Safe-Keep Precious Data with ioSafe Solo [MakeUseOf Giveaway] + Update

As we advance deeper into the digital era, we increasingly depend on hard drives as the principle storage medium to save all of our precious photos, documents and data.

Just like how insuring a car or a house will help to minimise unforeseen loses, doing everything to keep your data safe is priceless. Enter ioSafe. This week, we will be giving away one 500GB USB ioSafe Solo external hard drive which is fireproof, waterproof, shockproof and crushproof.

Believe you me, you’ll sleep better at night if your data was stored on one of these. I know I would. Find out how you can win this giveaway prize after the jump.


Instead of writing a whole lot about how rugged this hard drive is, it’s probably more convincing to show you. BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones takes the “almost-indestructible” ioSafe for a spin during CES 2010.

Key Features:

  1. Fireproof up to 1550 degs F for 1/2 an hour
  2. Waterproof down to 10 feet for 3 days
  3. 1-year Data Recovery Service: one time only, no questions asked policy
  4. Patented Air Flow Cooling ensures hard drive reliability during normal day to day use
  5. Bolt-down the ioSafe Solo or cable lock for greater security and theft resistance
  6. Three Year standard manufacturer’s warranty for defects

We will be giving away one 500GB USB ioSafe Solo external hard drive with a 3-year warranty and 1-year Data Recovery Service (shipping included). Anyone is eligible for this prize.

So let’s see how you can win!

How do I win a copy?

We have just implemented a new giveaway form, please take the time to read the instructions. It’s still simple. Just follow the steps.


STEP 1
Join our Facebook page by clicking the Like button or you can follow us on Twitter, if you prefer. If you’re already following us, you may skip this step.

If you can’t see the fanbox, click on this link.

STEP 2
Here’s our new giveaway form. Please fill it in accurately. Be sure to enter your real name and email address so that we can get in touch if you are chosen as a winner. Entries with invalid Twitter/Facebook links will be disregarded. Click here if you can’t view the form.

STEP 3
You’re almost done. Now, all that’s left to do is to share the post. There are 2 options to choose from or you can do both!

Share it on Facebook

Or on Twitter


And that’s it! You’re done!

This giveaway begins now and will end on Friday, 14th May at 2100hrs PST. The winner will be selected at random and announced via email.

Update: ioSafe has generously provide MakeUseOf readers with a $30 rebate on any ioSafe Solo 500GB, 1TB, 1.5TB or 2TB hard drive. Limited to US/Canada residents only. Valid for purchase made between May 15th and 21st 2010.

Download the rebate form.

Spread the word to your friends and have fun!

MakeUseOf would like to thank Brett Callow from ioSafe for his generosity while participating in this giveaway. Interesting in sponsoring? We’d love to hear from you. Get in touch with us via email.

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Jackson Chung

Jackson Chung, M.D. is the Associate Editor for MakeUseOf. You may get in touch with him via email. He also runs TheDailyBuggle where he's giving away 10 copies of Arcsoft Perfect365 for free!

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  • Confused

    What the #(@%^!!! is the “Facebook/Twitter URL” supposed to be?

    • http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

      All you need to do is type in the link to your profile on Facebook or Twitter.

    • MArtin

      It is for your “Facebook orTwitter URL”.

  • Confused

    What the #(@%^!!! is the “Facebook/Twitter URL” supposed to be?

  • Srinivas G

    This is just Awesome! Thank you MUO for such a wonderful Giveaway! :)

    • http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

      It’s our pleasure! Enjoy!

      • Srinivas G

        I think the product will do fine even without the warranty! The features themselves are so re-assuring! :)

  • Srinivas G

    This is just Awesome! Thank you MUO for such a wonderful Giveaway! :)

  • ænon1mus

    All you need to do is type in the link to your profile on Facebook or Twitter.

  • ænon1mus

    It’s our pleasure! Enjoy!

