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Seagate Backup Plus Slim 500GB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0, Black STCD500102

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Capacity: 500GB
Digital Storage Capacity 500 GB
Connectivity Technology USB
Brand Seagate
Hard Disk Form Factor 2.5 Inches
Hard Disk Description Portable
Compatible Devices Desktop
Installation Type External Hard Drive
Color Black
Hard Disk Size 500 GB
Specific Uses For Product Personal

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  • Create easy customized backup plans with included Seagate Dashboard software
  • USB powered - no power supply necessary
  • Quick file transfer with USB 3.0 connectivity
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Hard Drive ‎500 GB Portable
Other Technical Details
Brand ‎Seagate
Series ‎Segate Backup Plus Slim
Item model number ‎STCD500102
Hardware Platform ‎PC;Mac
Item Weight ‎5.3 ounces
Product Dimensions ‎4.47 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches
Item Dimensions LxWxH ‎4.47 x 2.99 x 0.38 inches
Color ‎Black
Flash Memory Size ‎500 GB
Manufacturer ‎Seagate
Language ‎English
ASIN ‎B00BOHNYTW
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‎No
Date First Available ‎September 1, 2004

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Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable Hard Drive

比市场上其它相似产品的速度快两倍

Seagate 希捷 Backup Plus Fast移动硬盘的数据传输速度高达220mb/s。

一个移动硬盘能存储1538部电影！

4TB容量意味着你所有的文件都能存下。不用再挑挑选选哪些是必须备份的了。

使用Seagate Dashboard可以管理备份

使用Seagate Dashboard可以备份所有照片和视频，这款软件网上可以下载。

使用OneDrive享受免费的云储存吧

这款产品附带2年的OneDrive200GB的云储存空间。

并不是所有国家都支持这项功能，且必须在2017年6月30日前激活。当您在希捷网站上注册了你的硬盘后，就会收到一个增加200GB云存储空间的链接，新账户和已有账户均可。

使用Lyve吧！

这款产品与Lyve兼容，所以不论在哪，都能轻松分享你的照片和视频。

Product Description

Seagate Backup Plus Slim is an easy way to protect and share your digital life. Ready to go with up to 5TB of storage space for your most important files, the sleek and protective metal finish is available in classic black, silver, red or blue. Choose your flavor and join the millions of satisfied customers with one of Seagate’s most popular and trusted portable drive.

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Customers find the external hard drive compact and sturdy, with excellent read and write speeds and compatibility with Apple's Time Machine. The drive is easy to set up and use, and customers consider it a great value. They appreciate its backup capacity, with one customer mentioning they backed up their entire laptop drive, and find it dependable.

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37 customers mention "Size"37 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the external hard drive's compact size, describing it as a substantial portable SSD, with one customer noting it's great for carrying.

"...This product is reliable, small, and lightweight. It supports ATA security features as well...." Read more

"...First the good. This drive is small, crazy small, I didn't expect it to be this thin, small, and light...." Read more

"...in a rugged, portable USB self-contained device, no bigger than a nice metal cigarette case (I don't smoke, but I have friends who do ... lol) just..." Read more

"...a newer version than the ones I've bought in the past, and it's a lot slimmer and sleeker, I must say. I like the new style of it...." Read more

32 customers mention "Functionality"28 positive4 negative

Customers report that the external hard drive works great, particularly with Apple's Time Machine, and one customer mentions it functions well with a USB Y adapter.

"...been with me like 1 year and no problems at all..." Read more

"I bought this over a year ago; it worked perfectly fine when I moved data from one laptop onto it, and then transferred that data to a second laptop...." Read more

"...Speeds are fast, no connection problems with my computer, everything has been working great, have had the drive for about 4 months now." Read more

"...hard drive for my Wii U and I am happy to report it works well when you use a USB Y adapter..." Read more

27 customers mention "Speed"24 positive3 negative

Customers praise the external hard drive's speed, particularly its excellent read and write mb performance, with one customer noting its quick file transfer capabilities with USB 3.0.

"...Drive gets around 240MB/s. Again though this drive is fast for an external hard drive, and 100MB/s isn't slacking at all at that speed you can still..." Read more

"...I have calculators that are larger! Was quick at transferring files with USB 3.0. Definitely recommend as a good product and good value, too." Read more

"...connection is more solid now than the 2.0 counterparts, and the seagate is fast, connection is sturdy, the light on it that shows it is being..." Read more

"...Getting write speeds of over 140mb/s on USB3.0, so it's quick. The drive is super small and looks very well built. Great looking drive...." Read more

26 customers mention "Ease of use"23 positive3 negative

Customers find the external hard drive easy to use and set up, with one customer specifically mentioning that the backup software is simple to learn.

