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Submitted by: Lawrence Spencer- Apr07

Portable Mass Storage Unit                             

Now that you have a digital camera you probably have a large portion of the hard drive on your computer filled with wonderful irreplaceable photos!!  If your hard drive crashed what would you do? All of your data and pictures are lost!

Well, there are several ways to tackle this disaster before it happens. You could burn all of your photos to cd's (labour intensive), or you could install another hard drive as a backup on your computer (relatively cheap these days but not done easily done for a laptop), or get yourself a high performance portable storage system for your systtem - light and rugged it is easy to carry and no external power adapter is needed.  An example of one of these is the one I have from Western Digital - Model WDXMS1600TN.  Price: Less than $100.00 -  price varies.   It can carry thousands of songs or pictures. These drives are simple to use, light weight and easy to carry and, require no power adapter.  They are powered directly through the USB cable. (included)  They can be reloaded over and over as many times as you want or, add additional files at any time. Then store it safely anywhere!

Key Features:

  • Installation - is a snap because you don't really "install", this drive; just plug it in and it's ready to use.(plug and play)  There is no cd to install, the software loads from the drive the first time you plug it in. Smart- Power by the USB bus, so no separate power supply needed.  Ultra - portable; the drive works the first time you plug it in. Smart -powered by the USB bus, so no separate power supply needed.  Ultra-portable.  The drive fits easily in your pocket or purse, weighs only a few ounces and holds tons of valuable data.  Synchronized and secure - WD Sync: synchronization and encryption software lets you save your critical data, and take it with you. Plug drive into any PC, edit files, read-email, and view photos.
  • Sync all of your data back to your home or office computer.  Stylish and elegant with a  glossy black case with soft-touch base. Uses available USB port.
  • Sync all of your data back to your home or office computer.
    Stylish - Elegant glossy black case with soft-touch base
    Uses - Available USB port
    System Specs:                                                       
        Up to 45,000 digital photos                               
        Up to 40,000 songs (MP3)
        Up to 4,000 songs (uncompressed CD quality)
        Up to 12 hours of Digital Video (DV)
        Up to 71 hours of DVD quality video
        Up to 19 hours of HD video

 

 

 

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