  • PSK(not real name hehe)

    done. hope i win :D

  • PSK(not real name hehe)

    done. hope i win :D

  • http://twitter.com/transitshawn transitshawn

    It is nice to finally have a chance to win something if you are living in Canada! thanks for the opportunity MUO

  • transitshawn

    It is nice to finally have a chance to win something if you are living in Canada! thanks for the opportunity MUO

  • http://twitter.com/brunocasarini Bruno Casarini

    That ioSafe Solo external hard drive would look real nice on my desk!

  • Bruno Casarini

    That ioSafe Solo external hard drive would look real nice on my desk!

  • Charlene Ray

    omg .. this is exciting!! hope i win … i wanna give this to my mom as a present .. fingers crossed =)

  • Charlene Ray

    omg .. this is exciting!! hope i win … i wanna give this to my mom as a present .. fingers crossed =)

  • http://www.facebook.com/mr.jinyi JIN Yi

    cool have seen this product’s video before. indeed, it’s useless for me actually. but why not participate and get one, if my favorite website offers me one? lol

    • Rene

      Sweetie, if it’s useless to you, then why bother entering?? Why take away the option for someone (like me) who REALLY needs something like this?? It just doesn’t make any sense to me!!

  • JIN Yi

    cool have seen this product’s video before. indeed, it’s useless for me actually. but why not participate and get one, if my favorite website offers me one? lol

  • http://man4590.multiply.com/ man4590

    done does this apply even when im not in U.S.

    • http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

      Yup, it’s open to everyone

  • man4590

    done does this apply even when im not in U.S.

  • jimbo

    what about EMP proof ? just in case there was a nuclear bomb

    • Anonymous

      If there was a nuclear bomb close enough to bother it with EMP… you’ve got bigger problems than a wiped drive.

    • Carl

      that’s a very good question… magnetism in general can be a concern, I don’t think they really addressed that

  • jimbo

    what about EMP proof ? just in case there was a nuclear bomb

  • Anonymous

    thanks for this contest, I recently watched some videos regarding iosafe solo and was really impressed if one considers the tortures that they imposed on the box and guess what……….datas were 100% recovered. Iosafe made a great progress in keeping data safe.

  • ha14

    thanks for this contest, I recently watched some videos regarding iosafe solo and was really impressed if one considers the tortures that they imposed on the box and guess what……….datas were 100% recovered. Iosafe made a great progress in keeping data safe.

  • Anonymous

    WOW! Wouldn’t I LOVE to have this! I fanned you, followed you, shared and retweeted LOL

  • marylanphier

    WOW! Wouldn’t I LOVE to have this! I fanned you, followed you, shared and retweeted LOL

  • Damian R. Scott

    Well, if they need a reason to make me a winner … my birthday happens to be tomorrow … May 11th. I’d be more than happy to receive this as a late birthday bonus. Thanks!

  • MArtin

    It is for your “Facebook orTwitter URL”.

  • Damian R. Scott

    Well, if they need a reason to make me a winner … my birthday happens to be tomorrow … May 11th. I’d be more than happy to receive this as a late birthday bonus. Thanks!

  • Jacob

    Holy Sh*t …. What will they come up with next :D !

  • Jacob

    Holy Sh*t …. What will they come up with next :D !

  • ænon1mus

    Yup, it’s open to everyone

  • Anonymous

    its just really awesome stuff…i need it guys .

  • anurag6484

    its just really awesome stuff…i need it guys .

  • Anonymous

    its just really awesome …i need it guys ….i had done all wat u wanted ..

  • anurag6484

    its just really awesome …i need it guys ….i had done all wat u wanted ..

  • Dhiraj Sinha

    An interesting piece of hardware.
    Eagerly awaiting the draw….

  • Dhiraj Sinha

    An interesting piece of hardware.
    Eagerly awaiting the draw….

