The Iomega SuperSpeed USB 3.0 eGo Portable Hard Drive (500GB, Ruby Red) offers a digital storage capacity of 500GB and blazing transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps. It's compact, portable and bus-powered. Plus, it features the Iomega Power Grip band and Drop Guard Xtreme, which protect the drive from drops up to 7 ft. Since it's bus-powered, you can easily take it wherever your laptop goes and the efficient eGo drive requires less power to run, which conserves your laptop battery. The eGo drive is ideal for storing large files quickly, like movies, video and photos. For security, Iomega includes their downloadable Protection Software Suite and built-in AES 256-bit hardware encryption (PC only). There's also a Password Protect feature to keep entire folders safe. If needed, the USB 3.0 interface is backward compatible with a USB 2.0 interface.
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Iomega SuperSpeed USB 3.1 Gen 1 eGo Portable Hard Drive (500GB, Ruby Red)
Key Features
- Portable Drive With 500GB Storage
- USB 3.0 Interface Transfers Up To 5 Gbps
- Transfer Data 10x Faster Than USB 2.0
- Compact, Mobile & Rugged
The Iomega SuperSpeed USB 3.0 eGo Portable Hard Drive (500GB, Ruby Red) offers a digital storage capacity of 500GB and blazing transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps. It's compact, portable and bus-powered. Plus, it features the Iomega Power Grip band and Drop Guard Xtreme, which protect the drive from drops up to 7 ft. Since it's bus-powered, you can easily take it wherever your laptop goes and the efficient eGo drive requires less power to run, which conserves your laptop battery. The eGo drive is ideal for storing large files quickly, like movies, video and photos. For security, Iomega includes their downloadable Protection Software Suite and built-in AES 256-bit hardware encryption (PC only). There's also a Password Protect feature to keep entire folders safe. If needed, the USB 3.0 interface is backward compatible with a USB 2.0 interface.
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Iomega Portable Overview
USB 3.0 Interface
This drive features a USB 3.0 interface, which is capable of providing transfer speeds up to 5 Gbps, 10x faster than USB 2.0. It's also backward compatible with USB 2.0
Rugged
Perfect for travel, this drive is equipped with Iomega's Power Grip band and Drop Guard Xtreme, which protect it from drops up to 7 ft (2.1 m)
Security
The eGo drive has 256-bit hardware encryption built-in to keep your data secure (PC only). It also features the Iomega Protection Suite software (via download), which features Trend Micro Internet Security, Roxio Retrospect Express Backup software, Iomega QuikProtect, and MozyHome Online Backup service to protect your data and your computer
Portable & Flexible
The eGo drive is bus-powered and ideal for use with laptops and other mobile devices. It's also PC and Mac compatible
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