Hitachi (Simple Tough) Portable Rugged Drive

Hitachi offers a quite large range of USB 2.5 inches external hard drives with a rugged housing capable of resisting multiple external aggression (with water, shock, collapse). In this case, the Hitachi Portable Rugged Drive comes in capacities of 320GB and 500GB.
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Unlike other models, Hitachi Portable Rugged Drive has a real fixed USB cable that plugs into the bottom of the case for transport. So there is no need to carry a mini-USB cable with you. In contrast, the integrated cable is only 11.5 cm in length. This poses no problem to connect the drive to a laptop, but you will probably need an extension cord to plug it into a desktop. The blue activity LED, located on top of the box, it is clearly legible.

To be compatible with Macs and PCs, is formatted with the FAT32 file system. The performance in reading and write.

The disc includes software for Apple Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. Besides support for formatting, Hitachi delivers the program Total Media Backup, ArcSoft backup software backup, that makes restore and synchronization very easy. For example, the software has a function for direct selection of multimedia files (photo, video, music) or personal documents. Finally, you can schedule when the backup takes place automatically.