"...The Seagate dashboard is worth installing and looking at even if you're predisposed to not like "included software" with most hardware items- like I..." Read more

"...The size is very convenient too. It's a breeze to back up with this unit. I didn't use the software that came with it. I used XXClone freeware...." Read more

"...Love the simplicity of this drive. 2 thumbs up!" Read more

"Looks great, easy to use. Right out of the box you just plug it in and install the software that is contained on the hard drive and its ready to go...." Read more

25 customers mention "Value for money"21 positive4 negative

Customers find the external hard drive to be a great value, with one customer noting its unique size and another mentioning its high storage capacity relative to its price.

"Awesome product, great price! In USB 3.0 (super-speed) mode, you can get 100MB/sec transfer rates...." Read more

"...i really recommend seagate as a brand, the pricing is ok and they have nice warranty on every product." Read more

"...The USB is pretty slow but I still give it 3 stars because the price is pretty good for the amount of storage that you get though it takes a while..." Read more

"...-High Storage for Price -Not Glossy -Great Drive Cons -Could be faster Highly recommended 4.5 stars! *..." Read more

24 customers mention "Drive quality"24 positive0 negative

Customers find the external hard drive to be excellent, with one mentioning its great design.

"Awesome product, great price! In USB 3.0 (super-speed) mode, you can get 100MB/sec transfer rates...." Read more

"...-High Storage for Price -Not Glossy -Great Drive Cons -Could be faster Highly recommended 4.5 stars! *..." Read more

"...Definitely recommend as a good product and good value, too." Read more

"...Excellent overall package and highly recommended. (The backup and share features are a photographer's dream.)" Read more

20 customers mention "Backup capacity"20 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the hard drive's backup capacity, with one mentioning it successfully backed up their entire laptop drive, while another notes it can be scheduled for regular backups.

"...For 500 GB backup storage in a rugged, portable USB self-contained device, no bigger than a nice metal cigarette case..." Read more

"...They're great for transporting, copying, transferring or just backing up large files or a lot of files between machines...." Read more

"...It's the size of an iPhone and backed up my entire drive on my laptop. The size is very convenient too. It's a breeze to back up with this unit...." Read more

"great drive easy to use provides quick easy backup files for your computer. Every one should buy one to day" Read more

19 customers mention "Reliability"19 positive0 negative

Customers find the external hard drive reliable, describing it as sturdy and high quality.

"...This product is reliable, small, and lightweight. It supports ATA security features as well...." Read more

"...Regardless of this it still feels very sturdy and isn't a fingerprint magnet...." Read more

"...For 500 GB backup storage in a rugged, portable USB self-contained device, no bigger than a nice metal cigarette case..." Read more

"...solid now than the 2.0 counterparts, and the seagate is fast, connection is sturdy, the light on it that shows it is being accessed is not overly..." Read more

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4 out of 5 stars
Amazing Drive!
This drive is great! The included software I would rate around 3/5 because for me it isn't needed but I do see a good use for it, that isn't where the 4 star rating comes in though. First the good. This drive is small, crazy small, I didn't expect it to be this thin, small, and light. Regardless of this it still feels very sturdy and isn't a fingerprint magnet. The front and back of the drive aren't glossy and won't attract much in the way of smudges. The small sides of the product are glossy but not enough to do anything to the look if fingerprints get on them not very noticeable at all. The front can attract a small degree of fingerprints but in my opinion it isn't bad and doesn't cause many problems. The reason I gave this 4 stars is because of the speed... There weren't any specs that said a speed I should expect but I just felt it was a little low for me. Read and write speeds were both around 100MB/s this isn't bad but my USB 3.0 Flash Drive gets around 240MB/s. Again though this drive is fast for an external hard drive, and 100MB/s isn't slacking at all at that speed you can still transfer an HD video in under a minute easily. That fact coupled with the size of this drive is pretty good quality, I definitely recommend this drive. As soon as Seagate upgrades this model to a faster speed I will easily give it 5 stars, right now I give it a 4.5. Very great drive! Highly recommended. Pros -Small -Thin -Light -High Quality -High Storage for Price -Not Glossy -Great Drive Cons -Could be faster Highly recommended 4.5 stars! *Image with disk speeds in customer images Update: 7.5.2013 This drive is still going strong just want to comment on something I said earlier, I said it doesn't attract fingerprints, but actually it does. The front of it (Black Model) does attract smudges, not fingerprints persay, but to much oil on your hands or dirt and it will show a little. The pattern of the casing does make it not so noticeable though. Not to mention it is black, and either way it does wipe off very easily, still a great good looking product!
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  • erikvcl
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great high-speed drive, great value
    Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2013
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    Awesome product, great price! In USB 3.0 (super-speed) mode, you can get 100MB/sec transfer rates. That's about the speed of most internal hard drives these days. This product is reliable, small, and lightweight. It supports ATA security features as well. If you don't have SS USB, it works in USB 2.0 (high speed) mode. I'm not a masochist, so haven't tried it in full speed USB mode, but I wouldn't doubt it would fall back to that mode if that's all that was available.

