Stuff Geeks Want

I have a few naked drives with some data on them that I need to access once a year or so.  I hate having to put them into an external case to access that data.

Do you have a few naked drives yourself?

If so, look no further than the USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter from NewerTech. It’s a complete solution that allows any 2.5″, 3.5″, or 5.25″ hard drive or optical drive (you know you have some old 5.25″ drives around) with any standard IDE/ATA/ATAPI 40 pin or SATA interface to be connected via USB with ease.

Works with Maxtor, Seagate, IBM, Hitachi, Samsung, Western Digital, Iomega Zip, etc… As they put it: The “Swiss Army Knife” of Disk Connectivity.

Buy from Other World Computing for $30.

Maxtor’s BackArmor hard drive is a lot like other portable hard drives:

• 160GB, 5400RPM
• USB 2.0 (bus-powered)
• weighs just 7 ounces

So why does it cost $129 when other 160GB portable drives are going for less than $100?

Because it features built-in 128-bit AES Government-grade encryption. This security measure automatically encrypts all data written to the drive and prevents unauthorized access, “no exceptions!”

Backup and sync software is bundled with the BlackArmor, as is SecureErase, a utility for securely deleting items that are stored on the drive.

CDW is the only place you can pick up the BlackArmor (for the aforementioned $129 price).

Mac users have to sit this one out, as the BlackArmor only supports Windows XP and Vista.