Apricorn ups mini USB hard drive to 60GB

June 13, 2005 -- (MobileVillage) -- Apricorn today released a larger 60GB capacity EZ Bus Mini to their portable USB hard drive line. Based on the latest 1.8" hard drive technology, Apricorn claims that the EZ Bus Mini is the smallest external hard drive and disaster recovery system available.

The entire EZ Bus Mini line, now in 20GB, 40GB and 60GB capacities, features a Hi-Speed USB 2.0, 4200RPM hard drive. The enclosure features an integrated USB cable, with a recessed compartment to keep the cable clear from view when not in use.

EZ Bus Mini is hot swappable with plug-n-play features and is only 15mm x 75 mm x 101mm in size, featuring a data transfer rate up to 480Mbps. Included with the EZ Bus Mini package is a travel pouch, encryption and synchronizing software, and back up software - EZ Gig II Hard Drive Cloning and Backup Software.

The EZ Backup Software provides two utilities on one disk: Clone EZ and Image EZ. Clone EZ is aimed at users who require an exact bootable clone of their drive. Image EZ is for users who want a compressed image of either their entire hard drive or a partition. Image EZ compresses its backup image files, leaving users enough space to backup multiple computers, or maintain multiple backups made at different times.

The encryption software included with the EZ Bus Mini secures and protects confidential and sensitive information. The software uses a mathematical process of scrambling data to ensure maximum privacy protection. The synchronizing software allows for file sharing between multiple PCs.

The EZ Bus Mini requires a notebook or desktop PC with an Intel Pentium CPU, 32MBs RAM or more, USB port, and CD drive. The operating system must be either Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

Prices start at US $179 for 20GB version, $249 for 40GB and $349 for 60GB. The new EZ Bus Mini is currently available in the US, Canada and online at the Apricorn web site.

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