Toshiba 500GB external drive

[Bon-Z]

Toshiba's added to the ever-expanding offering of 500GB external drives with its newly released HDDR500E03X. The USB 2.0, 2.5-incher is on offer in a totally sweet array of colors, and comes pre-loaded with NTI Shadow backup software. It's available now for somehwere in the vicinity of $140.

[Pugsly]

The new 500GB Toshiba USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive, joins models already available from several other portable external hard drive makers. Toshiba's $180 model, available now in a glossy black and white design, becomes Toshiba's new high-water mark.

Notable about Toshiba's external drives is that they are more able to withstand inadvertent impacts, internal shock sensor, drive head ramp-loading technology, and anti-slip footpads to help anchor the drive in place. The drive ships with NTI Shadow real-time backup software preinstalled.