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

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When it comes to sheer performance, the Canvio Flex performed in line with the rest of the competition, including the older Toshiba Canvio drives. It reached about 150MBps on average, on read/write speeds across our suite of benchmarks which is more than decent but still around a third compared to the slowest external solid state drives. The Canvio Flex Portable External Hard Drive is the smart storage solution for your growing needs. With up to 4TB of storage capacity that can be accessed on any compatible USB device4, this smart, versatile hard drive offers a simple solution to help save, share, and protect your files.

As with a lot of portable drives, the Toshiba Canvio Advance’s cable isn’t that long either. It measures around 45cm from the end of one terminal to another. There’s limited scope to hide this drive. And as it uses an old-style microUSB 3.0 port on the drive itself, it’s unlikely many will have a suitable spare lying around. Say goodbye to the dilemma of deleting games with the Canvio Gaming Portable Hard Drive. This external portable hard drive offers up to 4TB of storage and can hold up to 100 games 5. It's compact, lightweight, and designed to be your gaming library on-the-go. Spinning platter hard drives are impacted quite dramatically when transferring lots of smaller files, though. It takes 271 seconds to copy over the 23GB, 5376-file Steam install of Alien: Isolation, for example. This gives it an average of around 85MB/s. Say goodbye to compatibility woes with the Canvio Flex Portable Hard Drive. Designed for Windows® PC, Mac®, iPad Pro®, and other compatible tablet devices, this versatile hard drive eliminates the hassle of switching between devices. Enjoy swift data transfers with a seamless one-stop solution. It's USB-C® ready and comes with both USB-A and USB-C® cables to support compatibility with your old and new devices. Estimated game storage is based on assumption of average game size of 36GB for current generation games. The number of games actually stored may vary depending on file size, formatting, console software, and other programs or factors.

We’d love to have seen Toshiba use a USB Type-C connector here, but every cent counts at the lower-end of the market. Standard limited warranty terms apply. The warranty brochure is preloaded on the hard drive or can be viewed online at http://storage.toshiba.com/consumer-hdd/support/warranty-info.

All of the solutions revolve around the fact that diskmgmt.msc registered the device. My computer detected there was something in the USB port, just didn’t know what it was. The Canvio Basics Portable Hard Drive is an external portable hard drive that prioritizes both convenience and capacity. It can store everything from your cherished photos to important documents with up to 4TB of storage. This high-capacity, sleek and compact portable hard drive is designed to make storage simple and efficient. Hard drives may be relatively slow, but they still have their place. And unlike old hard drives, the Toshiba Canvio Advance’s read/write noise is barely noticeable, particularly if there’s a laptop/desktop/console fan whirring away nearby.Standard limited warranty applies. The warranty brochure is preloaded on the hard drive or can be viewed online at http://storage.toshiba.com/consumer-hdd/support/warranty-info.