Toshiba PX1267E-1G32 User manual

Hi-Speed USB 2.0
External Hard Drive
USER’S GUIDE
For Models:
PX1265E-1G16
PX1266E-1G25
PX1267E-1G32
PX1268E-1G40
PX1269E-1G50
PX1270E-1G16
PX1271E-1G25
PX1272E-1G32
PX1273E-1G40
PX1274E-1G50

Getting Started
7 Welcome
8 Precautions
9 Package contents
10 System requirements
Getting to know your Toshiba 3.5" External Hard Drive
12 Toshiba 3.5" Drive at a glance
13 Toshiba 3.5" Drive in-depth
13 About Hi-Speed USB 2.0
15 CD + Secure HDD & Password Security
16 PushButton™ Backup
18 Synchronization (Sync)
18 Hot-Pluggable
19 Fanless Design
20 Technical specifications
Drive Installation & Setup
23 Setting up the Drive
23 Choosing an orientation (vertical or horizontal)
Contents

24 Attaching the stand for vertical placement
25 Affixing the rubber feet for horizontal placement
26 Connecting the Drive to your computer
29 Password Security
29 Setting up Password Security for the first time
30 Disabling Password Security
31 Enabling Password Security
32 What if you forget your password?
34 Naming your Drive
35 Re-formatting the Drive
37 Stacking Drives
Using the Drive
39 Performing routine tasks
39 Opening files and folders
39 Copying files and folders to your Drive
40 How to unmount and turn off the Drive
PushButton™ Backup
42 About PushButton™ Backup
42 PushButton Backup Operations
43 Backup
44 Duplicate

45 Synchronization (Sync)
46 Installing Regen backup software
47 Installing Regen
47 Uninstalling Regen
48 Setting up and using PushButton Backup
49 Setting up a Backup Store
53 Setting up a Duplicate Store
56 Setting up a Sync Store
Using other Functions in Regen
61 Other Backup Operations
61 Archive
61 How to run an Archive operation
63 Disaster Recovery
64 Restore
64 About the Restore operations
65 How to Use Full Restore
67 How to Use File Restore
69 Using Find Files
73 Tools
73 Repair Catalog
74 Manage Stores
75 Selectors

Maintenance, Help & Other Information
78 Maintaining your Drive
79 Examining and Repairing a Hard Drive
80 Protecting Your Data from Viruses
80 Cleaning the Drive Case
81 Frequently Asked Questions
85 Troubleshooting
88 Following information is only for EU-member states:
88 Working environment
90 CE compliance
91 Notices

Getting Started

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Welcome, and thank you for choosing
a Toshiba External Hard Drive.
Your Toshiba Drive features high-
quality construction, advanced
engineering, and state-of-the-art
data storage technology, designed
to provide years of reliable, user-
friendly performance.
This guide contains important information for the proper installation,
use, and care of your Toshiba Drive. Please read this guide carefully
and retain it for future reference.
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Please follow the precautions listed below. Failure to so do may result
in damage to the device, loss of data, and voiding of the warranty.
• If using this device for general-purpose storage, we strongly recommend
that you backup the files stored on the device. Toshiba is not responsible
for data loss or corruption; nor will Toshiba perform recovery of lost
data or files.
• Do not attempt to open, disassemble, or modify the device.
• Do not expose the device to damp or wet conditions.
• Never place containers of liquids on the device. This can damage
the device and increase the risk of electric shock, short-circuiting,
fire, or personal injury.
• If the device has a three-prong plug, never plug the device into
a two-prong outlet.
• Do not expose this device to temperatures outside the range of
5°C to 35°C when the device is in operation, and -20ºC to 60ºC
when not in operation.
• Do not use a third-party AC adapter or power cord.
• Do not bump, jar or drop the device.
• Do not stand the device in a way not described in this guide.
• Do not disconnect any cables, while the device is powered on,
without first unmounting the device.
Precautions

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Package contents
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Toshiba 3.5" External Hard Drive
AC Adapter & Power Cord
Rubber Feet
(For placing the Drive
horizontally. See the User’s
Guide for instructions.)
USB Cable
QuickStart GuideSoftware CD

