Toshiba 320 GB USB 2 0 Portable External Hard Drive HDDR320E04XW Vivid White

Toshiba’s range of portable external hard drives epitomizes its belief in enhancing yet simplifying our lifestyle: artlessly remove the external hard drive from the package and just “plug and play.”As the Toshiba Portable External Hard Drive was designed to be placed on the desk or taken on the go, careful attention was invested in the overall aesthetic and technology. To the touch, the sleek and highly glossed ergonomic design fits neatly in the palms of the hands or can be slipped smoothly into the pockets or even in the small internal sleeve of a briefcase. An anti-slip underside ensures that that the external hard drive stays fixated to all surfaces but can be easily and quickly removed. Last but not least, Toshiba’s shock protection and ramp load technology helps protect your drive from unexpected rough handling.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars big, cheap, good and fast
I bought this to make backup of my old hardrives 160 GB and 250 GB all fit on it and I did a copy in a few hours of about 400 GB. It is great.

Joseluis, from. DR.

5 Stars Sexy, Portable, and Quiet Drive!
Sleek, sexy, quiet, portable. I use this to watch movies from my HDD to my PS3. I also use it to backup important files on my PS3 and computer. I also bring it to school to transfer files so I can work on them at home.

This is my first time getting a Toshiba HDD and they are EXCELLENT! Low Price, sexy design, decently fast transfers and very portable. EVERYTHING YOU NEED FOR A HDD!

320GB is just enough space for me … If you have the extra money, go with the 500GB or 600GB if you have tons of movie file.

1 Star Used to love TOSHIBA, now you can’t reach them. Ever
Really frustrated with the WD drives because of their inability to be renamed, or used without un-removable crapware, I tried TOSHIBA. They had been reliable in the past.

But alas, no. I ran into the same issue: could NOT be renamed (as new drives seem to all share this insane feature). So I called the number that comes with the product and wasted almost an hour. That number says call another number which then tells you to call ANOTHER NNUMBER. THAT NUMBER, had me on hold for a half hour and then funneled me into a voicemail box.

INSANITY SQUARED

5 Stars Toshiba 500GB review
This product is portable easy to use and reliable … I picked out this product mainly due to the fact that you don’t have to plug in more than 1 cable … USB supplies both power and data transfer… Highly recommend…

1 Star Don’t Buy This!
Please save yourself the money and aggravation and DON’T buy this product. I bought this through Amazon on Feb. 28. I used it, and the backup software that came with it, to back up, my desktop and laptop. The first week of May, my desktop had a problem that resulted in me re-loading Windows and wiped out all my data files. No problem, I thought, because I had backed up my data. Unfortunately I had not TESTED the backup to make sure it worked. No good. While I can see the 15GB file of my files and folders on the drive, I cannot access the backup. Took it to Best Buy – they couldn’t do it either. So I sent the drive off to a professional data recovery place – no good. All my data is lost. But since my drive was only 60 days old, I contacted Toshiba to see if they would help with the cost to recover the data (before I found out it could not be recovered). It was estimated at $300 – $1000 to recover it. The supervisor at Toshiba had the nerve to tell me that I should have backed up the data on another drive. I told her that was why I had bought her product! And now she was basically telling me her product was not reliable so I should have backed it up again. I’m so disgusted with Toshiba’s attitude. Do not buy this product.

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Western Digital My Book Essential 1 TB USB 2 0 Desktop External Hard Drive WDBAAF0010HBK NESN

My Book external drive is an elegant, high-capacity storage solution for all the chapters of your digital life. It features visual, easy-to-use, automatic, continuous backup software and drive lock security protection. At last, beauty, brains, and simplicity together.Smaller, sleeker, more streamlined design – My Book external drives are made even smaller, sleeker, and more elegant. As always, this book-like shape takes up minimal space on your desk and allows two or more My Book drives to nestle neatly together like volumes on a shelf.

