FASTORA Debuts Worlds Smallest, One-Touch Backup and Recovery Appliance

Powerful ExBoot provides instant and complete backup and recovery for PC users and mobile professionals in tiny external 2.5- and 1.8-inch hard drive enclosures.

CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif., (PRWEB) July 7, 2005 -- FASTORA, a worldwide designer and manufacturer of scalable and affordable storage solutions, today announced its new all-in-one, portable instant backup and recovery appliances. The ExBoot EXB-0111 features a 1.8-inch hard drive and the EXB-0121 supports a 2.5-inch disk drive providing instant peace-of-mind for any desktop or notebook user. The ExBoot devices are available today through FASTORAs nationwide channel of retail and online partners starting at $175 for 20 GBs for the EXB-0111 and $165 for 40 GBs for the EXB-0121, progressing in capacity and pricing.

The new ExBoot products join the already shipping EXB-0131, which can accommodate 3.5-inch drives providing up to 400GB of data protection. The wallet-sized ExBoot appliances safeguard against the loss of precious, irreplaceable data and files including operating systems, programs, e-mails, MP3s, pictures, and all other data files with the touch of one-button. In the case of hard drive failure, virus infection, or catastrophic system crash, the system can boot directly from the ExBoot via USB. When complete, the PC will operate as normal, restoring the users familiar working environment.

Users today are faced with the growing threat of viruses which destroy millions of files, and the reality that at some point, most systems will fail and disk drives will crash. But, our family of highly portable, innovative ExBoot products make it incredibly easy for anyone to protect all of their digital assets," said Kit Chui, FASTORA sales director. The ExBoot is the perfect backup solution for the masses because of its small size and powerful software, giving users business-class protection, in an affordable and easy-to-use solution."

The ExBoot family is a seamless combination of simple software and a USB 2.0 external hard drive enclosure. It features a one-touch button, which launches the automated backup software. The ExBoot quickly makes a backup of the complete system including operating system components, files, settings, and applications. The ExBoot can be customized to automatically check and synchronize with the PC to ensure files are up-to-date or users can press the button for instant backup at any time. ExBoot will restore the settings and all data to the new drive eliminating the usual complexities and frustrations with typical backup and restore systems.

ABOUT FASTORA
FASTORA is a storage division of AXIOMTEK, a multi-million dollar manufacturer of award-winning versatile and modularly-designed Applied Computing Platforms. FASTORA is unique in that it actually owns its own manufacturing facility, which enables the design, manufacture, and delivery of state-of-the-art, reliable, and cost-effective storage solutions. The company partners with the VAR community to provide specialized storage-centric programs, bare systems or complete systems in order to provide on-target solutions for business and vertical markets.

FASTORA's storage products can be used over a broad range of different network environments, including Microsoft, Apple, Novell, and UNIX in storage-dependent applications including digital video, health care, nearline storage, email management, digital imaging/document data, high availability backup, broadcast and surveillance.

The company is located at 18138 Rowland St. City of Industry, Calif. 91748. For sales, support or general information, the company can be reached at 626.581.3232 or via the Web at www.FASTORA.com.

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