Seagate Backup Plus Desktop External Hard Drive Review

Seagate Backup Plus –  Introduction

We all tend to spend more and more time with our computers, working with tons of information and all that information needs a lot of space. BackUp plus has the massive storage You need and more, so this hard drive would be a great choice for photographers, video editors, gamers and others who need a lot of disk space. Back up Your whole digital life with easy, flexible backup option even for your Android and iOS devices. Meant for consumers who want to safely back up their entire digital life locally, on the cloud or on the social networks. All of that can be done with included backup software – Seagate Dashboard.
Use Seagate Dashboard protect function to set up a one click plan or customize Your scheduled local backup. Be safe and keep multiple copies of Your data, in case a disaster strikes. Automatically save content from Your social networks, and share files easily between Mac and Windows computers.
Transfer data quickly usign USB 3.0 connectivity. If You are looking for more room to store all Your files then Seagate Backup Plus external hard drive is made for you.
Oc course there are many comptetitors to Seagate backup plus, both high-end and low-end. Read our top picks of the year to see bigger picture and find best external dekstop hard drive for you. If you are a Mac user then you could be more interested in Backup Plus for Mac model.

Available capacities, warranty and price

Quick rundown of Seagate Backup Plus features

• Easy, flexible, built-in backup option
• Save photos from social networks automatically
• Share videos and photos to social networks with only one click
• Massive capacity up to 8TB for lifetime of memories
• Easily increase trasnfer speeds by upgrading to Thunderbolt technology or FireWire 800

Design

The design is quite typical to other external hard drives that house a single internal hard drive. It is like a brick. On one side the drive has a micro USB 3.0 port and it`s power port. This drive is not BUS – powered, which means that this drive will not recieve power via USB port. A desktop drive with such massive capacity needs a lot more power than what a USB port can supply, so it has a separate power adapter to make it work.

Out of the box, Seagate Backup Plus is pre formatted in NTFS file system for Windows computers. But it includes the NTFS driver software for Mac computers as well, so after you install it you can also work on Mac. Mac computers generally can only read the NTFS file system, so Mac can only do both writing and reading NTFS after you install the driver.
Do not forget that there is also a Mac version, you can read Seagate Backup Plus for Mac review to find out more. Backup Plus for Mac out of the box pre-formatted in HFS+ file system to work on Mac computers. Similarly to the Windows version, it comes with a HFS+ driver software which allows you to use it with Windows, so you can work on both operating systems.
Product dimensions: 7,1 x 4,6 x 1,6 inches (18 x 11.7 x 4.1 cm) and it weighs just 1,9 pounds (0,861kg). As it is with almost all external hard drives, users can not change it`s internal drive. The drive chassis is made out of plastic but still it feels very nice and solid in your hands. There are a lot of small holes around chassis to keep the internal drive cool. The drive did not warm up during the performance tests.

About newest model with biggest capacity – Seagate Backup Plus 8TB Hard Drive

On January 16, 2015 Seagate released new Backup Plus model with capacity of 8TB. This external hard drive has a massive capacity and currently costs only $249. Few weeks after it`s laucnh it has already become very popular, no other brand offers such a massive data storage for that kind of money. The capacity of previous Backup Plus models only went up to 5TB, which is almost half of the new model. Now in november the drive comes with 200GB of free cloud storage if you buy it on Amazon. You will recieve 200GB free OneDrive cloud storage for 2 years when you register new Backup Plus external hard drive. The value of 200GB OneDrive cloud storage is about $95. After registering new hard drive on Seagate.com you will recieve a link to add 200GB to any new or existing OneDrive account.

Performance – Does Seagate Backup Plus have the power?

In our peformance test Seagate Backup Plus showed good transfer speeds reading speed up to 180.45 Mb/s and writing speed up to 150.9 Mb/s. Prices start at $92.99 for 2TB of capacity and goes up to $249.99 for a massive 8TB storage. With capacity up to 8TB this is the biggest low-cost external hard drive on the market. Seagate, as always, stands out with great quality and mindblowing performance. Seagate Backup Plus has a much better design than its little brother Seagate Backup Plus portable drive.

What Makes The Seagate Backup Plus
The Best External Hard Drive of 2015

Back-Up From Everywhere

The Seagate Backup Plus Desktop external hard drive goes where You go, providing You with an easy plug-and-go backup solution, so no matter where Your ”Life Happens”, Your memories are always protected. This device is meant for people who want to back up their whole digital life locally and in the cloud, regardless of the device – it can be Your PC, Your mobile devices, files can even be backed up directly from social networks. To set up a one click plan or schedule Your local backup, use the Protect Function from Seagate Dashboard.
Seagate Backup Plus software, driver and manual are all available on the Seagate home page HERE.

Easy Back Up

How to use Seagate Backup Plus? Just plug in the USB cable and open the Seagate Backup Plus software and You are ready to work, easy as that. Seagate Backup Plus is both compitable with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports.
With Backup Plus You can easily back up Your content using two easy options, which are fully automated

• Scheduled Back-Up
• Continuous Back-Up

To ensure Your data is 100% safe keep multiple copies all the time. Install the Seagate app for Mobile Devices (Android or iOS) for free to back up all of the videos and photos You have directly from mobile devices to the External Drive or to The Cloud, or even better – to both of them, for extra safety. Also You can back up mobile device data via WiFi using services like DropBox or Google Drive.

Be Social With Seagate Back Up Plus

With Seagate Back Up Plus there is no risk to lose all those photos You have posted online. Seagate has pushed their technology one step forward, so users can automatically back up data from Facebook and Flickr. This hard drive will automatically back up everything You post online, so You won`t lose any of Your data. There is also a feature in Seagate Dashboard that will automatically back up photos in which You are tagged in.
Seagate Dashboard share feature allows You to upload multiple files to social network sites, like Facebook or Flickr.
You simply need to select the files that You want to upload and choose where to post them. All of these features make managing Your social profile easier than ever.

Compatible Both With Windows And Mac

You do not need to reformat Seagate Backup Plus for it to work on a Mac system. Seagate Back Up Plus will perfectly work both Windows and Mac operating systems. This hard drive is pre-formatted in NTFS for Windows, but it also includes the NTFS drivers for Mac. Once You install these drivers, Mac will be able to read and write on the hard drive. Without these drivers installed the Mac will only be available to read NTFS file system.

What You Get

• Seagate Backup Plus External Hard Drive
• Seagate Dashboard Preloaded on drive
• USB 3.0 interface adapter with capacity gauge
• 4 foot long USB 3.0 cable, power adapter
• Quick start guide

Final thoughts about Seagate Backup Plus

We hope that our Seagate Backup Plus review will help You choose the best external hard drive for Your laptop and/or PC. This massive external hard drive is very affordable, it has a lot of capacity – up to 8TB, which will be more than enough for most home users. Most of us do not even need half of that capacity, but computing technologies are developing very fast, more and more of the things we use in our daily lives are becoming digital, so an 8TB storage is more of an investment in the (near) future. A lot of capacity means that You have enough room for multiple back ups, which is good way to keep Your data safe (locally and on the cloud), especially for people who have a lot of data to store. Also the speed of this hardware is fantastic, it is one of the fastest portable hard drives available at the moment.

Seagate has always been one of the best manufacturers of external hard drives. So if You are looking for a very fast External Hard Drive with a lot of capacity, we recommend You to BUY Seagate Backup Plus 8TB.