If you need to password-protect, look to WD and others. As an interested reader and new Backup Plus owner recently reminded me via Answer Line, there is no security software bundled with this drive. One thing you shouldn’t do is rely upon data recovery rather than maintaining multiple backup copies of your data, for the simple reason that it’s not always possible to recover the data. Indeed, most of mine have lasted more than three years. But it’s all about the odds–drives don’t always go bad. Data recovery without the warranty can cost many hundreds of dollars. What you do about that is your own affair. Recovery is not 100% certain, so keep your drive backed up. You can purchase recovery insurance, but don’t rely on it. Seagate provides a setup utility, which allows you to register, download the Seatools or Dashboard backup utilities, and offers you a data recovery warranty for $10 for two years, or $15 for three years. The unit features a micro-USB port and comes with a cable that plugs into standard USB Type A for transfer speeds of up to 5Gbps. But hey, if you want 5TB, you’re going to have to deal with a couple of extra ounces-it takes another platter or two to hold the extra data. That’s neither small or light for an external USB hard drive.
The Backup Plus Portable 5TB measures about 3 x 4.5 x 0.75 inches and weighs about half a pound. Just make sure to tag the post with the flair and give a little background info/context.The little black drive is always a classic. On Fridays we'll allow posts that don't normally fit in the usual data-hoarding theme, including posts that would usually be removed by rule 4: “No memes or 'look at this '” We are not your personal archival army.No unapproved sale threads or advertisement posts.No memes or 'look at this old storage medium/ connection speed/purchase' (except on Free Post Fridays).Search the Internet, this subreddit and our wiki before posting.And we're trying really hard not to forget.ģ.3v Pin Reset Directions :D / Alt Imgur link Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.
Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Timetm). government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data - legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g.
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