iodd Mini USB 3.0 256-bit Secure encrypted SSD Drive (1TB)

I'm always needing to boot from some LiveCD, or rescue CD, or utility, or install some OS or other. Until now I just rummaged through my box of flash drives looking for one I can erase, or burned an ISO to a CD. Not anymore ... I put all the ISOs on here and choose the one I want through the menu.Also if there's a utility that will ONLY write to a flash drive, you can create a VHD of the required size and copy it to the iodd and then select it as a VHD. The OS will see it as a flash drive and the utility will write to it.I use this to take backup drive images before reinstalling the operating system. The drive image software is an ISO I boot from and the HDD is where I write the backup. Then I can take the drive anywhere I want to copy the backup off.The read and write performance is very good.Other reviewers say it feels cheap ... it doesn't feel cheap to me. It's plastic but it's not flimsy plastic with a chicklet keypad which is what I was afraid of. The keys are discrete objects, not a membrane on the drive. I don't see why it won't survive reasonable wear and tear.The only thing I don't like about this device is the documentation. It is terrible. I had to take the drive out and reset it 3 or 4 times before I realized that the password they call the "2nd password" is the password you enter FIRST ... and that the 2nd password is NOT the same ad the administrator password. Once I got that sorted out everything is fine.The only thing I wish I had changed is getting a bigger drive, I was thinking 1 TB was overkill for holding ISOs but I wasn't thinking about the fact that I would be writing backups to it as well. But replacing the internal drive is easy if you have to do it.By the way, I tried Ventoy and it never worked properly at least on my hardware. Either the machine wouldn't boot, or it would boot but was all messed up ... for example I use Parted Magic to secure erase NVMe drives. I could get it to boot, but actually wiping drives didn't work under Ventoy. With this thing because the OS sees it as a discrete hardware device, there are no such concerns.Not everyone needs something like this, but if you do, this thing will do what you need it to do, no sweat.

If you're the kind of nerd who installs operating systems, and more than exactly one operating system this is life changing. No more fishing through burned CDs or managing multiple/rewriting thumbdrives.I imagine it's also pretty dang good if you want to play old CD-ROM games on (USB-Capable) hardware without bothering with software CD emulators.For like 99% of people this is just an external SSD/HDD enclosure, but for that last 1% it's the absolute best thing in the world.My only real complaint is that it doesn't seem to have floppy drive emulation (only HDD and Optical drive), so you can't use it to sideload Windows XP drivers.

tip top, flott, leicht zu bedienen, perfekt für isos. In der anschaffung teuer, spart auf dauer aber CDs/DVDs.

è un prodotto eccellente.Sul lavoro, dopo aver visto la mia, la stanno acquistando tutti.è perfettibile, certo, ma già così com'è è notevole.Sfrutto soprattutto l'opzione di criptatura, per poter spostare dati senza il rischio che cadano nelle mani sbagliate (quanti possono affermare con certezza di non aver mai smarrito una PenDrive ?).Al solito ci sarà chi sostiene che ci sono molti software che fanno la stessa cosa, ma la verità è che questa memoria è di utilizzo immediato: non si deve installare nulla, non si deve spettare nulla, si accende collegandola ad un computer (di chiunque), si inserisce il codice dalla sua tastierina incorporata ed è pronta all'uso.Ha anche un espediente per evitare che qualcuno possa sbirciare il codice segreto. All'inizio mi suonava strano, ma oramai mi ci sono abituato e non mi da più fastidio.Bisogna capire un poco come impostarla correttamente, ma poi non si deve fare più nulla.Sono mesi che la uso e la consiglio a tutti.

Un peu cher mais sans équivalent sur le marché, et pour moi qui suis technicien informatique c'est un appareil que j'utilise au quotidien.Pour moi il a deux utilités essentielles. Déjà la possibilité d'empêcher l'accès en écriture. Je sais que tous les outils que je mets dessus ne seront pas touchés par les ordinateurs de mes clients, quand on sait que certains utilitaires déclenchent des faux positifs, c'est très pratique. Même si une alerte se produit, je suis tranquille, rien n'a été effacé sur le stockage.Je m'en sers aussi pour stocker tous mes fichiers ISO. Lorsqu'un nouvel ISO de Windows sort, j'efface simplement l'ancien fichier et je mets le nouveau, plus besoin de faire des clefs bootables et de jongler avec, tout est là.Autre point positif, alors que certains vieux PC peuvent rechigner à booter sur une clef usb, on évite ce problème puisque le IODD émule un lecteur DVD, du coup le pc voit un lecteur CD, je suis sûr de pouvoir booter en toutes circonstances.Et enfin dernière chose, qui peut paraître anecdotique mais pas tant que ça pour qui connait ce métier, arriver chez un client avec un tel outillage fait tout de même plus professionnel que sortir une clef usb de sa poche.J'ai mis 4 étoiles pour le prix car ce n'est tout de même pas donné, et 4 étoiles pour la solidité qui parait toute relative... À voir sur la durée...Enfin et puisque la perfection n'est pas de ce monde, j'aurais apprécié que l'appareil puisse être alimenté par une petite pile bouton, afin de pouvoir faire les réglages avant de le connecter sur le pc, c'est parfois agaçant de devoir reprendre les réglages parce qu'on a dû éteindre l'ordi et que cela a coupé l'alimentation USB.J'ai attendu quelques semaines d'utilisation pour me faire un avis définitif, et clairement, malgré les petits défauts (peut-être corrigé dans une future version ?) je recommande bien sûr ce produit à toute personne qui travaille dans la maintenance informatique, il n'y a pas d'équivalent sur le marché, c'est un petit bijou à avoir dans sa sacoche de travail.