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ioSafe Solo external hard drive Updated: 06 Sep 2010

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Too expensive for USB only Posted by: Laraine Barker 15 Sep 2010 8:26am

especially as it's good for only one major disaster, and USB is way too slow. Does either of Consumer's tests count as a major disaster?

Consider off-site backups too Posted by: Steve Southall 14 Sep 2010 9:07pm

The ioSafe Solo is no doubt a good idea, but there's still a possibility it could be damaged or stolen. Consider supplementing (or replacing) it with an off-site backup that you keep at work or a friend's place.

But the most important thing is to have at least some form of backup. It's amazing how many people blithely think their computer will always power up - until they see the "Irrecoverable disk error" message.