Perfect backup solution when a cable connection will do. Solid-state simplicity and durability and well crafted - right out of the box - for those tech-challenged or just tech tired. I plugged the (included) USB cable into the drive, then its other end into a Mac Book Pro (model 10,1), up popped a dialog box asking if I wanted to use Time Machine (Apple's proprietary back-up program), checked 'yes' the software started a countdown to start the backup, then began following the countdown. I had 267.21 GB to backup and that took about two hours. Thereafter it is virtually invisible, backing up on schedule those changes from the original.
Mar 12, 2015 - Since Apple doesn't even sell a Mac with that much disk space, you could back up five (or more) computers to that drive without running out of. Runner-Up, Best for Apple: Seagate Backup Plus 4TB at Amazon, “A sleek portable silver design matches your Macbook.” Best for Gaming: U32 ShadowUSB at Amazon, “A USB 3.0 device that has plug-and-play compatibility with the Xbox One.
Dead simple, completely quiet, 1-Terrabyte is the size of a (thin) deck of cards. A very discreet white LED glows when the drive is working. It uses USB power so there are NO other cords or batteries to provide. UPDATE-2: After Christopher K.' S feedback I conducted further tests to isolate that 'cyclical head activity' situation. I first unplugged CAT6 cable to my NAS (Synology DiskStation DS213air).
Wi-fi is already disabled. So NAS become absolutely stand-alone, away from all external interaction. When you unplug the ethernet cable, it goes thru a busy few minutes with disk activitiy. Then after it 'calmed down', I noticed that such semi-cyclical head activity is still going on. At that point the only possible intervention to drives can obviously be coming from NAS operating system (DSM 6.1.3-15152 Update 3) and/or these 3 'packages' running on that NAS OS: -Universal Search (can't disable) -File Station (can't disable) -Media Server (can uninstall) So in theory either NAS OS or one of these packages can be 'polling' the drives cyclically. Otherwise, such cyclical activity must be coming from drive itself. I checked a bit more online for that ST8000AS0002 drive.
I purchased Five WD 4TB Passport drives to back up a WD MyCloudPR4100 24TB (w/ Raid 5) NAS. Unfortunately, the 4TB Passports seem to have a write rate problem. I use a Robocopy batch file with 8 threads running on a windows 10 pro (i5 with 16GB RAM) desktop to back up the MyCloud. I am using a USB3 interface.
Backup starts just fine and for the first 2TB, write rates are 80-100 MB/s with an average response time of 1500 ms. After that, write rates fall precipitously and ultimately drop to 2-3 MB/s with an average response time of 4500-5500 ms by the time the drive has 2.5 TB transferred. After that, the write rate seems to be stuck at a low rate. Disk shows mostly 100% active time. Things I have tried: 1. Quick format the drive: Write rate remains stuck at 2-3 MB/s 2.
Works like a charm with no drama. It's my archived data storage M-14 now (except the magazine does not drop out when you least expect it). Whatever you do, never ever forget to format your new external hard drive or USB stick prior to loading data onto it unless you want to spend three days finding out how to use freeware data retrieval programmes. Sounds obvious but it is easy to forget to do so. You only forget to do so when you load essential data onto it then your computer tells you that it cannot read the external drive.
I have owned this drive for 1 week. I am impressed with how cool it runs; it does not get hot like my older 2010 model external hdds. I am also impressed with how lightweight it is, and I also like the shape of it and that it is pretty small. It's also nice that it is plug and play and does not require a separate power source.
I glanced at the NTI backup software and the PogoPlay cloud data access software but did not use it yet since Windows backup handles my backup needs and plugging the drive into the usb port on my router handles my cloud data access needs. To note, the user interface of the NTI backup software is nice looking and easy to use. When I used the drive to take a system image of my mom's new laptop. Purchased this external hard drive to expand storage capabilities on an Xbox One.
Plugged the drive in to one of the three Xbox USB 3.0 ports, followed the prompt to format the drive to store game data, and was ready to go. It was easy to move existing game data from the internal drive to the external drive.
Note: You will need space on your power strip or electrical outlet to plug in the power adapter. If you are using this drive with the Xbox One and use a lot of accessories that also need USB ports, you may want to buy a 4-port USB hub. I wasn't thinking about that when I bought this and had to pick one up later.
Easy to shuck and works great in my Unraid server. If you're looking for a lot of space this is probably one of the best options to get the most 'bang for your buck'. This is about $100 cheaper than buying an internal 8TB SATA drive.yet that's exactly what's inside. Not much else to say except that I didn't use the USB functionality of this device so I can't comment on that. The USB interface, however, is relatively small and can easily be attached to another SATA drive, so you could use it to interface with other SATA drives over USB if you wanted. I bought this drive about 2.5 months ago. Since then, it's seen relatively light use.
I've stored a few hundred GBs of movies and tv shows on it and haven't had any issues. The transfer speeds have been pretty decent, so no complaints there. I recommend reading the following article for more information on the speed comparisons with similar Seagate drives (this one is faster). Having said that, the reason this gets 4 stars and not 5 is the lack of confidence inspired by the reviews and comments here on Amazon. I read through the reviews prior to buying the drive and, like with any drive, some people had had negative experiences. However, looking back now, more negative reviews/comments have popped up and not as many positive ones as I would like to see.
The Wirecutter cited a 4.2% failure rate based on user reviews which is actually pretty good.
Clickfree Backup software and its accompanying drives make arguably the most straightforward backup solutions. Dong Ngo/CNET Everybody should back up his or her data. You already know that, of course, but sometimes it's hard to remember to get around to it. This is when a portable drive with automatic backup software comes in handy.
For you Mac users, a drive that works with your system's Time Machine will do the trick. Here is our list of the top five backup devices for home users. They may not be the best storage options overall, but they'll make backing up easy. On top of that, they are all very good-looking.: This is the latest backup portable drive for home users and it's arguably the best one for the technology-challenged. The drive's backup software runs by itself and makes a daily backup if it's kept plugged in.
You can recover files using its software when Windows is running, and you can also use it as a boot drive to restore the entire system in case of drive crash or virus infection. On the downside, it doesn't support Mac. Hitachi Touro Mobile Pro: This is one of the sexiest portable drives to come with backup software, and that software works via one click of the mouse. Plus, the drive includes 3GB of online backup storage for free.
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Ultra-portable: This drive's included Memeo backup software, though not as user-friendly as that of the Clickfree C6, works as intended out of the box. On top of that it's by far the most flexible portable drive.
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More experienced users can use its swappable adapter with other internal drives in case they need to recover data from the drive of a broken laptop. It's also a perfect drive to use with Mac's Time Machine, while remain friendly with Windows thanks to its included software that allows the drive to work with both platforms, regardless of what file system it's formatted in. Apple Time Capsule 2TB (summer 2011): This new Time Capsule boasts much better performance than previous models, and so makes a viable backup solution for Mac users, especially people with multiple computers in the house. It's rather useless for Windows users, though. Clickfree C2N: Another portable backup device from Clickfree, the C2B is as easy to use as the C6 and can back up multiple computers in the same network while plugged into just one of them.
The device, however, can't back up and restore the entire system-merely the files and folders. It works with both Macs and PCs. To compare the specs and prices of these devices, check out CNET's roundup of.