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars drive ok, software poor
I bought this for my mom expecting her to be able to hook it up and back up the system automatically. She was able to get it installed easily but the software doesn’t allow for automatic continuous backups. I was expecting this to be a device which would not require human intervention to keep files backed up.

5 Stars Expensive, but you get what you pay for
Western Digital is known for their drives, so you won’t be disappointed in this one. In our IT department, we need products that will do the job without us worry about them. Something simple that does what we want it to do, no questions asked!

5 Stars READ RECENT REVIEWS
People should read recent reviews because the old ones are out of date. Seems to me that this product it is quite good and the people that don’t know anything about back-up shouldn’t purchase Western Digital. Go western digital!

1 Star I almost lost everything
Well, I wish my uncle had done a little research before choosing WDMBE for an external hardrive. It was gifted to me at Christmas & problems started sprouting up in February. I had to run CheckDisk on it once or twice a day just to get it to defrag & stalling became regular; everything would slow down whenever I needed to access or save to the drive.

Recently I was simply unable to open the drive & while trying to fix it, the ubs cable popped out. When I restarted the computer, my K Drive now read as L Drive & said it “needed to be formatted.” I was unable to retrive all my information. My old C Drive was so full that the My Booj was to serve as both a spill-over drive AND the backup drive.

Also, after I sent an email requesting help about the checkdisk issue, which the information wasn’t really helpful, WD started spamming my email with product offers.

I recently looked online & saw that this seemed to be a fairly common problem, but the most common problem was that the drive simply wasn’t registering with computers at all.

Unless there’s some information in the nest email about retrieving info from a now unformatted disk, I will insist on a refund & never buy anything from them again.

HOW TO RETRIEVE YOUR FILES IF THE DISK SAYS IT’S NOT FORMATTED:

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1 Star Run. Away. Fast. Don’t. Buy.
That is unless you want to spend the next thirty hours of your life (it is okay to take sleep and food breaks.) screwing around with removing the worthless installed software. I made the mistake of buying this on sale at BB w/o doing any research and just based on my prior good experience with WD. In the interim, it seems that WD has brought in a bunch of arrogant, presumptive petit fascists who just know better than you how you should store your data. They have gotten so much flack over this piece of CRAP that they have posted a lame, tedious, confusing kludge to get rid of it. The burden is on you to get rid of what never should have shipped in the first place. Don’t make any mistakes in the sequence of you’ll just have a not very effective $100 door stop.

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Western Digital My Passport Essential 500 GB USB 2 0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAA5000ABK NESN Midnight Black

Pack up your office files and take them home, carry thousands of songs or pictures, and synchronize files between home and office and encrypt everything on the drive for added security. These elegant portable drives are simple to use, light and easy to carry, and require no power adapter – they are powered directly through the USB cable.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars This is a good drive
Many of the people reviewing this product are not very knowledgeable.

1) It uses a STANDARD Micro-USB cable. Yes, this is a “standard” USB cable. You can buy them at any computer store. This is the same cable used on a lot of current (2010) MP3 players and cell phones. It is not some proprietary WD cable. It is a standard form-factor for USB cables used on small devices. I tested this with the Micro-USB cable that came with my new Motorola “Droid” cell phone and it works perfectly. You can buy these on Amazon or at Best Buy or wherever. Do a search on this site for “micro USB cable”.

2) Maybe they have fixed it with newer versions of this drive, but on my drive the cable fits snugly. I don’t have a problem with it slipping out. I have to tug hard to remove it, which is normal.

I like the drive. It doesn’t require external power (though the USB port must be a powered port), it has a very bright activity LED, the case is compact and looks sharp, and it is very quiet. The price is very reasonable compared to other drives with this capacity.

I docked it a star because the included cable is very short. But yes, you can go out to any major computer store and buy longer ones. Do a google image search for “micro USB cable” and you will see lots of results. I also docked a star because you cant get rid of the included software (this is a valid complaint). I did not experience a long wait when reconnecting the drive, but this may just be a Vista thing. I haven’t tested it on an XP system or a Mac.

