Toshiba is among the brands that are widely known for developing high quality hardware like laptops, DVD players as well as televisions. But with the growing trend in portable data storage, they too have ventured in the world of portable hard drives as evident in their line of external hard drives introduced at the CES last January. Toshiba is now bringing to the market the newest addition to their previously released external hard drives. 200GB external hard drive or USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive costs $229. This kind of storage capacity is a huge improvement from the 160GB that is available in the market at the present time.

This 2.5-inch USB 2.0 External hard drive is enclosed in a black aluminum framework. Why aluminum? Well together with the ventilation slots at the rear, this material assist in dispelling heat when the drive is in use. It is also reported that the drive can survive even if you accidentally drop it at a desk height.