SAN DIEGO, Calif. - June 02, 2009 -
Iomega, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC) and a global leader in data protection, today announced the worldwide availability of the new Iomega® eGo™ Portable Hard Drive for Mac users, featuring multiple interface connections, a stylish new aluminum design, superior ruggedness and a robust combination of software, all backed with a three-year limited warranty. Available in three different colors and up to 500GB* in capacity, the new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive for Mac users provides the dependability and versatility to meet today's on-the-go data storage needs.
'Featuring both flavors of FireWire and USB 2.0 connectivity, the new Iomega eGo Portable Hard Drive is ideal for Mac fans that want to take their files anywhere with the assurance of compatibility no matter which interface is needed,' said Jonathan Huberman, president of Iomega and the Consumer and Small Business Products Division of EMC. 'Just like the new USB 2.0 eGo models we announced two weeks ago, the new triple interface eGo Drives deliver dependability and style with a compact, sleek new aluminum enclosure in eye-catching colors, as well as a collection of backup software to protect your data.'
Scott Zahl, vice president, vendor management for Ingram Micro U.S., one of Iomega's largest IT distribution partners, said, 'Iomega's next generation of eGo Portable Hard Drives are well positioned to meet the increasing business and consumer demands for greater mobility, capacity and flexibility when it comes to accessing and storing their data. Iomega's eGo Drive has become a channel favorite among our Apple resellers, especially as demand for portable hard drives continues to build withinY' cable which gives users the flexibility to use two USB ports to power the drive, if needed. And with up to 500GB of capacity, the new eGo drive for Mac users can store up to 2,000,000 photos, over 9,250 hours of music, or 750 hours of video**.
Plenty of Software Bundled, TooBundled free of charge with the new eGo Portable Hard Drives for Mac users are three backup software programs, giving users added protection for their photos, videos, music and other files.
The software bundle with the new triple interface eGo Drives includes:
- Iomega QuikProtect: backup software for simple scheduled file-level backup of data to hard drives and network-attached storage devices (for Windows and Macintosh desktops and notebooks).
- EMC® Retrospect® Express or Express HD: backup all of your data plus applications and settings (for Windows and Macintosh desktops and notebooks).
- MozyHome™ Online Backup: Convenient online backup service with 2GB of online capacity for free (unlimited online storage for $4.95/month). MozyHome Online service allows you to restore your most important data from any computer with internet access, at any location in the world.
All of the software elements are accessible via easy download to new eGo Portable Hard Drive owners.
The new Iomega® eGo Portable Hard Drive for Mac users is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 or above, as well as Microsoft® Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP, and Windows Vista™. MozyHome software is available for Mac OS X 10.4 and above, along with Windows XP and Windows Vista. EMC Retrospect software is available for both Mac OS X and Windows operating systems.
New eGo Portable Hard Drive AccessoriesAvailable for purchase at www.iomega.com are two new accessories for the new eGo Portable Hard Drive: a durable black carry case that can be used for both the USB and triple interface models; and the Iomega Power Grip Belt for added durability, available in black and translucent colors (for the USB models only).
The triple interface Iomega® eGo™ Portable Hard Drive for Mac users is available today. The 250GB Alpine White eGo model is priced at $99.99; the 320GB Midnight Blue model is $109.99; and the 500GB Ruby Red model is $149.99. (All pricing is U.S. suggested retail.) All of the new Triple Interface eGo models include a 3-year limited warranty, and are available from online retailers, distributors including Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), VARs, resellers and select retailers, as well as at www.iomega.com.
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IomegaWare provides integrated features that will help you find, format, protect, manage and change settings on your Iomega drives. Support is included for Zip, Peerless, Jaz, USB PocketZip. Iomega ships the Mac Companion's 7,200rpm, 3.5-inch hard drive formatted as a Mac-native HFS+ drive, but of course it can be easily reformatted if you have a Windows PC. Open Disk Utilityin the Utilities folder. After Disk Utilityloads select the external hard drive (this is the out-dented entry with the mfgr.' S ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partitiontab in the Disk Utilitymain window.
