Backup Plus Desktop Drive

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Your digital life safe and sound.

Backup Plus from Seagate is the simple, one-click way to protect and share your entire digital life—without getting in the way of the rest of your life.

  • Easy, flexible, built-in backup options
  • Automatically save photos from your social networks
  • Share photos and video to social networks with a click
  • Up to 4TB capacity for a lifetime of memories
  • Increase transfer speeds by upgrading to Thunderbolt™ technology or FireWire 800
  • 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

     

  • Mac OS X 10.6

     

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What is Backup Plus?

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

  • Choose from two easy backup options for what’s important to you
  • Share multiple media files on networks like Facebook and Flickr
  • Save the photos you’ve shared online automatically
  • Upgrade your connection in a snap with swappable upgrade adapters
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Up to 4TB capacity.

Space for everything you've got. No more having to pick and choose what you protect.

Easy backup options.

Easy backup options.

Choose scheduled or continuous backups right in the dashboard—and then forget it.

Works with PC or Mac

Works with PCs and Macs.

Use it interchangeably on your PC or your Mac computer without reformatting.

USB 3.0 plug-and-play.

USB 3.0 plug-and-play.

You can also easily 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 U.S. and/or other countries.

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Features

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Protect…
Photos, videos, and more. Automatically.

Life is full of amazing moments you want to remember forever. The Backup Plus desktop drive lets you set up easy automatic backups of all your stuff, so you know that even if “life happens” to your computer, your memories are always protected.

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Save…
Your social life with a click.

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

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Share…
Your favorite moments instantly.

With Backup Plus, your memories aren’t “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 in a snap.

Get a new computer with Thunderbolt™ technology or FireWire 800? Not a problem. Changing your data connectivity is as easy as plugging in a new adapter.* So when you upgrade, your Backup Plus can upgrade 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 backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds)

Specifications

 
Capacity 4TB 3TB 2TB 1TB
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Interface Options USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0 USB 3.0
Physical        
Height (in/mm) 1.73/44.0 1.73/44.0 1.73/44.0 1.73/44.0
Width (in/mm) 4.38/124.0 4.38/124.0 4.38/124.0 4.38/124.0
Length (in/mm) 6.22/158.0 6.22/158.0 6.22/158.0 6.22/158.0
Weight (lb/g) 1.73/1080 1.73/1080 1.73/1080 1.73/1080
Model Number Interface Package Capacity Automatic Backup Software Warranty
STCA4000100 USB 3.0 Drive Only 4TB PC & Mac 2 years
STCA3000101 USB 3.0 Drive Only 3TB PC & Mac 2 years
STCA2000100 USB 3.0 Drive Only 2TB PC & Mac 2 years
STCA1000100 USB 3.0 Drive Only 1TB PC & Mac 2 years
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Model Number: STAE124

Desktop Adapter — USB 3.0 V2

Upgrade the interface on your Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive to USB 3.0 with this desktop adapter. You’ll experience up to 10x faster performance than USB 2.0. Features an illuminated LED capacity gauge and is backwards compatible with USB 2.0.

Compatible with any Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive

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Model Number: STAE123

Desktop Adapter — FireWire® 800/USB 2.0 V2

Upgrade the transfer and access speeds between your Backup Plus or GoFlex desktop drive and your Mac® computer with FireWire® 800 connectivity that’s up to 2x faster than USB 2.0. Features an illuminated LED capacity gauge.

Compatible with any Backup Plus or GoFlex Desktop drive