Maxtor BlackArmor USB Portable Drive

Portable USB drives are nice, but what if that drive you have should get lost or left in some place where someone could get his hands on itor it gets stolen? What happens to your data? Sure, there are some software encryption schemes you can use to protect the drive, but those can be hacked, and data recovery services can usually get the data back. What you want for real security is hardware encryption on the entire drive, and that's what Maxtor offers with their BlackArmor portable drive.The drive itself is simple enough. It's roughly the size of two decks of cards, perhaps slightly larger, and features only a single mini-USB jack on the back. There are no switches or buttons, and not even a power plug—the drive operates off USB power. Plug it into a Windows XP or Vista machine, and it will automatically load the drive launcher software, which asks you to type in the unique product ID on the bottom of your drive and create a password (along with a password hint should you forget it). No password? No data!! What a great idea!!The Maxtor BlackArmor USB Portable drive can be found at USB Portable Drives.com for around $100. Get in on this great buy now!