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The ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive
The ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive
ioSafe Solo External Hard Drive with Disaster Protection What is it? Product Specifications (PDF) Product ordered today will ship on January 21, 2009 Hard Drive Size: 500 GB 1 TB 1.5 TB Fire Protection: 1550 F, 30 minutes per ASTM E119 Water Protection: Flood: 10' depth for 3 days, freshwater or ...
ioSafe announces Solo, the external, submersable, fire-proof HDD enclosure
ioSafe announces Solo, the external, submersable, fire-proof HDD enclosure
engadget.com — The last time we heard from ioSafe they were taking 2.5-inch HDDs, wrapping them in armor, then stuffing them into 3.5-inch enclosures -- adding fire and water protection in a standard form factor. Now they've given up on the internal route and ... (more) ioSafe announces Solo, the external, submersable, ...
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Video: ioSafe Solo Fire/Flood Hard Disk Test Puts "Will It Blend?" To Shame [Ces 2009]
Gizmodo — ... But here's the thing: I'm more worried about my OEM Seagate drive (which the Solo uses) committing suicide than I am my house burning down or flooding. Add RAID redundancy, then maybe. And there's another word that's important here: co-location. But if for some reason you're worried about your disk surviving an act of God, here you go. As you can see, the horrific photo of me with ioSafe's CEO survived the maelstrom just fine. [ioSafe] ...

ioSafe Solo: Disaster-proof external hard drive
Crave: The gadget blog — ... Copying data to an external hard drive is probably the easiest, most popular way to back up. This won't help save important data against fire or flood, however, unless the external hard drive is the one unveiled by ioSafe at CES this year: the ioSafe Solo. ...

ioSafe announces Solo, the external, submersable, fire-proof HDD enclosure
Engadget — ... The last time we heard from ioSafe they were taking 2.5-inch HDDs, wrapping them in armor, then stuffing them into 3.5-inch enclosures -- adding fire and water protection in a standard form factor. Now they've given up on the internal route and have gone for ...

Solo ioSafe: Sicher bei Wasser und Feuer
Ausgefallene Gadgets & Geschenkideen — ... Das Gehäuse kann für bis zu drei Tage in einige Meter tiefem Wasser versenkt werden, ohne, dass die Daten zerstört werden. Wenn man die Solo ioSafe also nicht gerade zwecks Wasserkühlung dauerhaft im Aquarium aufstellt, sollte man auf der sicheren Seite sein. Bei Feuer gibt das Gehäuse nach ca. 30 Minuten auf. Das könnte bei einem ausgewachsenen Brand allerdings ziemlich knapp werden. Das 500 GB-Modell gibt es für 199 US-Dollar. Da man die Solo ioSafe aber nicht ohne äußere Gewalteinwirkung auf das Gehäuse upgraden kann, sollte ...

ioSafe Solo is one tough cookie
Coolest Gadgets — ... ioSafe is a name that can be trusted when it comes to disaster-proof hardware technologies and devices, and it remains true to its reputation by rolling out the spanking new ioSafe Solo. What makes the ioSafe Solo so special compared to other external hard drives? For starters, it comes with a whopping 1.5TB of storage space and boasts integrated ioSafe disaster protection technologies. The ioSage Solo has been specially designed to be a cost efficient external hard drive backup solution that improves the odds of retaining your data in the event of a fire or a ...

ioSafe Solo Waterproof HDD
Today Gadgets — ... for 30 minutes per ASTM E119) and waterproof (Waterproof from 10-30 feet of Saltwater or Fresh Water for 30 days).  It can connect to laptop or desktop computer through the available USB 2.0 port, enables backup of critical data in the event of crash, computer failure and fire and water-related disasters. The ioSafe Solo is contains a 3.5-inch hard drives from Seagate and available with three version — 500GB ($199.99), 1TB ($249.99), and 1.5TB ($349.99). [ Product page ]

ioSafe Solo Waterproof And Fire-Proof HDD
Today Gadgets — ... for 30 minutes per ASTM E119) and waterproof (Waterproof from 10-30 feet of Saltwater or Fresh Water for 30 days).  It can connect to laptop or desktop computer through the available USB 2.0 port, enables backup of critical data in the event of crash, computer failure and fire and water-related disasters. The ioSafe Solo is contains a 3.5-inch hard drives from Seagate and available with three version — 500GB ($199.99), 1TB ($249.99), and 1.5TB ($349.99). [ Product page ]

ioSafe Solo Review
Gadget Venue — ... We recently received an ioSafe Solo external harddrive for review. The ioSafe Solo is slightly different to most external backup solutions in that it’s both fireproof and waterproof. ...

ioSafe’s Fireproof, Waterproof External Drive Tested
SlipperyBrick.com — ... gives us an excellent and fast alternative to off-site storage, thwarting the damages of flooding or fire. The ioSafe Solo drives and their single “recovery event” come in 500GB, 1TB and 1.5TB priced at $249.98, $329.98 and $399.98, respectively, which is a relatively small price to pay for what you get. More Photos: ioSafe Solo

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