iOmega eGo Encrypt Portable USB Drive

Computer users today are faced with a risk of theft, a drive itself, or data theft. To address this risk, iOmega is now marketing the iOmega eGo Encrypt USB portable drive. The level of encryption is not to the standards of the military codes, but nevertheless, it is encryption. Iomega, with this device will encrypt your data and password protect access to it.The drive is in the same primary format as the eGo. With this drive, though, the casing is enveloped in a plastic corner-to-corner Power Grip band that offers improved handling and some protection that's additional to it's internal Drop Guard Xtreme disk protection, which claims safety in a fall from seven feet.A single USB 2.0 port and cable are provided, as with most other iOmega drives, but this time the eGo has a rather nifty activation LED mounted on the top port-end of the casing that's useful. Compatible with Windows 2000 Pro, XP and all versions of Vista, with 256MB or RAM or higher, the iOmefga eGo Encrypt USB portable drive is primarily intended for on-the-road use. As such there is no power supply to lug around; the drive gets its power from the USB port. If one port cannot provide sufficient power, then there is a pigtail lead on the cable to a second USB port you can use. The latter carries no data, only power, so you must take care to remember to have the main lead connected or the drive will not be recognized.The iOmega eGo Encrypt Portable USB drive can be seen at USB Portable Drives for $110-$120. If it is rugged you need, the iOmega drives ajust that...rugged.