Seagate Backup Plus Portable

5 TB

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  TAMINO

  5 years ago •
  purchased this product

  +4

  4

  0

  Good

  Use it as a backup disk. But I also load everything onto Google drive for security, because I can't trust the hard drive. I've dropped it a few times, but nothing ever happened. And it's relatively slow. But basically it does what it should more

  Pro

  • Design
  • Dropped several times and no damage

  Contra

  • Slow

  This review was created for a different variant: Backup Plus Portable (5 TB)

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  Anonymous

  7 years ago •
  purchased this product

  +3

  7

  4

  What a mess!

  Addendum:
  If you have problems with these Seagates and a cache activation does not help, you should try to recreate the partition table (GPT). Then reformat with NTFS. Don't forget to backup your data first (and deactivate cache activation for backup purposes)!
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  The write speed drops rapidly to USB 1 values after a short time. The disk also gets hot during longer transfers, although never in the critical range.
  
  I tried it with different USB3 cables and connections but the R/W results only differed minimally. For copying very large and very many files, I recommend not using NTFS and formatting the hard drive with either ext4 for Linux or exFAT for Windows. For very many but rather smaller data, perhaps even with Reiser4.
  
  While the speed with NTFS drops to USB 1 values (below 12 MB/s) after a short time, I achieve more constant values between 60 - 92 MB/s with exFAT and ext4. more

  Contra

  • Temperature rises quickly and stays hot

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  mireczech

  6 years ago •
  purchased this product

  +2

  2

  0

  Good solution for a backup disk for home use for 15 months :-)

  My original review: I am happy with it but only time will show how reliable it really is. I am using it as Time Machine disk for an iMac, which is fairly demanding.
  
  Edit on December 28, 2018: the disk died without warning on Christmas Day. It lasted almost exactly 15 months. Actually the case failed, the drive inside is OK. more

  Pro

  • form factor, build quality
  • bundled cables
  • quiet
  • obviously bus powered so ideal to avoid another power supply
  • fairly good value for money, actually

  Contra

  • nothing, really
  • Died after 15 months, probably daily use is too much for the box electronics

  This review was created for a different variant: Backup Plus Portable (4 TB)

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