    I've tried using this product with a USB 2.0 hub and also with a USB extension cable: it does not work with either. I'm not taking away a star for that, just an observation.
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  • Fernando Astudillo
    5.0 out of 5 stars NICE HD! NEVER FAILS!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2016
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    Some Background:
    ive always been an seagate user since my old external drive that nedded power to work burnt on a voltage overload and it survived! the overload just fried the case of the drive all date was there! THANKS SEAGATE! 1TB back in that time was like A LOT!. and now i hook it into my pc and use it as a regular HD. been more than 5 years since that overload and i just took it out of my pc not because it failed, just because i bought an SSD. so it worked flawlesly! now lying on a desk with some old data.
    In the meantime i bought one seagate backup plus 500GB red, ill never forget because it had the ability to swap the usb cable from USB 2.0 to 3.0 with a little upgrade. it worked great until some guy decided to stole it...
    Ive had a few other internal drives of course.
    So as you can see ive been a long time seagate user.

    Actual Review:
    This drive performs great! just as the USB 2.0 version i had back in the day... some might think that 500GB its not to much, and i agree, but as i learnt after my last HD got stolen, NEVER EVER USE AN EXTERNAL DRIVE AS A BACKUP OF YOUR STUFF! never do this! you can drop it, lose it, broke it... and if you do use it for backup keep it always stored safe, dont use it to traverl and transfer all kind of things all the time.

    I bought this version because im always moving data from a pc to another, and since theres almost no archives larger than 500GB i figure this would be enough. been with me like 1 year and no problems at all

    i really recommend seagate as a brand, the pricing is ok and they have nice warranty on every product.
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  • NoCalGal
    3.0 out of 5 stars USB is a bit slower than Thunder Drive
    Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2014
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    I just purchased this drive for my personal use and the G Drive Thunderdrive for my work computer. This drive was half the cost of the G Drive Thunderdrive that I purchased on the Apple website. This drive was half the cost but also took 10x longer to back up the computer. Granted, I do have more files on my home computer (photos, etc) but it took really, really long to back up via TimeMachine. I would recommend the Thunderdrive G Drive over this drive if you can afford it as the Time Machine backup takes 2-3 seconds and the initial backup takes a couple of minutes. The USB is pretty slow but I still give it 3 stars because the price is pretty good for the amount of storage that you get though it takes a while to backup.
    One person found this helpful
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  • Eric Herrera
    4.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Drive!
    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2013
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    This drive is great! The included software I would rate around 3/5 because for me it isn't needed but I do see a good use for it, that isn't where the 4 star rating comes in though. First the good. This drive is small, crazy small, I didn't expect it to be this thin, small, and light. Regardless of this it still feels very sturdy and isn't a fingerprint magnet. The front and back of the drive aren't glossy and won't attract much in the way of smudges. The small sides of the product are glossy but not enough to do anything to the look if fingerprints get on them not very noticeable at all. The front can attract a small degree of fingerprints but in my opinion it isn't bad and doesn't cause many problems.

    The reason I gave this 4 stars is because of the speed... There weren't any specs that said a speed I should expect but I just felt it was a little low for me. Read and write speeds were both around 100MB/s this isn't bad but my USB 3.0 Flash Drive gets around 240MB/s. Again though this drive is fast for an external hard drive, and 100MB/s isn't slacking at all at that speed you can still transfer an HD video in under a minute easily. That fact coupled with the size of this drive is pretty good quality, I definitely recommend this drive. As soon as Seagate upgrades this model to a faster speed I will easily give it 5 stars, right now I give it a 4.5. Very great drive! Highly recommended.

