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Testing an indestructable harddrive (photocritic)

It's no secret that I care a lot about keeping my photos safe, whether I'm at
home or out and about.

As a photographer, you often end up trekking three quarters of the way around
the world to get some photographs. By its very nature, this journeying tends
to make the photos unrepeatable - so how would you go about ensuring that your
valuable photographs don't go missing? The two above articles show a pretty
good workflow, but when my girlfriend recently dropped a backup drive on the
floor, leaving it useless, I was thinking: Perhaps there's another aspect to
travel that I hadn't thought about quite enough yet: Your equipment goes
through an awful lot of abuse. Perhaps upgrading to some more sturdy
harddrives would be a good idea? Preferably something that's completely shock-
and water proof?

And so the hunt began. After some googling, I found a company called ioSafe,
who make a series of external hard drives that are specifically designed to
withstand a seriously abusive relationship. How serious? well, that's the bit
I was going to find out...

I procured one of their Rugged Portable drives with FireWire 800 connectivity
(it also has ...

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