Would you argue that the drive is reliable to hold important information for a long period of time?
476794
I would never argue that a single drive of any type will be reliable for storing important data over a long period of time. If that is your requirement you should consider a RAID 1 or 5 disk array, or at least buy two drives of similar speed and capacity and then use a program like FreeFileSync to keep them synchronized. Alternatively, the drive could be completely or partially mirrored to some type of cloud storage, which will be much slower to access but can still provide backup critical data.
1502977
It's hard to say. I've had varied experience with Seagate drives. Some have lasted 7 or 8 years; and one lasted only 2 years. I've only had this one for a few months. I don't take chances. I back up my computers daily to this drive; and I back it up monthly to another large drive that I keep away from the house. I hope this helps.
563274
I don't know why someone would say that. I have found them to be the most reliable drives I have ever owned. In fact, I can honestly say that I have never had to replace a Western Digital RE drive because of a failure. We have replaced some that were small enough to be obsolete, but in my recollection have never replaced one for any other reason in 9 years of business. Of course, your mileage may vary. We do make sure to keep them cool.
1502980
It's hard to say. I've had varied experience with Seagate drives. Some have lasted 7 or 8 years; and one lasted only 2 years. I've only had this one for a few months. I don't take chances. I back up my computers daily to this drive; and I back it up monthly to another large drive that I keep away from the house.I hope this helps.
996388
Not at all. SSD allocates information that you use the most to itself. You don't even have to worry about it.
1013008
I've had this drive for 2 years, and though the use has been intermittent as a backup drive, it has performed perfectly.
1679977
well if you are running the drive 24/7 as a backup or other reason, those drives do get hot. The life of the drive could be shortened by overheating.
1458939
Yes, it is a great little hard drive. I've had one for over a year and it works fantastic. It's small and easy to use. I have used it as a media drive too, and had 950+ gigs on it and I've had no problems. You won't be disappointed.
267953
The short answer is, "it depends." The dependent factors are how much data you are going to back up, whether or not you have a SATA connection for the drive and how many generations of backup you want to maintain. With so many backup alternatives available, and for the price, you might consider one of the larger-capacity Western Digital USB-attached backup drives instead. The only reason I bought this drive is because I needed to repair an old desktop PC. It was the lowest cost alternative available.
740079
Yes. But its a lot of data and it takes a while to copy to the local drives.
186085
I have an IT person Miguel who has taken cars of this. It is a bit more sophisticated than a little plug in external drive. It also takes a good bit of time to let the unit synchronize. A good IT person can remote in and get this taken care of for you.
2089340
It works as a large drive. I don't have the continued experience of the drive speeding up. But it works!
1483980
That's a good question . . . . In my experience, the Segate drives are built a bit more durable than WD. I've had numerous issues them over the years. Not to say Seagate drives are bulletproof, but I prefer them.
2192892
That's a tough one to answer. My drive just crashed a few months after getting it but there's a few reasons why. One reason? Faulty hardware. Another reason? You over worked it or let it get corrupted / broke your OS but that's an easy fix. There are more complex ones like ram causing it to bottleneck and use your hard drive to take the slack. Imagine always running a light bulb non stop for a long time. It's all relative to the amount you use the product. I'd say one of this caliber should last a few years at least, but not always. It's a solid drive, just don't push it too hard, as these things CAN break.
264204
yes it can, however I recommend against buying this hard drive. My hard drive failed within 5 to 6 months. Although it is a little more expensive, I would recommend buying the official Microsoft hard drive. We lost a ton of data with this hard drive.
1250852
I keep it just plugged in all the time regardless of what I do with the (desktop) computer. The drive seems to be performing well and I think I've had it more than a year. I'm using it for local file sync'ing. It's usb so you should not need to mount or unmount.
704264
Candidly, I think it really doesn't matter what the ratings are. I know it is somewhat the same as the WD Red drives. The key is whether they continue working and last a while. I have had drives by other makers that had 3 year warranties and lasted over 5 years before I retired them (all were still working). Lots of the numbers thrown to the consumer by drive companies have little meaning when it comes to mean fail times as everyone uses drives differently and it also depends on what drives you get and what shape they were in.