5 Stars Nice Drive – Performs as Expected
I’ve had a good experience with this drive. I don’t use the included software but it was simple enough to remove it. The form factor is great, the size is just amazing. Reliability has been good. Transfer rate and seek times are good, the bottleneck being USB 2.0. The drive itself is quiet and runs fine under Vista. It unobtrusively appears as a new drive upon connection. Ignore the negative reviews – Recommended.

1 Star Another good product gone bad
Unfortunately, I purchased this piece of junk. I only learned how bad it was a few days too late to return it. That was $100 bucks down the drain.

The cable for connecting it to the computer is not only a different size than all other USB devices, it keeps falling out.

The final straw for this piece of junk was when it destroyed a 100 GB of video that I was transfering from one computer to another.

I purchased a number of the older Western Digital Passport drives and they worked great. Looks like another company took a dump on its loyal users.

Western Digital My Passport Essential 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive WDBAAA3200ABL-NESN (Pacific Blue)

1 Star A No-Go for Macs
I’d give these a negative 1 if I could.

They claim to work with Macs — but they just don’t work properly after going through the recommended disk utility setup. I just purchased this an hour ago from a major electronic store — and my Mac can’t even see the drive anymore — I don’t even have anything on it. Do yourself a favor and skip this one. I’m taking it back to the store.

1 Star Forget about booting from this drive
I’m GNU/Linux user since some years ago. After upgrading the firmware and disabling the VCD feature on this drive, I’m still unable to boot from it. I hadn’t any trouble with previous passport HDs, but it seems like this “new cool feature” is creating more harm and headaches than value for us (customers).

I wouldn’t suggest to buy it, it doesn’t let you do things you were able to do with older versions (those without cr@pware).

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Hard Candy Cases Street Skin for Apple iPad Black

Combine 3 mm of shock-absorbing TPU rubber at the corners and edges with a case material that won’t stretch or surrender, and you’ve got truly rugged iPad protection. Add the convenience of an integrated screen cover that snaps onto the front or back of your iPad when not in use, and the Rubber Protect becomes the most reliable choice in functional iPad protection. It’s your rubberized, ruggedized companion for all adventures.

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5 Stars Sweet!
Freaking awesome case! It looks rugged and like it can take a hit. I wouldn’t necessarily drop my iPad, even in this case, because it still might break. But this case looks cool, feels cool, fits great, and works really well with the iPad.

5 Stars Great overall product and protection
Provides what feels like a firm, solid protection from bumbs, small falls, and scratches to your ipad (although I wouldnt necessarily drop it from a high distance). Already dropped it from a car seat to the gravel ground and there was absolutely no damage. Also, the front cover is very useful; I can take it off the back and put it on the front, throw it in the bag, and go. It also doubles as a hand slot when on the back to help secure the ipad. I did find the ridges are quite sharp, and felt it was slightly abrasive after holding the ipad for an extended period. Much better than the much more overpriced belkin and incase cases.

4 Stars Get a grip on your iPad
This case does an awesome job of protecting my new iPad, and I love how the textured cover makes it easy to grip the iPad when I am holding it or carrying it. It is not stretchy like the silicone cases can be, but is more like hardened rubber. My only complaint is that the removable screen cover is a pain to attach to the case. The cover is secured via tabs on the corners of the case. It is somewhat difficult to get the openings in the cover to actually pop into place on the tabs. That said, I would still buy this case again.

5 Stars Best case ever!
I ordered this case a week ago before they sold out. My iPad 3G arrived yesterday and this case fits like a glove. I originally ordered the official apple case 1 month ago BUT I noticed that the back of the case was made of cloth and would not provide enough protection if I accidentally dropped it. I found this case at the hard candy case website and was surprised that amazon actually had some in stock.

This case is made out of flexible thick plastic that provides excellent protection. The screen protector is made out of the same material and provides maximum protection for your screen. The grooves in the case gives you extra grip so the iPad cannot easily slip out of your hand.

