Toshiba HDDR200E01X 200 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

by Toshiba

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000QEFAXC
• Item model number: 200GB
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 19, 2007

Product Description

TOSHIBA 200GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive. The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is a hassle free, simple and easy solution to your backup needs. It features a unique aluminum body engineered to dissipate heat without a fan, for near silent operation. The design includes a patent pending shock mount system, to help keep your drive safe during lifes little mishaps. The included NTI Shadow backup software eliminates the need to push a button or click an icon to activate a backup. The software runs in the background, capturing updates to files and automatically saving them to the external drive. The Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is automatically powered through the included USB 2.0 cable, eliminating the need for a power adapter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for backups; fits in safe deposit box, August 21, 2007

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doublehighd - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba HDDR200E01X 200 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I purchased two of these for backups; one onsite and one offsite in a safe deposit box. The form factor is perfect for the standard size found in US banks. So far everything is working just as expected, backing up a mix of Windows and Mac data just fine.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars untrustworthy, October 24, 2007

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Brian Beffort (Reno, NV United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Toshiba HDDR200E01X 200 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

For two months, this unit hummed along beautifully, performing at or above expectations. Then this morning, with no more than 3% capacity filled, it started clicking and stopped working. At least 100 hours of work disappeared in an instant.

Sure, this happens to everyone, and everyone's supposed to have a backup, but this was the backup. Do I need to backup the backup? I guess, so ... just not with a Toshiba.

1.0 out of 5 stars Great for PC. Terrible with Mac OS X., May 17, 2008

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T. Strodtbeck (Collierville, TN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Toshiba HDDR200E01X 200 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

This hard drive is great for PC. It gets the job done.

But for Mac OS X? Run for the hills. It's garbage. A dead weight. A hunk of junk. I converted the hard drive format to FAT32 so that it could work with my Mac. Is it compatible as it's marketed? Nope. I plugged the jewel in to my Mac Pro, tried to copy over a measly 160 MB and the thing locked up on me at only 30 MB transferred over. Then, it wouldn't eject. Of course, this is all after the fact it took me forever for my Mac to even recognize it.. if it did at all!

Stay away from this garbage if you want an external hard drive that is compatible with both PC and Mac OS X.