Self-Erasing Hard Drives!

If you are a business owner or someone who has a lot to hide, the the Self-erasing Hard Drive is the thing for you.  Toshiba will soon release their new line of hard drives called MKxx61GSYS family.  These new self encrypting drives can detect when it is connected to an unknown or unidentified computer or other system.  When the drive detects this it will then securely erase all of its data or deny access to the drive.  The drives are offered with an extra layer of security which is mainly for corporations or government agencies.  The MKxx61GSYS family has five different drives and start at 160GB up to 640GB.  All of them connect via SATA and run at 7200 RPM, and use AES 256 encryption.  There is no word on the price just yet but I'm sure you gonna have to have pretty deep pockets to get your hands on one. If you do have the money this is a great investment to have!

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