Iomega Corporation, a global leader in reliable portable data storage, today introduced two new lines of rugged external hard drives designed to make security, recovery and data storage easy: the sleek new Iomega® HDD Portable Hard Drive in 20GB and 30GB capacities, and the high-capacity Iomega® HDD External Hard Drive in 40GB, 80GB, and 120GB capacities. Iomega's new drives for Windows® and Macintosh® users are hot-swappable and plug-and-play, which gives users the convenience of connecting the peripheral to a desktop or laptop computer without rebooting or having to install the device. With an optional interface module, Iomega's new hard drives can be switched between high-bandwidth USB 2.0 and FireWire® interfaces. Actual user transfer rates as high as 21MB per second (Portable Hard Drive) make the new drive platforms practical and affordable for editing video and image files, developing business presentations and working with large data sets.

The Iomega HDD Portable Hard Drive is available today. Configurations include the Iomega HDD 20GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive with a suggested list price of $199; the Iomega HDD 20GB FireWire Portable Hard Drive, $229; the Iomega HDD 30GB USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive, $259; and the Iomega HDD 30GB FireWire Portable Hard Drive, $279. The Iomega HDD External Hard Drive is expected to be available in May 2002. Configurations include the Iomega HDD 40GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive with a suggested list price of $199; the Iomega HDD 80GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, $299; and the Iomega HDD 120GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive, $349. FireWire configurations of the Iomega HDD 80GB External Hard Drive and the Iomega HDD 120GB External Hard Drive will be available for $329 and $379, respectively. Optional USB and FireWire interface cables will be available in June.