Toshiba hard drives, as are most USB 2 drives, are fully compatible with Mac OS X. (See links below)
There are a number of possible alternatives to a Samsung external hard drive. One could get an external drive from Western Digital, Toshiba or Seagate.
Toshiba external hard drives come in range of prices, depending on your requirements. A 500 GB portable hard drive will cost approximately å£60, whereas a 1000 GB portable hard drive will cost you about å£75.
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The largest hard drive that one can find for external hard drives on Toshiba's website is 3 terabytes. One can also find 3 terabyte internal hard drives on their website as well.
There is no such thing as a 'Windows Pocket Hard Drive', but yes, you can use pretty much any External Hard Drive with not only a MacBook, but with all Macintosh Computers & NoteBooks. Hope this Helps!
Connect the hard-drive to a computer via the USB port. On the 'host' computer - click on the 'My computer' icon Select the external hard drive from the list of available devices (probably 'E' drive)
There are many different brands of external hard drives. Although most people do not think they ever need an external hard drive, it is always good to have one just in case. The most reliable brands of external hard drives are Western Digital and Seagate.
The price of a Toshiba portable hard drive depends largely on the size of the drive. The larger the drive the more the cost. However, the cheapest Toshiba portable hard drive in the US, brand new is $50 for a 160 GB drive.
The fastest type of external hard drive would be a external 3.0 USB hard drive.
The Toshiba A15-S157 uses a standard 2.5" 40 GB EIDE / PATA hard drive.
You get another memory storage device, such as an external hard drive, and you copy everything on your hard drive onto the external hard drive, and keep it safe. That way, if your hard drive crashes, then you can take it out, and plug your external hard drive in, and work from that.
You can completely clear your external hard drive by formatting it.