Seagate external drive – Seagate Replica 500 GB Backup

System With Dock

By Andreas Lee

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The new Seagate external drive, Seagate Replica, is designed for simplicity in use because there are lots of people out there too lazy backing up or they are technology dummy.

This newcomer of Seagate external drive offers the easiest way to backup data without any action from novice user required. Just plug Seagate Replica and let it take care everything by itself.

If you own Seagate external drive Replica, computer crash won’t make you worry anymore. The automatic backup feature can handle this problem. All you must are only connecting it to your PC, press OK and the entire content in your PC will be backed up including program, setting, even Operating System. Complex installation is not required.

The backup software provided by this Seagate external drive makes it possible to retrieve previously saved files after you accidentally delete it. The copies of all of your files continuously stored by the Replica complete PC backup system in order to restore accidentally deleted files easily just by dragging and dropping.

Drag and drop file retrieval feature is the most advanced technology which is not owned by any external drive. This Seagate external drive doesn’t only store the latest version of your files, but it also store the previous version so it is possible to retrieve the previous version of your files by turning back the clock to the certain point of time. For example if your computer crashes, the Replica enables you to recover the missing data by going back to a certain point of time before the problem occurred, just like time machine.

In addition, your backup files are also stored in a structure which mirrors file structure of regular PC, the purpose is to make the files easy to be located and restored.

Seagate Replica 500 GB Backup System With Dock

Design

Seagate external drive Replica is covered with a gray/silver case, weighing just 9.1 ounces, and measuring at 0.7 x 5.6 x 4 inches. Seagate Replica Multi-PC version comes with a desktop dock to hold the drive vertically in order to minimize the needs of desk space. The dock less version of this Seagate external drive with 250 GB capacity size is also available for around $100.

Pros

The time machine function of this Seagate external drive makes you and your data secured against computer crash or virus attack since the possibility of data loss becomes exceedingly small.

Cons

Seagate Replica only can’t be used on Linux and Macintosh, only for Windows OS users.

Specs

• Capacity size : 500 GB
• Spindle speed : 5400 RPM
• Interface : USB 2.0
• Data transfer rate : 480 Mbps

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The Innovation of Seagate Hard Drive

By Andreas Lee

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Seagate is the big family of hard drives, and has become a very popular brand which dominates hard drive market in the world with newest innovation. For you to know that Seagate is the first industry that creates hard drive with a speed of 7200 rpm.

Seagate hard drive which is known for its low noise and excellent performance always provides satisfaction for people, besides in terms of performance, price, and capacity. Seagate hard drive innovation is always been considered by the competitors, one of them is Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 which breaks the record as the largest hard drive capacity with 8 TB (8000 GB) capacity.

In terms of design for portable hard drives, Seagate is still the champion. Seagate hard drive that I am talking about is Seagate ST68022U-RK.

Seagate ST68022U-RK 8 GB External Hard Drive

Seagate ST68022U-RK

This Seagate product provides a large capacity for a portable hard drive. With a unique design like Discman but smaller, it is easy to put in small pocket and also simple to use. No software needed, just plug and play.

Just like another bus powered Seagate hard drive, you do not need power supply to run it. The flashing blue light lets you know it is reading or writing a file and its silver outer shell rotates to reveal or hide the USB cable.

You can take this pretty handy device when traveling or on business trip because its solid shell is strong enough to protect your data from impact. In terms of performance, Seagate hard drive ST68022U-RK will not disappoint you; USB 2.0 gives fast connection and 3600 RPM is enough for portable hard drive.

Specs

• Capacity : 8 GB
• Rotation speed : 3600 rpm
• Cache size : 2 MB
• Transfer speed : 480 Mbps
• Interface : USB 2.0
• Platform : Windows PC and Mac

Pros

A unique design, its shell can rotate to hide/reveal USB cable, and working fast enough for a portable hard drive

Cons

This Seagate hard drive still comes in a high price.

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