I used it to take backups and store large files, but in less than 2 years of owning it, and without anything happening (e.g. drop, water, etc.), my computer simply stopped reading it. And of course, I lost all my files!

I've had it for about a month now for all my large VST libraries that don't need to run at SSD speeds. It works with ext4 format for compatibility with Linux, reads everything at satisfactory read/write speeds, given the low expectations for an external HDD.

Ideal hard drive for bulky static files for professionals in the creative media field, as well as for large games, movies, etc.

It worked out just fine for me. 9 months of use. Good write speed, as for read I don't know, I use it for transferring images and I consider it very reliable for back-ups.

Although I had a specific problem with the previous disc, the company replaced it for free and that is noteworthy.

The hard drive works well, the speed is quite good for an HDD. However, there was one issue where my MacBook stopped mounting the drive and I had to do a full reformat. I had a backup of my data on iCloud (2TB), so I reformatted the drive to APFS format since I use it exclusively with my MacBook . Everything was fine - I was transferring photos and created a photo library directly on the HDD. I had almost finished transferring 4 years of data when one day I connected the drive and the MacBook couldn't mount it. I always ejected the device properly using the "eject disk" function. Thankfully I had already made a copy of the data to Google Drive, so I didn't lose anything after deleting it from iCloud. My conclusion is that the drive can be used but with great caution, and always keep a second copy on another drive or in the cloud - keep in mind there is a risk of data loss simply because the Macbook may fail to mount the drive upon connection.

The WORST disk ever. It gets on your nerves until it transfers files, especially if there are many together. Tragic. The worst disk I have ever had. And I have quite a few!

The drive is 3.2 but came with a v3.0 cable.
From what I understand, this is not a mistake in the order but the cable that always comes with the drive is usb v3.0. This means that the usb v3.2 drive will not deliver the speed it can with a 3.0 cable. Therefore, this does not concern the order but the product overall.

I like its simplicity in everything, small, convenient, silent, sturdy construction, and it is NOT made in China! From personal experience with heavy use outdoors both for work and as a hobby, I switched to Toshiba. In the 90s and after, I was a devoted WD fan. Then I switched to Seagate. When I saw that even Seagate had dropped a bit in durability and reliability compared to the older ones I had, I started looking into it! I did research on Reddit and wherever there were reviews, like Skroutz, Amazon, etc., and I decided my next one would be this Toshiba. So far, everything is perfect, zero complaints, except for the relatively short cable that they all have.

By far one of the fastest HDD drives for storage and by far more reliable and faster than the well-known WD of the same category.

I have bought one of 1TB and one of 2TB. They have been working in a NAS for a long time (over a year) non-stop. I haven't had a single bad sector appear. I highly recommend them.

works perfectly on my Mac. enough space and fast enough to use it to store all bigger apps on it and just keep the alias in the applications folder.

relatively quiet, good build quality. I bought one before the prices went up and by the time I saw how it performs, prices had increased by 20 percent so I didn't buy another one

I have the 1TB drive to store my Xbox games for 5 years now.
I use it constantly and it never fails.
I highly recommend it.

Very bad hard drive, within two months I lost all the files I had collected without it being moved or hit, it just didn't turn on one day... I guess it just happened to me

Avoid it.
Slow, as other users have mentioned, but the most important thing is that there is something wrong with its power supply.
It works fine on my laptop. On the desktop computer, it randomly disconnects every 1-2 minutes. (And no, it's not the computer's fault—I have other Toshiba drives of a different series and I have no issues with them.)

I got 2 Disks, 2Tb each, purely for backup of various types of files! Photos and videos with any of our documents! I have started the storage, everything is good, I will come back later! Happy New Year with health for all of us!

I have bought three such hard drives and all three crashed in less than a year and the files would not open. I had to do data recovery (pay a technician or buy a recovery program). I lost all my files.

I have bought four. They are good for storage but for transfer, they in no way reach the speeds they claim.. they have many fluctuations resulting in an old usb 2 drive with a stable speed of 30 taking about the same time as this one which is supposed to be 3.2. We're talking about fluctuations that drop even to kb/sec..

I have had 2 Toshiba Canvio drives (2-4 TB) for years and I have no problems. I use them on a PS5 console and on an Nvidia Shield TV box without any issues!

Very good and fast external drive, especially for its price compared to its capacity. There is also a related video at the link below with the unboxing of this particular one.
https://youtube.com/shorts/35pkoObUvk8?si=KB7-9ykM4du3no1A

Very worthwhile solution for an external drive. I have been using it for many months as a second backup and it is ideal. Fast, with a write speed of 120MB/sec (in the photo it happened to peak, just as it can drop for a few seconds to 90MB/sec). [Edit: The 1.96TB backup was copied to it in 5 hours and 3 minutes, so the average speed was 113MB/sec]
It is good to keep in mind that its cable is particularly short (about 25-30cm), obviously because it is also powered through it. So it might not be convenient for someone who wants to have it permanently connected to a Desktop PC.

I don't remember how many years ago I got it. Anyway, it still works perfectly fine with light use, but okay. Slow, but good.

In the approximately 1 year that I have had it, it has not shown the slightest problem. The only thing that bothers me is that since I use it as my main drive to store all my music (I work as a DJ), it spins down and goes into standby after 1 minute of inactivity, and when I want to load the next track I have to wait 5-6 seconds until the disks spin up again and it can read. As for speeds, for MP3 files that I work with, I get 120-130MB/sec READ and 80-90MB/sec write.

On Mac the speeds are amazing. On Windows around 130 mb/sec.

Having 2 such hard drives in my possession for 5 years now and reading several reviews, I have some comments to make.
First of all, they are HDDs so of course they are slow.
2) If someone wants crazy performance or weird support etc., they should look for something else. These particular drives are A N C I E N T but they are still being manufactured because they are reliable.
If an issue arises, you always have a warranty.
Having had the drives for 5 years, I have 0 complaints.
I download whatever games I want and run them normally, I just have slow loading screens

The worst thing ever, I wasted my money and got the 2 TB. For a week now I've been trying to transfer videos from my phone and it's practically impossible. It's so slow that it takes 3 hours to transfer 30 GB of files and then it crashes and the transfer stops. Simply tragic

It's fine for now. OK, the data exchange isn't lightning fast but it's within very reasonable limits. Very decent for its price.

I had bought two (4TB, one blue, one red) in 2020 to store my videos and photos (mainly taken with my phone), as well as the videos I make for my YouTube channel (one backing up the other).

At some point in 2024, they filled up, so I bought two more Toshiba (4TB, both black) so I could have two for my videos/photos and two for my YouTube videos (again, two backups for each use).

I don't use them daily, I don't have them constantly connected to the computer. I take them out of the drawer and transfer new data every 2-4 months. All of them still work perfectly.

I wish Toshiba had continued with higher capacities because I'm starting to think about getting two 10TB drives now, and unfortunately, Toshiba only goes up to 4TB.

Fast file transfer, large capacity, quiet and quite a quality hard drive, this is the 2nd time I am buying it for file storage

The disk was purchased today to replace an identical 2TB model from 2016, which operates daily as a backup with a folder synchronization application.

After 8.5 years, the new disk is - silent, thinner, cheaper, and faster. Personally, I made the purchase to gain speed and nothing else. The transfer of data (1.6TB) to the old disk after formatting takes about 330 minutes, while to the new one it takes 266 minutes. So I have a 24% faster NEW disk on average. In cases where I have individual files of several GB, I get even better speeds, up to 80%.

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- we have (vertically) for each disk 2 measurements. The first is empty and the second at 88% capacity