Review and Giveaway–Toshiba Canvio 3.0 Plus Portable Hard Drive

by Troy Pattee

The first computer I ever bought was an IBM 386 PC. It was slightly used, but I still paid a pretty penny for it. I was willing to pay the extra cost because of the amazing amount of storage on the hard drive—30 megabytes. I couldn’t imagine how I could ever need more space than that.

Oh how times have changed. Today in the mail I received a Toshiba Portable Hard Drive to review. I’m still trying to wrap my mind around the amount of data it can carry—1 terabyte. I had to look it up, but a terabyte is equal to 1,024 gigabytes, or 1,048,576 megabytes. In other words, it has approximately 3,500 times the amount of space than my original 386. And it’s only slightly bigger than my iPhone with its case.

Still struggling to grasp the amount of storage on my new Toshiba Portable Hard Drive, I calculated how many DVDs, mp3s, or digital images I could actually store. Using typical-sized files, it turns out I could store over 250 full-length DVDs, which is equivalent to every Thomas the Tank Engine DVD ever made with room to spare. Or if I decided to store music, the device can hold over 263,000 songs (almost enough for my teenage niece). And if I choose to store digital pictures, there’s room for over 285,000 of them—the exact number of pictures my wife takes on every vacation. Of course I can mix and match all of those types as well.

This could be yours!

Features

  • Transfer your large media files at blazing fast speeds with USB 3.0
  • Backward compatible with USB 2.0
  • Compact and anti-slip design for easy portability
  • Provides file, folder, full system backup and recovery with pre-loaded software
  • Find all movies, pictures, and music to backup (File/Folder Backup)
  • Click the Restore button to recover a file or folder (Simple Restore)
  • Keep a copy of everything on your computer — including the OS  (Complete System Backup)
  • Boot to the drive and restore your entire system (Disaster Recovery)
  • Secure your backup with a password (Data Encryption up to 256-bit)
  • Customize your backup preference and schedule
  • Alerts you when running low on backup space (Drive Space Alert)
  • Internal shock sensor and ramp loading technology protect your drive and data.

Giveaway

Here’s a chance to win a Toshiba Canvio 3.0 Plus Portable Hard Drive of your own.

Entry Requirements

All entrants are required to retweet the following. Note: To be qualified to enter, you must leave a link to your original tweets. To access the link to your tweet, click to view your original tweet and grab the URL and copy and paste it in a comment on this post.

  • Send out a tweet, answering the question: “What would I put on my Toshiba Canvio 3.0 Plus Portable Hard Drive?” along with the #Toshiba hashtag.
  • Like the Dadventurous Facebook page.

Terms and Conditions

Winners will be selected randomly through http://random.org. No purchase necessary to enter or win. Giveaway ends at midnight ET Wednesday, June 29. See all terms and conditions here. This giveaway is available to U.S. and Canadian residents only.

Disclosure: I was compensated for my participation in this campaign.

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