ToshibaHDTB110EK3BA 1TB Stor.E Basics USB 3.0 2.5 Inch External Hard Drive - Black

Received it a few days after purchase along with some other stuff and I am quite impressed with this product. :)- There is no software to download for this so you can just plug it in and do what you need to do with it. +1- Feels quite nice and slick, has some weight to it so it doesn't feel cheap or hollow, aesthetics are quite nice aswell, has a little white light as soon as you plug it in to your PC and has the TOSHIBA logo in a glossy font. +1- Detectable/compatible with Windows 8. +1- The packaging is very nice, the internal packaging used for it is sort of an air-filled, plastic sleave. A bit like bubble-wrap, but chunkier and has air bars for the extra protection. +1- Comes with a cable which is USB 3.0 and has a flat head. +1- The cable is short, so you'll either need a longer cable of the same type or a USB extender. -1- Instructions... I don't think you'll need 'em since the product is quite self-explanatory, just plug it in and save stuff.- It's cheap. +1Well, I think that's about it, overall this is a genuinely nice product. It's got pretty much only one fault but shouldn't be enough to put you off. Feels great, looks great, does great, IS GREAT. I highly reccommend it.

I purchased this item because my previous external hard drive died a death after five years of service and I needed a new one to store films on and then plug into the xbox 360 so I could watch them through the television.I formatted this hard drive to Fat 32 and put a film on it before plugging into the xbox. The xbox refused to recognise the hard drive as an external media device, but it did give me the option to format it via the xbox which would have meant I could use it as a device for saving and downloading games (up to 16 gig capacity).So essentially I can't use this for the reason I bought it. However, I plugged it into my Samsung bluray player and it was instantly recognised as a media device. So I added all my films and I've been watching them all day today via the bluray player.Because I can use this hard drive on my bluray player, I can say I'm pleased with my purchase. If you are thinking about buying this to use it as an external media device on your xbox, then don't.The hard drive is pretty small and virtually silent when running. It took me four hours to transfer 260 gig of content to it last night. The hard drive is very light too, so it would be a good purchase if you need to transport your files around.I hope this review has been helpful. I couldn't see if anyone had addressed the xbox issue in other reviews so that was my reason for writing this review.

Great Price Great Productdilivered puntually - well protected.plug n play straight out of the box pretty quick no problems.soild so heavier than looks but that adds to the reassurance of the build quality.fits in to a pocket no problem. So nice and portable.little blue light indicates when its active so no intrusive light show.I'm mot techynerdy so can't say if its better/worse than some obscurespecialist piece of kit. What I can say id if you want to backup evrything or just store tons of data this is a reasonable priced device. It wored straight out of the box with an average Laptop no faffing around. as easy as you would hope for. Not complicated.ACID TEST: would I buy again - YES

As the media server built in to my TP Link router is absolute rubbish (it only 'serves' a maximum of 3000 files [no indication of that anywhere in the literature either...had to contact support to discover that] I needed another solution until I sort out a decent NAS media server to stream my music library around the house. So I decided to look for portable drives that were quiet, small and and powered via USB lead so they could be left plugged in to the USB ports on the front of the Hi-Fis. In the end I purchased three of the 500gb Toshiba drives.I was really unsure about purchasing these drives after reading some of the negative reviews here about them but took a gamble anyway.The drives are very light weight, and the cases seem to be made out of a black polycarbonate type of plastic which feels a like it could be a bit fragile. However, sometimes this type of material is tougher than it actual looks and feels but I have a feeling that it wouldn't be a good idea to put it to the test...but that's a feeling! If you are a careful sort (I am) then I see no reason why this would be an issue. If you are transporting it about the place then either get a padded case or use the packaging that it comes in: the packaging is like a little inflatable 'lilo' sleeping bag.The cable is fairly short, but I am glad personally as for my use a long cable would be a pain. The drive end is a combi USB 3/2 and power connector. When plugged in to the drive it doesn't sit flush with the face of the case. You will see the silver connector as it doesn't fully go into the aperture. This leaves it a little bit wobbly but on use this has not actually proved to be of any concern and doesn't disconnect when tapped or anything. I think I would just feel happier seeing something fully seated/inserted so there was no possibility of it coming out by accident but in use it doesn't seem to be a problem (touch wood).Windows XP Pro recognised the drives instantly when I plugged them into a USB 2.0 port. First thing I did then was to turn on hidden files and folders in XP and delete the hidden resource folders on the drive. It is just Toshiba marketing stuff so of no importance whatsoever. Next I copied over my music library to one of the drives (150Gig approx.). Took a while (approx 2hrs and 15minutes...I walked away so I think it was about that). There is a white light that flashes above the cable port (on the top surface of the disk case at the rear) when the disk is being accessed. It remains constant when powered. It isn't minuscule and it is quite bright. I discovered that the drives fall asleep when not accessed and then the light goes out.I made the mistake of not checking the drive format first. I expected them to be FAT32 but they are actually all NTFS so my Hi-Fis would not recognise them. So back to the computer and using a free program called AOMEI Partition Assistant Standard Edition converted them all from NTFS to FAT32. Took 5 minutes each drive. Ran chkdsk on them afterwards to verify all was well and then tried in Hi-Fis again. Instantly recognised. Under a minute to load. Plays the FLACs without a hitch. Sounds great, and runs quiet as anything. Only annoyance (and it is a personal one because I loathe flashing LEDs) is the light flashing when it being accessed. I set the sleep timer on my bedroom Hi-Fi when I'm in bed and then turn out the light. The light on the Toshiba drive flickers quite brightly when playing music so I placed a little bit of black rubber over it and it prevents the light from getting out. I could stick a bit of black tape over them I suppose but don't want to gunk it up.So far the drives have been running 30 hours continuously without anything bad to report. I felt them all earlier and they are only just warm. I was concerned that they'd run very hot but clearly not the case. In normal use they won't be on 24/7 anyway, I'm just running them in to make sure I haven't got a dodgy disk.All in all I am very pleased with my purchase of these disks. The price was very reasonable as well. As it is so small, self powered and 'sleeps' when not used it makes some of my flash drives kind of redundant. Hopefully they'll last a good while but only time will tell. The flashing light is why I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars but as I said, I truly detest displays that can't be turned off and LEDs fitted to the fronts and tops of everything that flicker all of the time.--update as of 8th Jan. 2015 (purchased on 11th Aug. 2013)Very happy to report that all of the drives I purchased (5 of them) are still fully functional: no bad sectors or problems. That's right, I have had no issues with them at all. Hopefully they'll last the course now. I read somewhere that during the first year of use is usually the most likely time that hard drives will fail...and then after year five for some reason. Don't know if that actually means anything in reality. I've still got an old IDE drive under my desk with stuff on it that's 15 years old with no bad sectors and no odd noises so...

