Seagate 2TB Backup Plus Slim Portable Drive Review

1. Introduction2. Packaging and Bundle3. Design4. Software5. Testing Methodology6. Desktop Performance7. Laptop Performance8. Closing Thoughts9. View All Pages

As Lafité has only one USB 3.0 port, I attached the Backup Plus into said port and began to run my two benchmarks.

Initially I was stumped, as while the read speeds of the drive were also in the 130MB/s region, write speeds were almost two-thirds slower, at around 55MB/s. However, I soon realised that the drive had not been optimised for best performance in Windows, and upon changing that setting – at the cost of having to eject the drive in Windows first before physically unplugging it – speeds shot up to where I expected them to be.

This is worth noting if you are using the Seagate Backup Plus drive and do not seem to be receiving its full speeds.

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