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At a glance
The IBM Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive with Rapid Restore incorporates a USB 2.0 interface for high-speed data transfers, and is also backward compatible with USB 1.1 (at USB 1.1 transfer 3 speeds). It has a native capacity of 20 GB, with the ability to store up to 30 GB through file compression.

Features:

• 20 GB Native Capacity (30 GB with file compression)
• Rapid Restore software (increases your uptime by creating an image backup stored in a protected portion of the drive)
• Bootable - boot directly to the drive (on systems with appropriate BIOS support)
• High-speed USB 2.0 Interface
• Small size - Fits in a shirt pocket
• No AC power adapter required
• Driverless operation under Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows XP
  • GB = 1 billion bytes when referring to storage capacity; accessible capacity is less
  • Requires boot-to-USB support

Warranty
3 year Limited - Customer carry-in exchange

Packaging
You will receive one box containing the following items:

• IBM Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive with Rapid Restore
• USB Cable
• Auxiliary Power Cable
• Carrying Case
• User's Guide and Software CD

Product dates

Worldwide

• Announce date: 4 Jun 2002
• Planned availability date: 19 Jul 2002
• Withdrawal date: 28 Oct 2003

Technical specifications

Performance specifications as known at time of announcement

Data Transfer Speed:

• Read 900 KBps
• Write 700 KBps

Physical, environmental, and compatibility specifications as known at time of announcement

Weight

• oz: 8.5
• g: 241

• inches: 0.63
• mm: 16

• inches: 2.99
• mm: 76

• inches: 5.59
• mm: 142

Operating temperature

• Between 5 degrees Celsius and 55 degrees Celsius
• Between 41 degrees Fahrenheit and 131 degrees Fahrenheit

Relative humidity

• Operating: between 8% and 90%

Agency approvals

• UL
• CE
• TUV
• C-UL
• BSMI
• VCCI
• MIC
• Tick
• MOC 2
• FCC

Hardware compatibility
The IBM Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive with Rapid 2 Restore is supported on the following IBM NetVista and ThinkPad systems:

• NetVista 2292, 6343, 6349, 6350 (A22p)
• NetVista 2273, 6043, 6790, 6791, 6792, 6793, 6794, 6795, 6796, 6797, 6822, 6823, 6824, 6825 (M41)
• NetVista 8181, 8182, 8301, 8302, 8303, 8304, 8305, 8306, 8307, 8308 (M42)
• NetVista 8309, 8310, 8311, 8312, 8313, 8314, 8315, 8316, 6824, 6826, 2289 (A30, A30p)
• NetVista 8317, 8318, 8319 (S42)
• NetVista 2283, 6447, 6596, 6447 (X41)
• NetVista 2254, 2256, 2257, 6337, 6339, 6341, 6342, 6346, 6347, 6348 (A21i, A21)
• ThinkPad 2652, 2653 (A30p, A31p)
• ThinkPad 2387, 2388, 2389 (G40)
• ThinkPad 2656 (R31)
• ThinkPad 2681, 2672, 2684 (R40)
• ThinkPad T Series (All)
• ThinkPad X Series (All)

Supported operating systems

• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Microsoft Windows XP

Limitations
Booting to the IBM Portable USB 2.0 Hard Drive With Rapid 3 Restore requires system BIOS support. See your system's user's guide to 3 determine if your system supports booting to USB hard drives.