Can you backup just want you want?
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Yes. You can specify which folders to be backed up, the type and frequency to be used.
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Yes you can backup only selected files on a schedule you choose or just once.Install the program on the drive then run the dashboard. Choose the files & frequency you'd like to back up files.Leave the drive connected and your backups are run as you scheduled.
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Yes you can create a file on the hard drive and upload only what you want to or everything
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It's not a hard drive - just an enclosure. You would have to provide your own drive.
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There's no reason why you can't use this drive as a backup.You don't *have* to format it NTFS but using it as FAT will mean you can't copy files larger than 4gb. There might also be performance benefits of using NTFS; I'm not sure.There's no need to remove the drive when you shutdown.
2017207
Depends on the amount of data that you are backing up. Otherwise you can use it back up from multiple PCs
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Yes with three provisos. First what you are backing up must easily fit into two 3TB of space. Second, the Seagate could also crash and third, you need to use a back-up program which makes the Seagate a startup drive. I use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper.
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Any hard drive can be used as a back up. If you are using this for backing up your computer or additional storage, you might want a higher capacity drive.
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Call them. Always have 2 backups! I lost a lot of data with that hard drive, mine failed after a short time
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Kristin,Carfam is right. Just to add: you can do it manually without the backup tool or even with the included backup tool (using the external for two or more systems).
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i have this on my iMac using time machine to back up everything. But, there is the Seagate Dashboard program that may be able to do what you need...here's a link to some tutorials that may help you.. http://www.seagate.com/support/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/backup-plus-desk-mac/
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Yes you are right .. but I believe if you search by the company "Scosche" you might find a similar application. For me I have a backup copy for my device on Android and this is how I manage it.
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The golden rules for any backup are the data relocation (save the data to another device). That means that backing up to an additional internal HD of your same device (e.g. a RAID storage technology) it's not the best choose for me though it's automatic. If you need a quick, simple and portable backup an external HD is the good choose. Otherwise if you want spend a little more time in configurations, you can try to buy a NAS device where you can remotely save ever you want, maybe configuring also some automatic jobs for synchronization.
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Absolutely, in fact the backup is not automatic unless the user configures it.
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yes, but I am not sure if you can add more data to it once it is "closed", so you may need a new disc for each back up, but anything can be written on theseI have used many of them with no issues at all - they are also printable
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I just leave it connected to my computer and backup once a day using time machine. There's no charge that I'm aware of for the cloud back-up.
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I am sorry I can't help you as I have never done any thing like that before. The only thing I have used mine for is a backup for my computer.
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How you perform a backup isn't unique to this drive. It does not come with any software. You'll have to check your operating system's instructions. I'm guessing you are using Windows. If you are using the Apple OS, Time Machine takes care of all the work.
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Yes, treat it as a standard removable usb drive, don't run the "backup" software.