If you are in the market for an affordable, large capacity portable external hard drive with a long warranty and a Type-C connector (useful for connecting to a smartphone or tablet), the Canvio Flex fits the bill. It is keenly priced, reasonably built and performs as expected. Our only slight concern is the fact that it uses a Micro-B USB port for which there is no real need. The Canvio Ready Portable Hard Drive is an external portable hard drive designed for the modern, on-the-go lifestyle. With lightning-fast transfer speeds and a USB 3.0 connection, this portable hard drive makes data transfer a breeze. Store your favorite content on this travel-friendly hard drive and experience the simplicity of efficient data management. Say goodbye to the dilemma of deleting games with the Canvio Gaming Portable Hard Drive. This external portable hard drive offers up to 4TB of storage and can hold up to 100 games 5. It's compact, lightweight, and designed to be your gaming library on-the-go. Does it work with game consoles? We tried the Toshiba Canvio Advance with both an Xbox One and PS4. It was successfully recognised by both. However, to use it with a PS4 you’ll need to format it to the FAT32 or exFAT file formats. The Xbox One does the job for you. If you want amazing file-juggling performance, the Toshiba Canvio Advance is not the drive to buy. Even a budget SSD will be much faster.

Toshiba Portable External Hard Drivesare ideal for a variety of environments. If you're looking for a way to bring your gaming with you, you can easily do so with a portable gaming hard drive. Simply plug it into your console and enjoy your favorite games wherever and whenever you want. If you're looking for an easy way to transfer files, make it a breeze with Toshiba's Compact Hard Drive. It's designed specifically to make transferring files simpler and faster than ever before.The Canvio Flex Portable External Hard Drive is the smart storage solution for your growing needs. With up to 4TB of storage capacity that can be accessed on any compatible USB device4, this smart, versatile hard drive offers a simple solution to help save, share, and protect your files. Seems the guide is out dated but I cant be sure because there is no freaking pictures…its 2019..come on man….not 1998 any more. Write speeds level out at 141MB/s, which again is the norm for a 5400rpm drive. You’ll see slightly better results from a larger 7200rpm desktop drive, but we do mean slight. We’re talking about read/write speeds around 150MB/s.

Models that will compete with the Toshiba Canvio Flex will have a longer-than-average warranty as well as a Type-C connector at one end. Note that you could always buy a Micro-B to Type-C cable. This looks nice enough, but may not be wanted if the Toshiba Canvio Advance will spend its life under a TV with the rest of your home entertainment gear, rather than living plugged into a desktop or laptop. Keep a massive game library at your fingertips. The Canvio Gaming can store up to 100 games*. Take your game achievements and avatars on the road to compete with your friends Simply plug in the Canvio Gaming drive into your compatible gaming console and you are ready to play your favorite games in your collection. This is not a drive to buy if raw performance is the main concern. However, it does offer a lot of storage for not that much money. And it’s much more portable than a traditional desktop external hard drive. Hard drives may be relatively slow, but they still have their place. And unlike old hard drives, the Toshiba Canvio Advance’s read/write noise is barely noticeable, particularly if there’s a laptop/desktop/console fan whirring away nearby.However, it does offer decent performance for a 5400rpm 2.5in spinning platter hard drive. When transferring large files it writes at 122MB/s. Transferring 10GB of data will take around a minute and a half. Read and write speed may vary depnding on the host device, read and write conditions, and file size.

Standard limited warranty applies. The warranty brochure is preloaded on the hard drive or can be viewed online at http://storage.toshiba.com/consumer-hdd/support/warranty-info.Estimated game storage is based on assumption of average game size of 36GB for current generation games. The number of games actually stored may vary depending on file size, formatting, console software, and other programs or factors. If you need much faster speeds, you’ll haver to stump up for a 2.5in SSD. But for the price of a 2TB Toshiba Canvio Advance you’ll only get a ~250GB SSD. WARNING: This product can expose you to chemicals, including lead, known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov . Wash hands after handling. The Canvio Basics Portable Hard Drive is an external portable hard drive that prioritizes both convenience and capacity. It can store everything from your cherished photos to important documents with up to 4TB of storage. This high-capacity, sleek and compact portable hard drive is designed to make storage simple and efficient.

More game time means more victories. With the Canvio Gaming portable hard drive, you won’t have to worry about deleting games to make room for the hottest new release. The sleek, lightweight design allows you to hold up to 100 games* in an easy to carry lightweight casing. Offering up to 4TB of storage capacity for your data, your gaming library has room to grow. Toshiba is so confident of the drive’s low-noise, low vibration operation there are no rubber feet on the bottom, just plain plastic. At one point during testing the drive did cause a buzzing noise, but this was only because it wasn’t properly seated. Unlike an SSD, spinning platter hard drives should really be used flat and not be moved about as they are whirring away. As with a lot of portable drives, the Toshiba Canvio Advance’s cable isn’t that long either. It measures around 45cm from the end of one terminal to another. There’s limited scope to hide this drive. And as it uses an old-style microUSB 3.0 port on the drive itself, it’s unlikely many will have a suitable spare lying around.When it comes to sheer performance, the Canvio Flex performed in line with the rest of the competition, including the older Toshiba Canvio drives. It reached about 150MBps on average, on read/write speeds across our suite of benchmarks which is more than decent but still around a third compared to the slowest external solid state drives. The Toshiba Canvio Advance is a middle-ranking model in the Toshiba line-up. It doesn’t look as dull as its Basics drives, but is not as flashy as its aluminium Premium ones either. Upgrade to the Canvio Premium and you shave off an extra 0.5mm and get an extra USB-C cable in the box. But that, aside from the aluminium outer, is about it. Gbit/s is the interface transfer rate per the specifications of the Universal Serial Bus 3.0. Actual transfer rate will vary depending on your system configuration and other factors. The cable ends in a standard USB port —bear this in mind if you have a new laptop that only has USB-C connectors. Software and compatibility