I bought it as a substitute for a Seagate HDD-go and wanted to use them for regular backup. But the software is in my opinion quickly, but miserable. Be secured once the selected data, then only the changes to a file summarized that one should be able to recover with difficulty. The option to simply change the 1: 1 to store (eg daily to create an image of the selected folder), no longer exists in contrast to the previous software Seagate Manager unfortunately. You can not run the old software with the new plate also, because this is not recognized (Win8).
Conclusion: Tolle HDD, miserable Software. Who this is not needed, is allowed to access (the similar predecessor had years of reliable service), others should think carefully about it.