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Toshiba Canvio Basics 1.5TB 3.0 Plus Portable Hard Drive $99 Delivered @ DSE

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Toshiba Canvio Basics 1.5TB 3.0 Plus Portable Hard Drive $99 Delivered @ DSE
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[Deactivated] on 26/03/2013 - 08:19 dicksmith.com.au (2408 clicks)

Good morning all

Bargain of the morning is here

Toshiba Canvio Basics 1.5TB 3.0 Plus Portable Hard Drive $99 delivered @ DSE

Computing 1.5TB Computer Peripheral Portable Hard Drive Toshiba

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  • SmartCover on 26/03/2013 - 08:42
    +2

    some mixed reviews here
    http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Canvio-Basics-Portable-HDTB115…

    • eug on 26/03/2013 - 11:21

      583 reviews and still 4 stars, that's pretty good?

    • unity1 on 26/03/2013 - 08:45

      This deal is for 1.5TB not 1TB

      • gevidian on 26/03/2013 - 08:50
        +15

        Thanks. Just noted that. Neg it into oblivion!!

        • ChatCPT on 26/03/2013 - 13:52
          +3

          its a tough crowd

  • smartshen on 26/03/2013 - 09:01

    got 2 with thx

  • Bellyup on 26/03/2013 - 09:48
    -1

    just my experience, they don't play well with mac. i have 2 and get unreliable backups from carbon copy cloner. just sayin'.

    • eug on 26/03/2013 - 11:21
      +2

      What is the cause of the unreliable backups?

      • Bellyup on 26/03/2013 - 13:29

        not sure what the cause is but the error message is that the backup was unsuccessful. i make 4 backups of my work, 2 to WD pocket drives and I was making 2 to these. I've since made the other 2 backups to seagate drives. I got errors with both Toshiba Canvio Basics.

      • murkywater on 26/03/2013 - 15:24
        +6

        Mac.

    • Aemit on 27/03/2013 - 16:58
      +1

      format them as FAT32 and might work…

  • Twisty on 26/03/2013 - 10:12

    How does these compare to the 2TB WD for $105 from Amazon a few weeks back?

    Is WD a better brand for Hard Drives?

    • zealmax on 26/03/2013 - 11:26

      WD is better IMO. All of my Toshiba drives have bad sectors.

      • eug on 26/03/2013 - 11:29

        Every brand I've tried has died. Seagate, WD, Hitachi, Samsung. I just had an enterprise WD drive fail two weeks ago. Sigh.

        • zealmax on 26/03/2013 - 12:09

          Drives die all the time. Drives are getting cheaper but QC has gone down hill with it.

        • Twisty on 26/03/2013 - 12:21

          So whats the best thing for me to do since I want to put all my movies on a Hard Drive. I dont want to loose them all fi the drive dies on me for no good reason.

        • oz-dave on 26/03/2013 - 12:38

          Backup to another drive…

        • eug on 26/03/2013 - 12:58

          Get 2 drives, each from a different manufacturer. Backup one to the other with free software like Crashplan or something.

        • Maxxjet on 26/03/2013 - 13:08
          -1

          burn them onto a blue-ray or DVD, they never die

        • eug on 26/03/2013 - 13:17
          +1

          dvd-r discs use organic dyes that degrade. bluray will last longer, but it's unproven as they're relatively new.

          Keeping a backup on multiple discs is going backwards too. People like having all their movies on a hard drive so they don't have a stack of discs to keep or maintain. :)

        • mponderosa on 26/03/2013 - 15:38

          Seems its not the HD problem but the problem is you hahaha

        • Twisty on 26/03/2013 - 15:39

          DVDs last 70 years I read but backing up to them will take ages and ill have to use loads of them

        • eug on 26/03/2013 - 16:29

          I have discs from 2006 that can't be read as the dye has degraded. What manufacturers claim and what happens in real life often don't match up. I switched to TY discs years ago, hopefully they actually last this time.

        • MarkB4 on 29/03/2013 - 01:55

          I have discs that are supposed to be backup but are now mouldy/fingus and degraded in ways I haven't a clue about.

  • theguyrules on 26/03/2013 - 11:02

    .

  • pennyless on 26/03/2013 - 11:35

    Bought the wd from amazon and found it can't be opened and used internally in a laptop. Any ideas if I'd have success with this one?

    • zealmax on 26/03/2013 - 12:10

      Why not?

      • pennyless on 26/03/2013 - 12:45

        WD use a proprietary interface so no go without some solder work. Easy enough to open, if any knows about this toshiba and what brand drive would like to know before buying.

    • A3Australia on 26/03/2013 - 12:21

      I have one and ->

      1) I can't figure out how to open it without destroying the case.

      2) It appears to be significantly thicker than the 1TB drives I have been able to open (WD and Seagate 1TB portables for example).

      I think it has an extra platter, and that it would be too thick for use in a notebook PC or MacBook.

      EDIT:
      I paid $110 delivered from Amazon for mine.

      • pennyless on 26/03/2013 - 13:06

        Sorry do you have the Toshiba or the wd? Cheers

        • A3Australia on 26/03/2013 - 13:30

          do you have the Toshiba or the wd?

          I have a Seagate 1TB and a Samsung 1TB, and the Toshiba 1.5TB - not the WD 1TB (memory error and I could not edit).

          Also, it is the Seagate 1TB that is the 'thick' one. The Toshiba 1.5TB is thin enough - just appears to be glued together.

          I had to get all three drives out next to each other to get things 'straight' in my mind.

        • pennyless on 26/03/2013 - 13:46

          Great if its thin I'll go ahead and buy one. Have a few go flex 1.5tb and WD 2tb passports which were all too thick.
          Cheers

  • thebarginhunter on 26/03/2013 - 12:09

    Got 2 as well. Great deal

  • deeeno on 26/03/2013 - 12:33

    Thank you, snapped one up

  • g12345567 on 26/03/2013 - 14:24
    +2

    I have been using the 1tb Toshiba Canvio Basics and have no problems.
    Was in a DSE store today. The price was $129.

    • notout50 on 26/03/2013 - 18:06
      +1

      Same here

  • mikafamily on 26/03/2013 - 16:42

    Couldn't resist!

    Cheers

  • matt777 on 27/03/2013 - 00:46

    Bought 4 Thanks gr8 deal for 1.5tb

  • overlook on 28/03/2013 - 12:59

    anyone know what is the writing/reading speed?

  • MarkB4 on 29/03/2013 - 01:59

    Anyone know if it will work with a Samsung TV that has no problem with a 500GB portable drive? Just for movies.

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