Get a 3TB USB 3.0 hard drive for $127.49

She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts.

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Need a mammoth backup drive to connect to your router, Pogoplug, or PC? No, really, I mean mammoth, as in the highest capacity you can buy.

While supplies last, Newegg has the Toshiba Canvio Desk 3TB USB hard drive for $127.49 shipped. That's after applying coupon code EMCJNNF79 at checkout.

If you've shopped around at all for 3-terabyte drives, you know that's a darn good price. A lot of them sell for $150 and up.

But the real icing on the cake here is the interface: state-of-the-art USB 3.0, not pokey old USB 2.0. (It is, of course, backward-compatible with the latter.) Assuming your computer has a port to match, you're looking at some blazing file-transfer speeds.

The Canvio Desk is your basic black monolith, one that stands about 6.5 inches. It's formatted for Windows, but can easily be reformatted for Mac use. Toshiba preloads NTI Backup Now EZ on the drive, giving you a decent backup solution right out of the box, but that's a Windows-only utility.

Another big reason I'm liking this drive: the three-year warranty on parts and labor. A lot of competing drives are covered for only one yea... [Read more]