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- #Seagate backup plus hub 4tb usb 3.0 review software#
- #Seagate backup plus hub 4tb usb 3.0 review windows 8#
The Seagate Backup Plus series is currently offered in sizes of 2TB ($94.99), 3TB ($99.99), 4TB ($119.99), 5TB ($129.99), 6TB ($175), and 8TB ($229.99) – all capacities have the same build quality, features, and software, and should all perform similarly. At current retail pricing, the 2TB and 3TB versions aren’t such a great value at $48/TB and $34/TB, but this makes sense when you consider that the cost difference to manufacture a 2TB vs a 4TB hard drive are minimal.
#Seagate backup plus hub 4tb usb 3.0 review software#
The Seagate Backup Plus 4TB Desktop External Hard Drive with 200GB of Cloud Storage & Mobile Device Backup USB 3.0 (STDT4000100) is a good quality external hard drive with great included backup software at an even better price of $119.99, which is just under $30/TB. Your other options are Monthly, Weekly, Daily, Hourly, or Continuously, which is the option I chose. It isn’t exactly obvious what they mean by Snapshot, but I’m assuming that’s a one-time backup. In Step 3, you choose how often you want to back up your computer. Please note that it doesn’t support backing up to other drives or locations (it didn’t let me back up to a network drive or my 1TB WD external drive). Obviously, in my case, I chose the Backup Plus Desktop 4TB drive, as I don’t have any other Seagate external hard drives connected. On Step 2, you choose a destination backup drive. The default selection is to back up all non-system files, the whole user folder, and all of your libraries (Documents, Music, etc), which should suffice for most people, though you can customize this under the Specific folder tab. On Step 1, it asks you to choose which files you’d like to back up. It was very easy to set up a backup schedule with Seagate Dashboard.
#Seagate backup plus hub 4tb usb 3.0 review windows 8#
Since you’ll probably be using the Seagate Backup Plus 4TB as mainly a backup drive (hence it’s name), it’s imperative that the included backup software works well, as Windows 7’s built in Backup and Restore solution only supports drives up to 2TB, though that isn’t an issue in Windows 8 and above. I found it to be exceptionally easy to use, with a clean, clutter-free interface. Seagate Dashboard is Seagate’s bundled utility that lets you manage your external hard drive, set up and restore backups, and even perform basic diagnostic testing to confirm that your drive is in good condition.