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Clickfree C2 Rugged hard drives offer automatic backups

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Storage Appliance Corporation has announced its new Clickfree C2 Rugged hard drives, which are designed to make backups easy via built-in software that automatically backs up a PC or Mac as soon as the drive as the drive is connected. And to make sure your data is extra-safe, the C2 Rugged drives are designed to stand falls up to four feet.

“The Clickfree C2 Rugged Portable Drive is especially useful considering today’s mobile lifestyle,” said CLickfree VP of marketing Andrew Barrett, in a statement. “Whether you are a student, traveling professional. or a businessperson who works outside of a typical office or home environment, the C2 Rugged provides a simple and secure way to backup and protect irreplaceable computer data.”

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The C2 Rugged drives come auth auto run software that immediately begins scanning, organizing, and backing up data on a PC or Mac as soon as the drive is connected, with a goal to providing nearly effort-free backups for everyday computer users. The drives can be used to back up multiple Windows or Mac systems, backed up files can be password-protected, and backups can be restored as well as browsed: users can peer into backed up photos, playlist, music, and more.

The drives feature a 500 GB capacity, USB 2.0 connectivity, and run off bus power so there’s no separate power adapter to carry around. They carry a suggested price of $139.99, but for a limited time are available from Clickfree to U.S. customers for $100. The drives are available in grey, blue, and orange.

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