Die Toshiba Festplatte hat meine Erwartungen übertroffen! Mit ihrer kompakten Größe von nur 2,5 Zoll ist sie der perfekte Begleiter für unterwegs und passt problemlos in jede Tasche. Die Installation ist ein Kinderspiel – einfach anschließen, und schon kann es losgehen, ganz ohne zusätzliche Software. Die Übertragungsgeschwindigkeit über USB 3.0 ist beeindruckend schnell, was das Sichern und Abrufen von Daten zu einem echten Vergnügen macht.Besonders schätze ich das schlichte, elegante Design in Schwarz, das gut zu meinem Setup passt. Mit 1 TB Speicherplatz habe ich genügend Platz für all meine wichtigen Dateien, Fotos und Videos. Die Festplatte ist robust und fühlt sich hochwertig an, was mir ein gutes Gefühl gibt, sie überallhin mitzunehmen.Ich kann diese externe Festplatte jedem empfehlen, der nach einer zuverlässigen und praktischen Speicherlösung sucht. Sie ist definitiv eine der besten Investitionen, die ich in letzter Zeit getätigt habe!

Disque dur externe, très compact, silencieux et très bonne qualité. Sa capacité de stockage est très raisonnable. Il me sert aussi de sauvegarde pour un mac. Je recommande !!!

Sono molto soddisfatto da questo hard disk; ottima qualità, economico, veloce e silenzioso. Dopo qualche mese ne ho comprato un altro per fare un regalo.1. DIMENSIONI:Le immagine non rendono l'effettiva piccolezza di questo HD, è spesso poco meno di 1cm, ed è grosso poco più di un blocchetto di Post-it. Quindi è davvero perfetto per portarselo con sé senza problemi, infilandolo nella borsa del PC o addirittura in tasca.2. DATI TECNICI:- Dimensioni: 1.000 GB sono il top. Ovviamente come su ogni memoria non avremo precisi 1000GB ma piuttosto 990GB circa. La cosa è normalissima.- Velocità: è USB 3.0 con cavo USB3.0 contenuto nello scatolino (lungo "solo" 30cm), fermo restando che si possono usare tutti i cavi USB-microUsb 2.0 che già avete (penso ai caricatori degli smartphone...)Grazie alla connessione USB3.0 e al cavetto originale contenuto nella confezione, la velocità di trasmissione dei file è impressionante! In condizioni eccellenti dovrebbe arrivare massimo a 3,2Gbit/s (ovvero 400MB/s). Ovviamente il cavetto 3.0 è retro-compatibile, dunque se il vostro PC non ha spine USB 3,0 (blu), non ci sarà nessuna tipologia di problema, avrete solo la velocità di trasferimento ridotta al formato 2.0.- MEMORIA HDD e SDDE' ovviamente un HARD DISK a disco, questo lo rendo più economico e meno prestante degli SSD, i quali a questo prezzo (60€) offrono al massimo 128GB. 1/10 più piccoli di questo.Le memoria SSD, rispetto agli HDD, sono più prestanti, più veloci nella trasmissione dati, più leggeri, reggono meglio gli urti quando in funzione e non sono per nulla rumorosi. Gli HDD invece, costano decisamente meno, seppur in dimensioni sono simili agli ssd risultano più pesanti, inoltre se in funzione, non solo emettono un leggerissimo rumore (appunto il disco che gira), ma bisogna stare attenti agli spostamenti; da qui un consiglio importantissimo: quando usate un HDD non muovetelo bruscamente! Potrebbe rovinarsi irrimediabilmente, al netto di questo però gli HDD (se tenuti con cura) tendono a durare molto di più rispetto agli SSD.PS: Questo modello ha un rumore decisamente silenzioso!3. COMPATIBILITA':Ovviamente al primo uso è già pronto, fermo restando che per una compatibilità anche con MAC si deve formattare nel formato FAT32, cosa davvero semplice e veloce, oppure per maggiori performance è consigliabile lasciarlo così com'è, ovvero NTFS.Ovviamente se lo userete per riprodurre i contenuti su TV o altro, dovete controllare che l'entrata USB della TV sia in grado di leggere gli HDD NTFS (o i FAT) e quindi lo formattate di conseguenza.4. CONTENUTO DELLA CONFEZIONE:La confezione contiene "solo" l'HardDisk e il cavo Micro-USB di tipo 3.0. Consiglio di comprare a parte un astuccio, io l'ho fatto spendendo pochi euro