  • http://digitopus.com/ skatoolaki

    Thank you for this awesome giveaway – I can’t wait ’til Friday! *fingers & toes crossed*

  • skatoolaki

    Thank you for this awesome giveaway – I can’t wait ’til Friday! *fingers & toes crossed*

  • http://hollywoodpainting.com/blog/toronto-painters/ toronto painters

    Awesome, what an amount insulation in that box after crushing it. I can see why it didn’t melt.This can be very useful for very important data that has to be 100% secure permanently.

  • toronto painters

    Awesome, what an amount insulation in that box after crushing it. I can see why it didn’t melt.This can be very useful for very important data that has to be 100% secure permanently.

  • Mike

    I dont have a facebook or twitter account – can I still enter?

  • Mike

    I dont have a facebook or twitter account – can I still enter?

  • http://twitter.com/T_Seeker Marie Z

    Thanks Jackson Chung for the chance to win… watching the BBC news was fantastic! My hubby had to do few things on computer last month and I lost ALL my data external drive, which I was using for main personal info — billings, medical, pictures, documents, things scanned in for safe keeping, etc – maybe error was magnetic — maybe a wire –? — we are still working on trying to get it to read to retrieve — if I had one of these babys (ioSafe Solo ext hard drive) I would be doing more than sleeping better — I would be loving my husband instead of hounding him to keep trying to save my data!

  • Marie Z

    Thanks Jackson Chung for the chance to win… watching the BBC news was fantastic! My hubby had to do few things on computer last month and I lost ALL my data external drive, which I was using for main personal info — billings, medical, pictures, documents, things scanned in for safe keeping, etc – maybe error was magnetic — maybe a wire –? — we are still working on trying to get it to read to retrieve — if I had one of these babys (ioSafe Solo ext hard drive) I would be doing more than sleeping better — I would be loving my husband instead of hounding him to keep trying to save my data!

  • Mike Trudeau

    Would love to win one of these but I have no intention of joining Twitter or Facebook EVER … so good luck to everyone else!

  • Mike Trudeau

    Would love to win one of these but I have no intention of joining Twitter or Facebook EVER … so good luck to everyone else!

  • Rene

    Sweetie, if it’s useless to you, then why bother entering?? Why take away the option for someone (like me) who REALLY needs something like this?? It just doesn’t make any sense to me!!

  • Alex

    i travel a lot and it would be great to have a drive that i don’t have to cover in socks to pack.

  • Alex

    i travel a lot and it would be great to have a drive that i don’t have to cover in socks to pack.

  • Amenditman

    Why do all your giveaways require a Facebook/Twitter account?

    Facebook is a total privacy nightmare and anyone who uses it is giving their personal info to someone who can not be trusted.

    Twitter is just plain annoying. My time is way to valuable to waste on this kind of nonsense.

    Other than that, the whole Make Use Of site is great.
    Thanks for the good work.

    Amenditman

  • Amenditman

    Why do all your giveaways require a Facebook/Twitter account?

    Facebook is a total privacy nightmare and anyone who uses it is giving their personal info to someone who can not be trusted.

    Twitter is just plain annoying. My time is way to valuable to waste on this kind of nonsense.

    Other than that, the whole Make Use Of site is great.
    Thanks for the good work.

    Amenditman

  • lgolden491

    Why is it that the only way to enter your giveaways is to be a subscriber to twitter?
    I prefer not to be part of any of these types of groups.

  • lgolden491

    Why is it that the only way to enter your giveaways is to be a subscriber to twitter?
    I prefer not to be part of any of these types of groups.

  • gabriel

    hope i win :)

  • gabriel

    hope i win :)

  • http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

    To the readers who commented about Twitter/Facebook, we have giveaways lined up every Monday until the end of the year. We invite you to join our social networks in order to participate in the giveaways. We wouldn’t want you to miss out.

    • Mike Trudeau

      As someone with absolutely no use or need for Twitter or Facebook and their ilk, participation in your giveaways is simply not a compelling enough reason to sign up for either one. (I’m sure I’m not alone in that sentiment.) So I guess winning one of your giveaways is never going to happen for me, and I’m content with that. I will simply continue to enjoy the fine articles, tips and software finds that your site has always provided every day … unless you force me to join a social network for that too!

