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• Avoid bumping, jarring or dropping the ioSafe Rugged Portable HDD while connected
to a computer and in use. Mechanical hard disk drives (HDD) are more susceptible to
damage while they’re operating which sometimes results in data loss. Inside a
mechanical hard disk drive is a spinning disk and small read/write drive head that
“flies” on a cushion of air above the disk. If the drive head hits the spinning disk, data
loss can occur. Solid State Drives (SSD) have no moving parts and do not have a
bumping or jarring limitation. If you require that the drive continue to operate while
being dropped or during vibration (as present while in an operating vehicle), we
highly recommend the ioSafe Rugged Portable SSD for the ultimate in drop and shock
protection.
• Do not disconnect any cables while the ioSafe Rugged Portable is powered on without
first stopping or ejecting the device through the operating system software interface.
Disconnecting any drive during a read/write event can cause logical corruption on the
drive, both SSD and HDD drives, which can sometimes result in data loss.
• Use proper surge and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) to guard your computer
system against abrupt outage and voltage spikes during brownouts and lightning
storms.