Lo tengo desde hace mas de 2 meses, por lo que puedo opinar concienzudamente.Estética y acabados: La estética es algo muy subjetivo, personalmente me gusta el color y la forma, sencilla y sobria sin aristas ni formas raras. Muy bien acabado, compacto y rígido. En su base posee los 4 taquitos de gomas que harán que no pierda grip encima de la mesa o soporte donde lo pongáis. Es muy ligero y fácil de transportar por sus contenidas dimensiones. Posee un pequeño indicador luminoso de color blanco si usamos una conexión de USB ordinaria, pero si transferimos por USB3.0 se torna en azul.Funcionalidad: Permitir la transferencia en USB3.0 es un gran punto a su favor, ya que para la capacidad que tiene transferiremos archivos muy pesados. Aun así, cuando no se transmiten datos por USB3.0 la velocidad es muy muy alta.La alimentación del propio disco duro se hace a través del cable de datos suministrado (USB3.0),no necesita adaptador. La navegación por los archivos, así como eliminación y copia de los mismos en la interfaz del disco es muy ágil y rápida, no suele dar problemas (a mi aún no me los ha dado). He probado el producto en multitud de ordenares, tanto sobremesa como portátiles, de alta y baja potencia y he de decir que cubre con creces LO QUE UN USUARIO NORMAL NECESITA. Y digo esto porque ha sido mi uso, reproducir contenido, copiarlo y transferirlo. EL contenido han sido audio, video, imágenes y archivos de otras extensiones.Contras: Tal vez la única contra que le pueda poner es que el cable que incluye (USB3.0) se antoja algo mas corto de lo que me gustaria.

L'un des meilleurs rapport qualité-prix parmi la gamme de HD externe de 1Go et plus. Esthétiquement, il est extrêmement sobre voir minimal, en effet cet aspect n'a volontairement pas été poussé afin de certainement réduire son coût de production (et donc de vente) et pouvoir proposer un produit à la fois performant et compétitif sur le marché. Sans être laid non plus, le Stor.E Basics joue plutôt la carte de la discrétion et du sérieux. Ses bords sont arrondies (afin de mieux protéger ses angles contre les chocs et privilégier une meilleure ergonomie/prise en main, et s'élèvent légèrement en biais (ce qui évite de lui donner un aspect "boîte", et pallie visuellement à son apparente simplicité). Silencieux et rapide (USB 3 ou USB 2), il se révèle très simple à installer (en général reconnu automatiquement aussi bien sur PC que sur Mac, où il apparait sur le bureau ou finder dès sa première connexion). Le câble USB fourni a une longueur raisonnable (environ 450 mm), ce qui lui permet de se brancher sans problème notamment en façade d'une tour. Le dessous du boitier est équipé de picot en gomme souple (type caoutchouc), qui lui confèrent un excellent maintien sur le support choisi, évitant ainsi que ce dernier glisse si par mégarde on butait dedans ou encore de rayer la surface sur laquelle il repose. Solide et équipé d'un capteur de choc, le revêtement extérieur (granuleux) a également été pensé pour éviter les dépôts de poussière et les traces de doigts. Enfin, sa capacité originale de 1,5 To permet une large gestion de fichiers et de données, le tout contenu dans un boitier compact et pour sensiblement le même prix qu'un 1 To. Pour ce qui est de la fiabilité et de son utilisation sur le long terme, cela reste encore à vérifier, mais en règle générale la marque Toshiba qui bénéficie d'une grande expèrience dans le domaine, est un gage de sérieux. A recommander aux personnes dotées d'un petit budget et à la recherche d'une HD solide et de grande capacité.