Backup Plus Portable Drive

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Life moves fast. Don’t miss a thing.

The Backup Plus portable drive from Seagate is the simple way to protect and share your entire digital life — without getting in the way of the rest of your life.

  • Protect your data with easy flexible backups
  • Save photos automatically from your social networks
  • Share photos and videos to social networks with a click
  • Increase transfer speeds easily by upgrading to Thunderbolt™ technology or FireWire® 800
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  • Windows 8 Compatible

    Windows 8 32- and 64-Bit

     
  • Windows 7 Compatible

    Windows 7 32- and 64-Bit

     
  • Windows Vista Icon

    Windows Vista 32- and 64-Bit

     

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What is Backup Plus?

Backup Plus is the amazing line of external drives from Seagate that lets you do more with photos and films, protect everything in your digital life, and manage it all from a single, intuitive dashboard.

  • Choose from two easy backup options: automatic or scheduled
  • Save the photos that you have shared online — automatically
  • Share photos and videos on social networks such as Facebook and Flickr
  • Upgrade your connection instantly with swappable adapters

 

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Easy backup

Choose from two easy backup options in the Seagate Dashboard and then forget it.

Works with PC or Mac

Works with PC or Mac

Use the drive interchangeably on your PC or Mac computer without reformatting.

USB 3.0 plug and play

USB 3.0 plug and play

It is easy to upgrade to Thunderbolt™ technology or FireWire® 800 with add-on adapters (sold separately). USB 3.0 is also backward compatible with USB 2.0.

Thunderbolt and the Thunderbolt logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the USA and/or other countries.

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Features

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Protect…
Photos, videos and more – on the go.

Life is full of amazing moments that you want to remember forever. The Backup Plus portable drive goes where you go, providing easy plug-and-play backups. So you know that no matter where “life happens", your memories are always protected.

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Save…
Your social life with a click.

Think of how many photos you have shared on Facebook or Flickr. With Backup Plus, it is easy to download them right to your drive, so even more of your life is safe and sound.

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Share…
Your favourite moments instantly.

With Backup Plus, your memories are not “trapped” in your drive. Just a click lets you share photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr or YouTube right from your Backup Plus drive.

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Upgrade…
Your connectivity instantly.

Bought a new computer with Thunderbolt™ technology or USB 3.0? Not a problem. Changing your connectivity is as easy as plugging in a new adapter.* So, even when you upgrade, your Backup Plus drive can be upgraded right along with you.

*Additional adapters sold separately.

System Requirements
  • Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system or Mac OS X 10.6 or higher
  • SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port (required for USB 3.0 transfer speeds or backward compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds)

Specifications

 
Capacity 1TB 750GB 500GB
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Interface Options USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0
Physical      
Height (in/mm) 0.57/14.5 0.57/14.5 0.57/14.5
Width (in/mm) 3.19/81.1 3.19/81.1 3.19/81.1
Length (in/mm) 4.86/123.4 4.86/123.4 4.86/123.4
Weight (lbs/g) 0.440/224 0.440/224 0.440/224
Model Number Interface Package Capacity Product Colours Automatic Backup Software Warranty
STBU1000300 USB 3.0 Drive Only 1TB Black PC & Mac 3 years
STBU1000303 USB 3.0 Drive Only 1TB Red PC & Mac 3 years
STBU1000301 USB 3.0 Drive Only 1TB Silver PC & Mac 3 years
STBU1000302 USB 3.0 Drive Only 1TB Blue PC & Mac 3 years
STBU750300 USB 3.0 Drive Only 750GB Black PC & Mac 3 years
STBU500300 USB 3.0 Drive Only 500GB Black PC & Mac 3 years
STBU500301 USB 3.0 Drive Only 500GB Silver PC & Mac 3 years
STBU500303 USB 3.0 Drive Only 500GB Red PC & Mac 3 years
STBU500302 USB 3.0 Drive Only 500GB Blue PC & Mac 3 years
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Model Number: STAE102

Upgrade Cable – FireWire® 800

Boost the transfer speed between your drive and your Mac® computer, and access data up to two times faster than USB 2.0 when you upgrade to this FireWire® 800 cable.

  • Compatible with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive

Works with a FireWire or IEEE1394b port

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Model Number: STAE104

Upgrade Cable – USB 3.0/2.0

This USB 3.0 upgrade cable delivers performance that is up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0, making it perfect for transferring and accessing movies and other large files with your Backup Plus portable drive.

  • Works with any USB 3.0 port
  • Backward compatible with USB 2.0
  • Compatible with any portable Backup Plus or GoFlex drive
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Model Number: STAE101

GoFlex™ Upgrade Cable Kit — USB 3.0

Upgrade both your laptop and GoFlex® or GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drive easily to the enhanced speed of USB 3.0 (requires available ExpressCard adaptor port on your laptop). This kit boosts your system with performance that is up to 10 times faster than USB 2.0.

  • Perfect for transferring and accessing movies and other large files.
  • Includes everything you need to retrofit your laptop — PC card laptop adaptor, USB 3.0 cable and USB power connector.
  • Backward compatible with USB 2.0

Compatible with GoFlex and GoFlex Pro ultra-portable drives