The high speed 5400 rpm hard drives are usually susceptible to data error especially if you carry it around, drop it or bump it while in operation but most new hard drives like Toshiba, Seagate, Western Digital have shock protection and recovery software to retrieve damaged files.

There may be faster out there, but my experience with Toshiba has been good and I stick with brands that I know... will likely buy a 2tb when the price point drops. Good units!

Slim, lightweight, and reliable; It's quickly seen by all my systems from win 2k to win7 64bit; It goes into standby quickly which keeps power consumption down (important for laptops, a pain for desktop use); Wakes up relatively fast.

All portable drives are a bit pricey compared to a replacement drive; Getting the drive in a nice case with a warranty commands a bit of a price differential, but it should be a bit less

I used this primarily to store my music from my iTunes library. But there is more than enough space for more files. Great to free up space on your computer hard drive. It's portable, so I can take it anywhere.

Easy to use

The first backup unit would not install. I brought it back and was given another one. The second backup unit installed with a little work and then would not backup anything. I am bring that one back too. I do not think I will replace it with an other Toshiba.

I have used other drives, but Toshiba to me is the most dependable and VERY easy to use.

I bought this external HD in January 2018 and I am writing this review in July 2019. It was for backing up my wife's Mac laptop which it did do until about 2 weeks ago. We've since run various diagnostics on it, reformatted, Disk Utility'ed it but to no avail as it doesn't mount and errors out when...

FIVE STARS!!!!!! This is a great USB Hard Drive. The installation was quiet easy even for newbie like myself. Windows picked up the Drive immediately and installed all the stuff it needed. It has worked great so I have no complaints. The shipment was also on time and I appreciate that.

Got this to store my photos and music. So far it works great and easy to use, plug and load within 30 seconds. Hopefully this will last me a while.

Product as described worked fine out-of-the-box. I have had no issues with it to date but it is only three weeks since I bought it. If it proves to be reliable over the next 12 to 18 months I would probably buy another one. Easy to setup ; conveniently small physical size ; excellent capacity.

nice product at best prices... snapdeal offered a gud branded product at a very good price.. timely delivered product.. hope so should work fine in future