The main reason I choose this case is because the screen protector is removable and easily stores on the back of the case. My original apple case opened like a book but the flap of the case interfered with my ability to get a good grip while using the iPad.

5 Stars a well designed case
I purchased an iPad for my wife and this case is working great. It does make the device easier to hold and it does a good job of protecting the iPad. I looked at this case because I bought the Speck Tough-skin cases for the iPod touch units we have at my office, and this was the closest thing to that I could find. For the short amount of time the iPad has been out, this is the best case option I have seen for it.

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Hard Candy Cases Bubble Sleeve for Apple iPad Black

Find it difficult to take a funkily designed case made by a company named Hard Candy seriously? Well, put your concerns to bed because the Bubble Sleeve iPad protector was designed to be super tough and super functional. Hey, nobody said tough and functional couldn’t be deliciously cool too.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Great design, bad production
This case is well-designed to protect the iPad. the bubbles keep objects out and away from the screen to prevent breakage, which few other cases seem to do. However, I was the lucky recipient of one of the “glue cases”. The rubber feet were attached to their velcro pieces with some horribly sticky glue that had apparently not set properly, so it had smeared on the interior of the case. Goo-Gone effectively removed the glue, and a hot glue gun successfully reattached the velcro. Except for this issue, this is a very well-built product, I just wish that it had been produced more responsibly.

1 Star Warning, do not buy this item. Very poor quality.
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3CXBADS96SM5 Good lucking bubble sleeve for iPad – but placeholders for iPad fell off (all four). Lots of glue residue all over the sleeve and now on my Ipad…. Do not buy this item. Amazon.com should never have sold this item. This item goes in the trash bin straight away.

5 Stars AWESOME CASE!!
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RD43IX4Y0YTH0 I’ve been using this case for a few weeks now and I am completely satisfied! It offers a great deal of protection and is of high quality construction. Case has a semi-hard shell and the addition of the bubbles offers greater shock absorption in the unfortunate situation that your iPad meets the floor. The inside is a plush microfiber like cloth and addition plush little pillow like cubes that line the whole screen while in the case. Another great feature is the rubber bumpers, they hold the iPad securely in place. AS FOR THE GLUE… you may be reading the bad reviews with people complaining about glue from the velcro on the bottom of the rubber bumpers getting all over their iPad, I believe this is no longer the case. They now stitch the velcro to the rubber bumpers instead of using glue so there is no glue anymore. For those who complained and have ones that use glue, I’d suggest you get in contact with hardcandy and ask them to send you the updated stitched rubber bumpers to replace the glue ones. Over all this case is great, you will not be disappointed, it a high quality product that offers great protection and looks awesome.

5 Stars Give it a chance!!!
After reading some of the poor reviews of this product I decided to share my thoughts. I orderded two of these cases one for my mom and one for myself, and it turns out that one of the two has the “glue” issue. My problem with everyone bashing this product about this particular issue is that you have to understand first run products sometimes run into issues like this…get over it! There is a simple solution to this…email the company about the problem and ask if they can supply you with new bumpers! That was my first thought…..not to instantly go out and slander the otherwise beautiful high quailty product for one tiny issue the company could not have predicted! I was told via email with the head of the company that the issue had been resolved and the bumpers were now being sewed to the Velcro…and that they would ship me some new bumpers when they became available. So please to all the potential customers, give it a chance….worse case senerio you have to contact them for more bumpers….

5 Stars The glue problem has been fixed!
This is hands down the best case for iPad. I would say most others agree with this statement except for those with the reported the glue problem. Prior to purchasing my iPad I emailed the manufacturer about this problem and they informed me they solved the glue issue and now ship the rubber bumpers with sewn on Velcro rather than glued on. They also said they have been shipping new bumpers to people who received the defective ones. If you are one of those who got the defective ones i suggest you contact hard candy directly. The case I received had the updated bumpers without the glue and this is clearly the perfect iPad case. It provides maximum protection and looks very cool too. My only complaint is that the inside is orange not black like the stock photos show. I am ok with the orange but would prefer black.

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