      • http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

        I’m sorry you feel that way Mike. We’ll be sure to brainstorm and try to come up with other methods of participation but currently, it will be limited to Facebook and Twitter.

  • ænon1mus

    To the readers who commented about Twitter/Facebook, we have giveaways lined up every Monday until the end of the year. We invite you to join our social networks in order to participate in the giveaways. We wouldn’t want you to miss out.

  • wkp

    This is my first entry into a hardware giveaway contest. Exciting opportunity.
    I’ve tweeted this one at http://twitter.com/clarkeac/status/13752056541
    and RT’ed it as well.
    Regards,
    wkp

  • wkp

    This is my first entry into a hardware giveaway contest. Exciting opportunity.
    I’ve tweeted this one at http://twitter.com/clarkeac/st…
    and RT’ed it as well.
    Regards,
    wkp

  • wkp

    Thanks for the giveaway. First time I participated in a hardware giveaway. Looking forward to the outcome.
    I’ve tweeted at: http://twitter.com/clarkeac/st…
    and RT’ed the message.
    Can’t seem to get logged in though.
    Regards,
    wkp

  • Anonymous

    Done! Wish I win, thanks.

    –PG

  • Pee_Gee

    Done! Wish I win, thanks.

    –PG

  • Anonymous

    Great I could really use this one I am running out of room and this would help a lot and I could use with my laptop to save space on it sign me uphttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf

  • carlcanfield

    Great I could really use this one I am running out of room and this would help a lot and I could use with my laptop to save space on it sign me up
    http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=lf

  • Anonymous

    Done, I wish I win. I am a Graphic Artist and I use lots of disk space plus I love to keep my jobs for reference and future purposes. This is a tool for me. Thanks.

  • Pee_Gee

    Done, I wish I win. I am a Graphic Artist and I use lots of disk space plus I love to keep my jobs for reference and future purposes. This is a tool for me. Thanks.

  • Mike Trudeau

    As someone with absolutely no use or need for Twitter or Facebook and their ilk, participation in your giveaways is simply not a compelling enough reason to sign up for either one. (I’m sure I’m not alone in that sentiment.) So I guess winning one of your giveaways is never going to happen for me, and I’m content with that. I will simply continue to enjoy the fine articles, tips and software finds that your site has always provided every day … unless you force me to join a social network for that too!

  • Guest

    This is a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win. Would definitely help me out a lot. Good luck to everyone that participates.

  • Guest

    This is a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win. Would definitely help me out a lot. Good luck to everyone that participates.

  • Orchid56

    This is a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win. Would definitely help me out a lot and save me from many headaches and losses. Good luck to everyone that participates.

  • Orchid56

    This is a great giveaway! Thank you for the chance to win. Would definitely help me out a lot and save me from many headaches and losses. Good luck to everyone that participates.

  • Richard Walsh

    Neat, hope I win it.

  • Richard Walsh

    Neat, hope I win it.

  • Tuan

    I hope i can win :D …..

  • Tuan

    I hope i can win :D …..

  • Rajendran

    Nice Give Away!

  • Rajendran

    Nice offer

  • Rajendran

    Nice Give Away!

  • Rajendran

    Nice offer

  • Anonymous

    I want it cuz I cant afford it. I live in Pakistan, and I cant even afford a new computer. Thats why I’m using a used one

  • deamonlord

    I want it cuz I cant afford it. I live in Pakistan, and I cant even afford a new computer. Thats why I’m using a used one

  • Deb

    awesome giveaway…good luck to all participating!

  • Deb

    awesome giveaway…good luck to all participating!

  • Anonymous

    Thanks for the opportunity to win such a great prize.

    Good luck everyone!

  • LittleM48

    Thanks for the opportunity to win such a great prize.

    Good luck everyone!

  • http://twitter.com/PADI_Instructor Silent Partner

    This external HD would let me feel a whole lot better in the event of a fire that’s for sure.

