Verbatim?s new 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch external hard drives to be bundled with Nero BackItUp 2 Essentials software.

Nero announced today that their new cooperation with Verbatim has resulted in the bundling of Nero BackItUp 2 Essentials software with the USB models of the latest generation of Verbatim Portable Hard Drives in 2.5-inch format, as well as the Verbatim Desktop Hard Drives in 3.5-inch format.

Nero BackItUp 2 Essentials lets you plan and conduct simple backups of individual files as well as entire hard drive and systems. The automatic backup function gives users the flexibility of assigning regular backups or backups for specific dates and times.

As well, the data can be password protected against unwanted access. Nero BackItUp 2 Essentials compresses the secure data during transmission to ensure a complete and condensed data set.