Toshiba HDDR160E01X 160 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.6 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000OK0BWS
• Item model number: 160GB
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #41,992 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 18, 2007

Product Description

Product Description

TOSHIBA 160GB 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

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars What does baseball have to do with portable hard drives?, September 11, 2007

By	Marc Bernstein (Buffalo) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I purchased this to back-up the hard drive on my Apple PowerBook G4. While the Toshiba is compact and quiet, it required both the regular USB cable AND the USB to DC auxiliary power cable to function properly. This in spite of the fact that it is advertised as working with USB 2.0 ports, such as the ones on my Mac, and only requiring the auxiliary power if you have USB 1.1 ports (which I don't have). Since my laptop only has two USB ports I can't tie them both up to run this. Strike 1.
The next problem is with the NTI Shadow software which you are supposed to be able to set up to automatically back-up everything on your computer and to update your back-up as you work (that's the Shadow part). Unfortunately I could never get the NTI software to talk to the external hard drive. I kept getting error messages about missing folders. Strike 2.
The final issue was the absolute and complete lack of any response whatsoever from either Toshiba or NTI to my technical support queries over a period of 10 days. That's no way to run a business. Strike 3.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Just amazing!, April 18, 2007

By	Michael J. Foley (Sherman Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This external hard drive from super company Toshiba holds 160 GB, which is double the hard drive of my computer. Extremely small. It is a little larger than a 4 by 5 photograph and is less than an inch thick! It is extremely light and very quiet. It's like it's not working. Extremely portable. You can dump all your digital photographs and MP3 files etc. to free up your computer. You can very easily access it. Or just use it as a backup. It will do it all automatically, but even if it didn't, it would still be a winner. One of the nicest things about it, is that it gets it's power from the USB connected to the computer! Works extremely cool to the touch. Toshiba should sell many, many of these. It's very fairly priced as well. Highly recommended!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good stuff, October 2, 2007

By	Kavir (Trinidad) - See all my reviews

Well contrary to the previous reviewers, I had no problem getting this thing to work with one usb cable plugged in (usb2.0 of course). Had it for a while now and never had use for the 2nd. It's quiet, rugged, fast, plug-n-play (doesn't require special drivers or anything) and WORKS. Some NTI software comes with it but I couldn't care less. I just wanted it to do exactly what it says it does. And well, it does. I personally can't complain here. To each his own, I suppose.