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What you need:
• Minimum 233 MHz processor (Pentium, Celeron, AMD, etc.)
• Windows 2000 or XP (Home Edition, Professional, Professional x64
Edition, Media Center Edition)
• Available USB 2.0 or USB 1.1 port
Windows XP users must have XP Service Pack 1 or later.
Windows 2000 users must have 2000 Service Pack 4 or later.
To get Windows updates go to www.microsoft.com and click on the
Microsoft Update link.
If connecting to a USB 1.1 port on your computer or hub, the Drive
will operate at USB 1.1 speeds (up to 12 Mbps).
System requirements

Getting to
know your
Toshiba
3.5" External
Hard Drive

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Toshiba 3.5" Drive at a glance
PushButton
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backups. The pushbuTTon lighTs up when The drive
is powered on, and flashes when reading or wriTing
daTa.
Drive stanD
can be removed for horizonTal placemenT or sTacking
of drives.
Power switch
Turn The drive on and off as needed while your
compuTer is running. see “how To unmounT and Turn
off The drive” in This guide for imporTanT informaTion.
usB 2.0 Port
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has aType a porT, which correspond To The connecTors
on The supplied usb cable. The drive is also compaTible
wiTh usb 1.1.
Power Port
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drive, Take care To orienT The connecTor of The ac
adapTer cable properly, as iT will only go in one way.
FRONT VIEW
REAR VIEW

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With a host of highly advanced features, your Toshiba 3.5" External
Hard Drive is much more than high-performance data storage.
It's a truly powerful data management system that can greatly
simplify how you access, organize, and safeguard your data.
About Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Your Toshiba 3.5" Drive is equipped with a Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interface.
USB (Universal Serial Bus) is serial data transmission technology. The
original standard (USB 1) could transmit data at speeds of up to
12 Mbps (Megabits per second). USB 2.0 has a maximum throughput
of 480 Mbps—that’s up to 40 times faster than USB 1.
Interface transfer rates up to 480 Mbps
USB 2.0 can transfer data at speeds of up to 480 Mbps. However,
data transfer rates will depend on a number of factors, including
available CPU resources, and the number of USB devices attached
to your computer. Also, as with any data I/O (input/output)
technology, some bandwidth is taken up by the data protocols
that structure and govern data transmissions. In day-to-day use,
you can expect maximum sustained transfer rates in the low to
mid-30s MB/s (Megabytes per second).
Toshiba 3.5" Drive in-depth

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Supports up to 127 devices
A single USB bus can support up to 127 USB devices. However,
connecting more than one or two USB devices to a computer
usually requires the use of one or more USB-equipped hubs.
A typical USB hub can accommodate several USB devices.
Master-slave architecture
The computer (the “master”) dictates data flow to, from, and
between attached USB devices (the “slaves”).
Cable length up to 5 m (16.4 ft.)
On-bus power
USB can supply enough electricity to run many low-power devices—
such as keyboards, scanners, and memory card readers—eliminating
the need for an electrical outlet in many cases.
Plug & Play
USB does not require ID numbers or terminators. On most
operating systems you do not need to install drivers.
Hot-Pluggable
You can add/remove devices while the computer is running. Always
unmount a hard drive before turning it off or disconnecting it.

