Toshiba Canvio Advance 2TB External Hard Drive Review

1. Introduction2. Toshiba Canvio Advance 2TB3. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. Backup / Restore5. Throughput6. Real Life File Transfers7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

Toshiba recently refreshed their range of Canvio portable hard drives with the Canvio Premium, Advance and Basic models with capacities up to 3TB with HDD's featuring Toshiba's 1TB platter technology. In this review we look at the Canvio Advance drive to see if it's worth buying.

The Canvio Premium and Advance ranges have drive capacities of 1TB, 2TB and 3TB while the Basic models come in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB sizes. By using Toshiba's 1TB platter technology the drives are slimmer than previous models, for example the 2TB Advance we have for review has a 14mm profile, some 5.5mm slimmer than previous versions. All drive ranges use a standard USB 3.0 interface.

Toshiba back the drives with a 2-year warranty.

Physical Specifications:

• Usable Capacities: 2TB
• Hard Drive: Toshiba MQ04UBB200
• Interface: USB 3.0
• Form Factor: external
• Dimensions: 78 x 109 x 14mm
• Drive Weight: 149g

Firmware Version: 5438

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