    Pros
    -Small
    -Thin
    -Light
    -High Quality
    -High Storage for Price
    -Not Glossy
    -Great Drive

    Cons
    -Could be faster

    Highly recommended 4.5 stars!

    *Image with disk speeds in customer images

    Update: 7.5.2013

    This drive is still going strong just want to comment on something I said earlier, I said it doesn't attract fingerprints, but actually it does. The front of it (Black Model) does attract smudges, not fingerprints persay, but to much oil on your hands or dirt and it will show a little. The pattern of the casing does make it not so noticeable though. Not to mention it is black, and either way it does wipe off very easily, still a great good looking product!
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    Eric Herrera
    4.0 out of 5 stars
    Amazing Drive!

    Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2013
    This drive is great! The included software I would rate around 3/5 because for me it isn't needed but I do see a good use for it, that isn't where the 4 star rating comes in though. First the good. This drive is small, crazy small, I didn't expect it to be this thin, small, and light. Regardless of this it still feels very sturdy and isn't a fingerprint magnet. The front and back of the drive aren't glossy and won't attract much in the way of smudges. The small sides of the product are glossy but not enough to do anything to the look if fingerprints get on them not very noticeable at all. The front can attract a small degree of fingerprints but in my opinion it isn't bad and doesn't cause many problems.

    The reason I gave this 4 stars is because of the speed... There weren't any specs that said a speed I should expect but I just felt it was a little low for me. Read and write speeds were both around 100MB/s this isn't bad but my USB 3.0 Flash Drive gets around 240MB/s. Again though this drive is fast for an external hard drive, and 100MB/s isn't slacking at all at that speed you can still transfer an HD video in under a minute easily. That fact coupled with the size of this drive is pretty good quality, I definitely recommend this drive. As soon as Seagate upgrades this model to a faster speed I will easily give it 5 stars, right now I give it a 4.5. Very great drive! Highly recommended.

    Pros
    -Small
    -Thin
    -Light
    -High Quality
    -High Storage for Price
    -Not Glossy
    -Great Drive

    Cons
    -Could be faster

    Highly recommended 4.5 stars!

    *Image with disk speeds in customer images

    Update: 7.5.2013

    This drive is still going strong just want to comment on something I said earlier, I said it doesn't attract fingerprints, but actually it does. The front of it (Black Model) does attract smudges, not fingerprints persay, but to much oil on your hands or dirt and it will show a little. The pattern of the casing does make it not so noticeable though. Not to mention it is black, and either way it does wipe off very easily, still a great good looking product!
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  • Me Robin
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Accessory
    Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2013
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    I'm amazed at the size and performance of this thing. For 500 GB backup storage in a rugged, portable USB self-contained device, no bigger than a nice metal cigarette case (I don't smoke, but I have friends who do ... lol) just blows my mind. I have another older external 500 GB storage drive for my desktop that is about the size of a good-sized book, weighs in at about the same, requires a separate plug-in AC adapter to operate, and runs much warmer than this Seagate Slim. It exceeds all the expectations I had when I ordered it. I easily transport multi-megabyte files among three desktops and an ASUS netbook, not only as a "backup" per se, but as an actual active drive imaging the larger external drive described above. And I carry it in my pocket! As for speed? It's a modern USB 3.0 -- what more can be said? It's great! Get it.
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  • Darshan Gandhi
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good product
    Reviewed in India on March 6, 2020
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    Nice buy
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  • Nicholas Lebessis
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Backup Drive
    Reviewed in Canada on February 26, 2021
    Verified Purchase
    Set it up to use with 'Time Machine' on my Mac, and forgot about it. It works seamlessly in the background and has saved my skin a couple of times !!
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  • Bill H.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great drive, delivered fast
    Reviewed in Canada on February 2, 2020
    Verified Purchase
    Great hard drive.
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  • Muralitsks
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in India on September 13, 2014
    Capacity: 500GBVerified Purchase
    Good
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  • Alain
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on July 27, 2017
    Verified Purchase
    very very good externl hard disk. the lowest price I found. fast shipping. thank yyou.
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