ADATA Announces Extremely Rugged HD830 External Hard Drive

ADATA Announces Rugged HD830 External HDD

When it comes to external storage, perhaps the ideal choice is to use a solid-state drive (SSD). If users put it in a bag, it won’t be damaged by being jostled since this kind of hard drive doesn’t have moving parts. Not to mention, an SSD is observably faster than a traditional hard drive.

However, there is a problem: when taking the cost per gigabyte into consideration, the SSD is quite pricey compared to an HDD although the price of SSDs continues to fall. Therefore, some persons still use HDDs when on the go.

In order to mitigate the potential dangers of using an external hard drive when persons go out, ADATA launches an extremely rugged external HD and it is called HD830. The ADATA HD830 external hard drive is most rugged HDD up to now due to its highlighted features. And here let’s keep reading to learn some details.

It Is Virtually Indestructible due to Unique Design

The ADATA HD830 HDD has a boldly grooved surface with a sandblasted finish and two sturdy side columns. This makes the external HD look like a true warrior.

According to the company, this HDD has a tough aluminum exterior that is not just able to survive nasty blunt force and drops but also can take up to 3000kg of download pressure. This is roughly equal to the total weight of fifty average-sized people.

Besides, HD830 hard drive has military-grade toughness since it meets the U.S. Military’s MIL-STD-810G 516.6 standard and it is able to survive falls from up to 1.22 meters. This is tough enough for the military

What’s more, it has a robust three-layered structure, providing complete protection inside and outside. This construction includes a hard silicone casing that comes in blue or red, shock-absorbing buffer, and cushioned mounting that firmly keeps the drive in place.

Shock Senior Protection

Dropping or shaking an HDD may result in errors and bad sectors. Due to this, the HD830 external HDD is equipped with a shock sensor.

When a collision or vibration is detected, this senior will alert users with a blinking red light (such as an accidental fall), and meanwhile, the hard drive activity is stopped, preventing errors and bad sectors caused by accidental impact and shaking.

Easy-to-Use Port Cover

This HD830 external hard drive utilizes a micro USB 3.0 cover that is easy to use. To make this HDD fully waterproof and dust-tight, users can plug up the port with this cover. This drive reaches IP68 highest class dust-proof and waterproof standard. ADATA claims that this HDD can be submerged in 6.5 feet of water for up to two hours.

Plenty of Storage Capacity

Now in the era of 4K Ultra HD videos and other high-resolution media, it is impossible for users to have too much storage capacity. But here, this HD830 HDD announces three kinds of capacities, including 2TB, 4TB, and 5TB.

Besides, this HDD also has a 3-year warranty.

Final Words

Now, most related information about ADATA HD830 external hard drive is introduced to users. If you are the one who wants to use this kind of external HDD, please pay attention to the information on the ADATA website since no information on pricing or worldwide availability has been released.

Once it is on the market, you can use it to save your disk data. If you want to move important files to this HDD for data protection, you can use the best backup software, MiniTool ShadowMaker, to back up files to this external hard drive.