  • Silent Partner

    This external HD would let me feel a whole lot better in the event of a fire that’s for sure.

  • Sujay

    Done all … hope to win

  • Sujay

    Done all … hope to win

  • WmPerry

    its best to avoid wankery like facebook/twitter–No matter what Stephen Fry says- he’s not actually infallible.

  • WmPerry

    its best to avoid wankery like facebook/twitter–No matter what Stephen Fry says- he’s not actually infallible.

  • http://twitter.com/mohit12341 Mohit Tandon

    Thanks MUO for the great offer!!! Good luck to everyone! Keep your fingers crossed!!! :P

  • Mohit Tandon

    Thanks MUO for the great offer!!! Good luck to everyone! Keep your fingers crossed!!! :P

  • Ashley

    Thanks for the competition. Good luck to whoever is the winner

  • Ashley

    Thanks for the competition. Good luck to whoever is the winner

  • http://twitter.com/Anukuls TheTechTalker

    WOW ! I am so excited… Keeping my fingers crossed..
    Hope I win.. !!

    Cheers to all !

  • TheTechTalker

    WOW ! I am so excited… Keeping my fingers crossed..
    Hope I win.. !!

    Cheers to all !

  • ænon1mus

    I’m sorry you feel that way Mike. We’ll be sure to brainstorm and try to come up with other methods of participation but currently, it will be limited to Facebook and Twitter.

  • Simon Tedeschi

    Did this for both Facebook and Twitter, hope I get two entries! Twiiter url: http://www.twitter.com/twittedeschi

  • Simon Tedeschi

    Did this for both Facebook and Twitter, hope I get two entries! Twiiter url: http://www.twitter.com/twittedeschi

  • Anonymous

    Now this is something worth purchasing.

  • Jaxx89

    Now this is something worth purchasing.

  • Anonymous

    wow….i realy like to use this hard drive……

  • madhusankha

    wow….i realy like to use this hard drive……

  • Srinivas G

    I think the product will do fine even without the warranty! The features themselves are so re-assuring! :)

  • http://lovemynokia.com/ Siraj Soft

    Hope i win something :) :D YAY awesome Giveaway :)

  • Siraj Soft

    Hope i win something :) :D YAY awesome Giveaway :)

  • shoop83

    If there was a nuclear bomb close enough to bother it with EMP… you’ve got bigger problems than a wiped drive.

  • http://www.twitter.com/bctripletmom Miranda Johnson

    I have done all requirements. Do I need to comment for each step?

    Thanks for the tweet that alerted me to this!

    @bctripletmom

    bctripletmom at gmail dot com

    • http://thedailybuggle.com ænon1mus

      Miranda, commenting is optional.

  • Miranda Johnson

    I have done all requirements. Do I need to comment for each step?

    Thanks for the tweet that alerted me to this!

    @bctripletmom

    bctripletmom at gmail dot com

  • ænon1mus

    Miranda, commenting is optional.

  • Nahla

    is this for real?! i mean, i’m from the Philippines! i hope i win.. p.s. you guys rock! love your site! XD

  • Nahla

    is this for real?! i mean, i’m from the Philippines! i hope i win.. p.s. you guys rock! love your site! XD

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  • jody

    why the facebook tie-in? i’m not entering b/c of what implications come from giving the facebook url… this whole direction of “Like” being used on the internet is kinda creepy, and now we have our Makeuseof folks making it a requirement???
    gads, it feels like a noose!

  • jody

    why the facebook tie-in? i’m not entering b/c of what implications come from giving the facebook url… this whole direction of “Like” being used on the internet is kinda creepy, and now we have our Makeuseof folks making it a requirement???
    gads, it feels like a noose!

  • Anonymous

    Nice giveaway! And, nice to be in the running to have it :>

  • goodolvera

    Nice giveaway! And, nice to be in the running to have it :>

  • Carl

    that’s a very good question… magnetism in general can be a concern, I don’t think they really addressed that