CMS UABS2-60.0 60GB 4200Rpm External USB Hard Drive

by CMS

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 0.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HWA0
• Item model number: UABS2-60.0
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 29, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Award winning and easy to use, the ABSplus is the perfect solution for your backup and storage needs. With our portable model, you get plenty of extra storage, effortless backup and disaster recovery.

Effortless Installation
Upon initial connection, the ABSplus BounceBack Professional software makes a complete backup of all files, applications, and operating system on your laptop to the ABSplus drive. This creates a bootable ABSplus drive, and with a data transfer rate of up to 480 Mbp/s (275MB/minute), the speed is blazing!

Automatic Backup
Each time the unit is plugged in, the ABSplus automatically scans your source drive and copies only those files that have been changed or newly created since the last backup was performed.

Disaster Recovery Technology
The ABSplus backup solution provides easy recovery from even the worst data catastrophes.

Lost Files or Folders
Simply connect the ABSplus and drag-and-drop the missing files or folders back to your computer. Or, use the new "QuickRestore" option to recover previously deleted data from your laptop.

System Failure
Simply connect the ABSplus to any laptop computer for immediate access to all your data files, allowing you to keep working even when your computer doesn't.

Windows Corruption
With the included Rescue CD, you can perform a complete system recovery or re-image your primary drive.

Bootability
In the event of a primary drive failure, you can swap the drive in the ABSplus enclosure with a failed system drive and boot up in minutes.

Award Winning
The sleek rugged design and ability to use the ABSplus for backup and/or external storage has won many awards. The ABSplus is consistently recognized for surpassing all other backup and storage devices on the market today.

Product Description

CMS ABS Plus for Notebooks - Hard drive - 60 GB - external - Hi-Speed USB - mini-USB

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Backup your data, but don't expect to see it again, August 14, 2005

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Always a Critic "apa" (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CMS UABS2-60.0 60GB 4200Rpm External USB Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

I was sold on how the product was advertized - it is a great idea - especially "Provides users with easy ways to recover from even the worst data catastrophe" and "With the included Rescue CD, you can perform a complete system recovery or re-image your primary drive." I installed it. It is easy to use and backs up the system and data extremely well. All the data is visible and accessible from windows explorer. Then, one night, I installed new software (I backed up my system and data immediately before this). The system crashed after working with the new software and became unbootable. No problem - I thought - I will just restore the system with the CMS rescue disk. After going through a lenghty process of finding everything on my computer, it eventually found the ABS drive (Yea). Much to my dismay, it then cranked out a few more lines of text and stated that the rescue had failed. The rescue disk then reverted to something similar to a DOS prompt and would do no more. I booted into the system with a Linux and then a DOS recovery console. There, I tried to execute the ABS program files (there are several). Access was denied on all files. I tried a repair of the XP system which did not work and then ended up reloading XP and then reloaded the ABS software to see if I could at least retrieve my data. I eventually retrieved most of it, but the red "X" over the Outlook folders told me there might be something wrong. All Outlook files were gone. So, now it is back to system install and configuration and replacing salvaged data. I decided I could achieve the same results by using memory sticks to save data. The ABS system is now on its way to my nephew. I told him it would be a good learning tool to toy around with, because the ABS really is more of a toy than a useful piece of hardware. If you want an extra drive, this is fine. If ou are serious about data backup look long and far and read as many reviews as you can - I would never buy anyhting from CMS again. Too much hype, too expensive, no return on investment - just more cost in time and frustration.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensible!, July 11, 2004

By A Customer

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This review is from: CMS UABS2-60.0 60GB 4200Rpm External USB Hard Drive (Personal Computers)

Setup was smooth and the unit works flawlessly. After having experienced two hard drive crashes and spending thousands of dollars recovering my data, I'll never again be caught without a backup unit like this one.