Toshiba 2TB Canvio Basics Portable External Hard Drive, USB 3.2. Gen 1, Black (HDTB420EK3AA)

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The housing is made exclusively from plastic, thankfully with a matt finish, and is very small overall which aids the portability. With the advent of more working-from-home opportunities, it stands to reason that many others are looking to extend their local storage too. Additionally, there are several SSD-based external devices that can provide faster speeds, and the advent of cheaper NVME enclosures means that achievable speeds from these devices outstrip that of the Canvio Basics. While many portable drive manufacturers try to differentiate their product through design or features, Toshiba looks to be content just to build the cheapest drive it can with the Toshiba Canvio Basics 2TB.

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For me, this isn’t going to be fast enough for my use case, but as previously mentioned, if all you are after is some additional storage for some home videos or pictures, then it’ll be absolutely fine. The drive comes in a bright green package which has the vital details such as capacity and connection type printed right on the front. The compact HDD is pocket-sized and as such perfect for the person on the go who also requires a lot of storage capacity. External USB drives were the go to and more recently they’ve been used on the go to augment laptop hard drive space, amongst other things.Like fellow diskmakers Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba has been able to shave some useful millimetres from the overall dimensions of this Canvio Basics 2TB. portable storage drive manufacturers try to differentiate their product through design or features, Toshiba looks to be content just to build the cheapest drive it can with the Toshiba Canvio Basics 2TB. By supporting eTeknix, you help us grow and continue to bring you the latest news, reviews, and competitions. WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.

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Most of us ‘tech-heads’ already have a setup including Cloud storage and External storage for events and travelling; it goes with the territory.Available in several capacity sizes (up to 3 TB), Canvio Basics hard drives are perfect for storing data, music, pictures, and thanks to a special internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology they are ideal to guard your data wherever you go. It works seamlessly without an external power supply, and is compatible with PC, Xbox One, Mac, Smart TVs, PS3, PS4, and more. As a side note, not surprisingly, Toshiba's bare drive costs about 25% more than its external version. Toshiba does not guarantee the availability of all products or models at retailers and distributors. Alongside this, many digital movies (1080p) stream at far lesser speeds than the Canvio Basics can deliver, meaning it’s a good media drive for smart TVs too.

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While thumbdrives were once the wave, external hard drives have become small enough in form factor (and expansive enough in storage space) to become the best way to keep your files, documents, and even games on you.At just 14mm thin and weighing less than 150g, you’ll have no issue putting this in a bag, or even a pocket when you’re on the go. While we didn’t look inside, the benchtest numbers suggest that Toshiba may have installed a 2 TB disk based on the Toshiba MQ01ABD100 disk that’s used by iStorage, for example.