows (and maybe other OSs too) just happens to calculate a giga-byte in a different way. Windows says 1 giga-byte is 1024*1024*1024. That is, 1 KB in Windows doesn't equal 1,000 bytes, it equals 1,024 bytes. So 1 MB isn't 1 million bytes it is 1024*1024, etc and so on. 500 billion bytes = 465.66 GB in the Windows world, so I'm sure your drive is in fact 500 billion bytes. You can't really blame the drive manufactures for different computer opperating systems calculating the lose "GB" term in different ways.

Pros: Great drive. Quiet, nice indicator light, fast transfer speeds. Using to store Wii Games to load virtually. Works like a charm.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: All external HDDs have "less space than advertised". Every drive take a little space off the top. Check out your other devices before you take eggs off for stupid reasons.

Pros: Small, Compact & Cheap compared to other prices since the flooding

Cons: Very short cord & SLOW......... This thing is very slow in comparison to today's technology. Spinning up to wait for transfer to start is the wort part of how slow it is. This is through the 3.0 USB on a very fast computer. The transfer rate is ok once it gets going. I have to think the slow spin is not related to the USB port since it does the same on both 2.0 and 3.0 ......... The transfer rate is nothing to write home about but ok once the drive is moving. I will stick to Western Digital in the future. I don't feel very good about putting anything important on this drive. It just feels untrustworthy when dragging & dropping on the fly.

Other Thoughts: I have several external hard drives and 2 of them are old technology but they are faster than this thing running on 2.0 USB. This mostly in reaction time and not transfer rate but its not a whole lot faster there. I mostly own Western Digital & have never had any problems with them. The 3.0 WD I purchased recently puts this one to shame. I purchased the Toshiba to transfer my files on the older ones and since all the little weird spin up & down issues I moved the files back. I don't trust this one. I plan to go to the sight and see if there are any updates for it. I am hopeful there is! I'm very disappointed since I have owned several Toshiba brand items and this is the first one I have had something negative to say. This comment is in no way towards New Egg... They are always great! The 3 eggs are for the product only.

Pros: Slim, Sleek, No power cord. Formatted to ext3, ext4, and FAT32 without any problems.

Its VERY pretty and SMALL!

Cons: 465 GB. Thats 7% less that advertised. Should be listed as a 450 GB drive. Gave me a lot more fuss that other externals when it came to mounting and unmounting.

2 Eggs because of the deceptive listed size, that really gets me mad.