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Q: What is the cache (buffer) size of my Toshiba Mini Drive?
A: 2 MB.
Q: Can you make the Drive bootable?
A: No. Windows does not support the use of external hard drives
as boot volumes.
Q: Why doesn’t the Drive need a fan?
A: Heat generation can be an issue with some hard drives, which is
why they often have big, noisy fans. Toshiba Drives are engineered
to be more efficient and to generate so little heat that they do not
need fans. The result is near-silent operation.
Q: Why is the capacity of my Drive as shown in Windows lower
than the Drive’s actual stated capacity?
A: The difference is mostly due to the way operating systems
measure disk capacity, as compared to the method used by hard
drive manufacturers. Hard Drive manufacturers have always used the
decimal (base 10) method, where 1GB = 1,000 MB = 1,000,000 KB =
1,000,000,000 bytes. Operating systems use the binary (base 2)
method, where 1GB = 1,024 MB = 1,048,576 KB = 1,073,741,824 bytes.
For this reason, a hard drive with a capacity of 120 GB (decimal) will
appear in Windows with a capacity of around 112 GB (binary). It
must also be noted that operating systems reserve a portion of