Like other external hard drives, Iomega hard drive is also not free from data loss disaster. Data from Iomega hard drive can get lost or deleted any time either due to human errors, or techincal issues. However, data recovery from Iomega external hard drive is not a difficult task anymore. That is, lost or deleted data can still be recovered from corrupted or formatted Iomega external HDD until and unless it is overwritten by some new files.
It actually takes a considerable amount of time for the data to get overwritten however it is highly-recommended to not use the hard disk further for any write operations. So, soon after encountering data loss or deletion scenarios, you need to make use of a highly advanced tool known asDrive Recovery Software in order to successfully get back data from Iomega external hard drive. This recovery application has been reviewed and suggested by industry professionals to restore data from Iomega external hard drive. In addition to data recovery from Iomega external hard drive, this tool can also be utilized to recover deleted drive partition that is formatted with any disk file system.
Scenarios wherein you may lose your data from Iomega external hard drive
- External hard drives are more prone to virus attack as it can be connected to various systems to backup or transfer data. Once, the drive gets infected by some deadly viruses then there are chances that you may lose your valuable data from it.
- Formatting operation might be performed on an external hard drive either knowingly or unintendedly. If Iomega external hard drive gets formatted, then the entire data stored on it may get deleted.
- If you abruptly eject your Iomega external drive during the file transfer process, the data on the drive can go missing from its location.
- There are some other reasons that lead to data loss or deletion from your Iomega external hard drive and they are accidental deletion, bad sectors, file system corruption, hard drive conflicts, etc.
NOTE: As a precautionary measure, immediately stop using the Iomega hard drive after loss or deletion of files. This is to avoid overwriting of the files. If the lost or deleted files on Iomega hard drive are replaced with new files, no one can help you in recovering those files back. Then, before it's too late, utilize Drive Recovery Software to regain those lost and deleted files.
Free Drive Recovery Software to Recover Data from Iomega External Hard Drive
If you encounter any of the above-stated scenarios and not having a backup of your important data, then no need to worry as by making use of Drive Recovery Software, you can easily get to know how to recover data from Iomega external hard drive within a quick span of time.
Notable features of the Drive Recovery Software
- It is an excellent and most reliable recovery tool to retrieve data from Iomega external hard drive.
- Other than Iomega, it also supports internal and external hard drives of various brands such as WD, Samsung, Seagate, LaCie, SanDisk, Samsung, Verbatim, etc. Get more details on data recovery from Samsung external hard drive here.
- With the use of this efficient tool, you can easily recover 1TB hard drive in short span of time.
- Built with strong scanning programs that efficiently scans and fetches erased or missing data from the Iomega external hard drive.
- It also has a simple and user-friendly interface that provides onscreen instructions on recovering data from Iomega external hard drive within few clicks of the mouse.
- This software recovers deleted partition data from external hard drive on Mac versions such as Sierra, El Capitan, Yosemite, Mavericks, Lion, Mountain Lion, etc.
- It has the potential to recover various types of files including images, video clips, songs, documents, RAR files, spreadsheets, and more.
- Data restoration is also supported on various brands of portable devices as USB pen drive, SSD, FireWire drive, memory cards, iPods, etc.
- Using this efficient utility you can also restore data from without formatting which can be RAW drive, inaccessible or non-booting hard drives.
- It helps you to Preview the recovered data before restoration in order to verify its recovery results.
Steps to recover data from Iomega external hard drive:
Step 1: Run the Drive Recovery Software on your computer. Connect the Iomega HDD to it.
Step 2: Choose Recover Partitions option on the main screen. Then select the Iomega drive from the list of available drives on the system. Press on the Scan button to trigger the recovery process.
Figure 1: Main Window
Step 3: The application starts to scan the Iomega drive for the files that are deleted, formatted or missing.
Figure 2: Scanning for Files
Step 4: The found files will be displayed in File Type View and Data View panes.
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Figure 3: Recovered Files
Step 5: Preview and the mark the file items that you wish to restore.
Figure 4: Preview
Step 6: Browse a suitable storage folder location to save the files retrieved from the Iomega drive and click on the Save button.
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Figure 5: Save Recovered Files