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CD + Secure HDD & Password Security
About CD + Secure HDD
Your Toshiba Drive uses an advanced partition scheme called
CD + Secure HDD. The Drive was specially prepared at the factory
with two partitions. As the name suggests, one is the CD partition;
the other is Secure HDD (Hard Disk Drive) partition.
When the Drive mounts to your computer, it mounts two volumes.
The CD partition mounts just like a CD-ROM volume, and it will
appear in My Computer under Devices with Removable Storage.
It is a read-only partition that takes up only about 4 Megabytes.
You cannot delete it or change it in any way. The sole purpose of
the CD partition is to store the Password Security software.
The hard disk drive partition of your Toshiba Drive is used to store
your data. It is a standard hard disk drive partition that mounts to
your system just like any other normal hard disk drive volume.
About Password Security
The CD + Secure HDD scheme makes the Password Security
feature a simple, yet very powerful tool that can be used to
safeguard your Toshiba Drive from unauthorized access.
Because the Password Security software is stored on the Drive
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connect your Drive to, it is always secure. When you connect the
Drive to a computer, a login screen will appear asking you to input
your password. If you do not input the correct password, the hard
disk drive partition of the Drive will not mount. (The CD partition
will mount regardless if you log in or not, for the login screen is
launched from this partition.)
Password Security employs SHA2 encryption, which uses a type
of algorithm, known as a hash function, to encrypt your password.
The encrypted password is stored as a hash value (a fixed-sized
output generated from a variable-sized amount of text). Because
the hash is one-way only, it is extremely difficult to decrypt,
making Password Security very secure, to say the least. It is so
secure, in fact, that if you forget your password you will simply
never be able to access the stored data. The data is effectively lost.
Luckily, you can create a password hint to help you remember.
Instructions for using Password Security are included in the
chapter "Password Security."
PushButton™ Backup
PushButton Backup is a faster, easier way to run routine data
backups. Rather than having to launch a backup utility and setting
cumbersome parameters every time you want to backup, all you
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Not only does PushButton Backup make backups simpler and
more convenient, but since you’re backing up your data to
a high-performance hard drive—as opposed to say, tape or
optical media—backups are also much faster.
How does PushButton Backup work?
PushButton Backup is a custom feature that was added to
the Regen backup application, specifically and exclusively, for
PushButton Drives.
After you install Regen, the first time you press the PushButton,
Regen will launch the PushButton Backup Wizard. The wizard
takes you through a few simple steps to set up a customized
backup strategy, tailored to your needs. Each subsequent time
you press the PushButton, Regen will launch automatically, run
the backup and then close.
PushButton Backup also gives you the flexibility to use your
Toshiba Drive as both a backup device and a general-purpose
storage device. Your backed up data will take up a certain amount
of the Drive's capacity. Any space left over can be used to store
working files that you need to access on a regular basis.
Just keep in mind that the amount of space taken up by your
backups will likely increase with every backup session, leaving less
and less capacity for your working files. However, unless your initial
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backing up extremely large files, this will probably not be an issue
for quite some time.
A detailed explanation of the various backup operations available,
as well as full instructions for setting up and using PushButton
Backup and the Regen application, are provided in "PushButton
Backup" and "Using Regen's Other Functions."
Synchronization (Sync)
Synchronization, or Sync, is one of the most powerful features
available with your Toshiba Drive. While providing the benefits of
data redundancy, Sync also synchronizes the data on two or more
hard drives, allowing you to work from multiple drives without the
need to keep track of what files are on which drives.
The Sync operation is one of the backup operations that can be
launched via the PushButton. Instructions are provided in the
chapter "Setting up and using PushButton Backup."
Hot-Pluggable
You can turn on/turn off/connect/disconnect your Toshiba Drive
while your computer is running. This makes portability much
easier, allows you to use the Drive only when you need it, and
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computer before turning off or disconnecting the Drive. See the
chapter “How to unmount and turn off the Drive” for details.
Fanless Design
All hard drives generate some heat during normal operation.
However, your Toshiba Drive was engineered to dissipate heat so
efficiently it doesn’t need a fan. The result is near-silent operation.

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Physical (without stand)
Dimensions:.................................................................................... 128 MM W X207MM L X37MM H
Configuration/Performance
Interface:.............................................................................................................. Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Interface transfer rate (max)............................................................................................ 480 Mbps
Data buffer (cache)...................................... 2 MB (< 250 GB), 8 MB (< 400 GB), 16MB (≥ 400 GB)
Rotational speed ............................................................................................................. 7,200 RPM
Latency (average)...................................................................................................................4.2 ms
Seek times (average)
Read ...................................................................................................................................8.9 ms
Write.................................................................................................................................10.9 ms
Track-to-track........................................................................................................................2 ms
Full stroke............................................................................................................................21 ms
Error rate (non-recoverable)............................................................................. < 1 in 1014 bits read
Spindle start time (max) ..............................................................................................................9 s
Start/Stop cycles (at 25ºC) ....................................................................................................50,000
Chassis approved/recognized....................................................................................................... CE
Technical specifications