• Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive Review

Life moves fast. Don’t miss a thing.

The Backup Plus portable drive from Seagate is the simple way to protect and share your entire digital life—without getting in the way of the rest of your life.

• Protect your stuff with easy, flexible backups
• Automatically save photos from your social networks
• Share photos and videos to social networks with a click
• Easily increase transfer speeds by upgrading to Thunderbolt™ technology or FireWire® 800

Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive Features

Protect…
Photos, videos, and more–on the go.

Life is full of amazing moments you want to remember forever. The Backup Plus portable drive goes where you go, providing easy, plug-and-play backups. So you know that no matter where “life happens," your memories are always protected.

Save…
Your social life with a click.

Think of how many photos you’ve shared on Facebook or Flickr. With Backup Plus, you can easily download them right to your drive, so even more of your life is safe and sound.

Share…
Your favorite moments instantly.

With Backup Plus, your memories aren’t “trapped” in your drive. Just a click lets you share photos and videos to Facebook and Flickr or YouTube right from your Backup Plus drive.

Upgrade…
Your connectivity in a snap.

Getting a new computer with Thunderbolt™ technology or USB 3.0? Not a problem. Changing your connectivity is as easy as plugging in a new adapter.* So even when you upgrade, your Backup Plus drive can upgrade right along with you.

*Additional adapters sold separately.

Perfect when you need to: 

• Protect your stuff with easy, flexible backups 
• Automatically back up your photos from Facebook and Flickr 
• Share photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr, and YouTube 
•  Easily upgrade to Thunderbolt™ technology or FireWire® 800 

What do you get? 

• Seagate Dashboard pre-loaded on drive 
• NTFS driver for Mac pre-loaded on drive 
• USB 3.0 interface adapter 
• 18-inch USB 3.0 cable 
• Quick start guide 
• 2-year limited warranty 

System Requirements

• Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system or Mac OS X 10.6 or higher
• SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port (required for USB 3.0 transfer speeds or backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds) 

Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive Accessories

Seagate® Thunderbolt™ Adapter

Lightning quick transfers of large files. Connect to your Backup Plus portable drive and Thunderbolt cable for interface speeds up to 20x faster than USB 2.0.

• Completely portable, powered through the Thunderbolt cable
• Transfer speeds up to 10Gb/s
• Works with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive

* Thunderbolt cable not included.
 Model Number: STAE121

Upgrade Cable — USB 3.0/2.0

This USB 3.0 upgrade cable delivers performance that is up to 10x faster than USB 2.0, making it perfect for transferring and accessing movies and other large files with your Backup Plus portable drive.

• Works with any USB 3.0 port
• Backward compatible with USB 2.0
• Compatible with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive

 Model Number: STAE104

GoFlex Portable Case

Rugged and compact, this sleek case slips easily into a pocket, briefcase or bag to protect your GoFlex® ultra-portable drive when you’re on the move. Full-zip design fits both your drive and a GoFlex cable.

Compatible with all GoFlex Pro, GoFlex for Mac ultra-portable and GoFlex Pro for Mac ultra-portable drives, plus Expansion™ portable drives (640 GB or less)

Model Number: STAF106

Upgrade Cable — FireWire® 800

Boost the transfer speed between your drive and your Mac® computer, and access data up to 2x faster than USB 2.0 when you upgrade to this FireWire® 800 cable.

• Compatible with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive

Works with a FireWire 800 or IEEE1394b port

Model Number: STAE102

GoFlex™ Upgrade Cable Kit — USB 3.0

Easily upgrade both your laptop and GoFlex® or GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drive to the enhanced speed of USB 3.0 (requires available ExpressCard adapter port on your laptop). This kit boosts your system with performance that’s up to 10x faster than USB 2.0.

• Perfect for transferring and accessing movies and other large files.
• Includes everything you need to retrofit your laptop—PC card laptop adapter, USB 3.0 cable and USB power connector.
• Backward compatible with USB 2.0

Compatible with GoFlex and GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drives

Model Number: STAE101

Seagate Backup Plus Portable Drive Specifications

 

Capacity	1TB	750GB	500GB
Interface Options	USB 3.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.0
Physical
Height (in/mm)	0.57/14.5	0.57/14.5	0.57/14.5
Width (in/mm)	3.19/81.1	3.19/81.1	3.19/81.1
Length (in/mm)	4.86/123.4	4.86/123.4	4.86/123.4
Weight (lb/g)	0.440/224	0.440/224	0.440/224

Model Number	Interface	Package	Capacity	Product Colors	Automatic Backup Software	Warranty
STBU1000100	USB 3.0	Drive Only	1TB	Black	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU1000103	USB 3.0	Drive Only	1TB	Red	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU1000101	USB 3.0	Drive Only	1TB	Silver	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU1000102	USB 3.0	Drive Only	1TB	Blue	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU750100	USB 3.0	Drive Only	750GB	Black	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU500100	USB 3.0	Drive Only	500GB	Black	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU500101	USB 3.0	Drive Only	500GB	Silver	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU500103	USB 3.0	Drive Only	500GB	Red	PC & Mac	2 years
STBU500102	USB 3.0	Drive Only	500GB	Blue	PC & Mac	2 years

 

 

Data taken from http://www.seagate.com/external-hard-drives/portable-hard-drives/standard/backup-plus/ (Accessed on Jan 17, 2013)

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