Toshiba Canvio Advance 4TB External Drive Review

1. Introduction2. Toshiba Canvio Advance 4TB3. ATTO/CrystalDiskMark/AS SSD4. Backup / Restore5. Throughput6. Real Life File Transfers7. Closing Thoughts8. View All Pages

 
The Toshiba Canvio Advance comes in a stout box with a largish panel cut into the front of it, giving a view of the drive in its inner packaging. The drive’s capacity is displayed on the top right of the box while warranty information is displayed at the bottom left. The rear of the box is has multilingual information about the Backup and Password Protection software downloads.

Apart from the drive all that is in the box is a USB 3.0 Type A to Micro-B cable, which could do with being a little longer for PC connections, and two paper information leaflets, one with details on how to contact Toshiba support and the other providing regulatory information. The Canvio Advance’s manual comes pre-loaded on the drive itself.

We couldn't find any information on any Toshiba website about the drive inside the enclosure which the CrystalMarkInfo utility recognised as MQ04UBD400. The previous 2TB Advance used a two 1TB platter design drive and was 14mm thick. At 19.5mm thick it's a pretty safe assumption that the drive inside the 4TB is a four platter design.

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