Let’s connect the drive to the PC, hmm, this is disappointing we have only 4.5 Tb out of 5. The drive inside is the Seagate barracuda which has 5 2.5-inch platters which hold one terabyte each. Being the 5Tb version it is a bit taller than other drives. Not very heavy and can be carried around maybe in a backpack, but not really pocketable. The look is quite nice and is quite small. There are more colours available such as light blue, silver and black.
The drive is backward compatible with USB 2.0 too but you will lose on speed.īottom, we have the serial number, storage capacity and other regulatory certifications. But we are currently held back by the drives read/write speeds.
The back of the drive has the USB-B connector, which theoretically supports upto 5gbps via USB 3.0. There is the Seagate logo branding on the top and this lone led indicator on the top left which lights up in white when the drive is active and pulses slowly when files are being copied. Inside the protective plastic case we have the hard drive and the usb cable.Īnd here’s the drive, in red, the coloured section is metal and the white sections are made of plastic. Opening it up we have manual, 1 year of mylio and 2 months of adobe creative cloud subscription. Price on the box is 16,999 but I purchased it for Rs 8,349 using some bank discounts and of course the Amazon republic day sale. exFAT is also supported by some smart tv’s to playback media off the drive directly. It can be formatted to NTFS if that’s what you need. The drive is compatible with both Windows and mac as it uses the exFAT file system. There seems to be an offer for mylio where you can store your photos online, have never tried that service. I picked one as I needed somewhere to backup my ever-increasing data.
Here I have today the Seagate Backup Plus portable, and I have with me the 5-terabyte model. Mechanical hard drives don’t have SSD speeds but do provide more space.
SSD’s are super-fast, but the price to storage space is quite high. So how do we protect our priceless data, watch on to find out.Ĭhoosing a good portable drive is a daunting task with multiple types, models and technologies. Being a Youtuber I have tons of media of shots/ videos taken for clients. Could be photos, videos or even files from work.
Install the free Seagate Mobile Backup app on an iOS or Android mobile device to back up all of the pictures and videos from the device to your external drive or the cloud.Data, something we hold dear, and would miss only when we lose it. Run a one-click backup or schedule an automatic backup plan to protect your files in your Backup Plus portable drive at your convenience. Via the Seagate Dashboard software, you are provided with tools for local, mobile, cloud and social media backup.
Install the NTFS driver for Mac and you can use the drive interchangeably between Windows and Mac computers without reformatting. High-speed USB 3.0 and 2.0 connectivity offers plug-and-play functionality on your PC without the need of an external power supply.
This gives you the space to store your movie, music and photo collections-and take them with you wherever you go. Under a sleek metal design lies up to 5TB of storage-twice the capacity of comparable 2.5-inch portable drives. The Seagate Backup Plus portable drive offers the mobility of a portable with the high capacity of a desktop drive. Small drive, large storage for your digital life on your computer and mobile devices