| Business-grade software, a reliable Seagate hard drive and exceptionally slim form factor make the BlackArmor PS 110 portable drive a powerful mobile storage and backup solution for your digital assets. The BlackArmor Backup software, preloaded on the drive, offers full-system backup, which includes the operating system, all of your programs, setting, email… Everything! Plus, you can choose to safeguard your backed up files with AES 256-bit government-grade encryption.If you accidentally delete a file or lose data due to a computer crash, you can easily recover individual files or revert your entire system back in time before the problem occurred, all with the included SafetyDrill+ recovery software. The Try & Decide feature allows you to create a secure, controlled temporary workspace on your computer. You can try out new programs or change system settings without having to worry about losing data or damaging your system. When finished experimenting, simply decide to keep the changes or discard the recent activity as if it never happened. The BlackArmor PS 110 is compatible with Seagate dock accessories, so you can easily access and back up your files while keeping your workspace organized. |
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 Works great - works fast!! |
| Review Date: October 1, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A D, LA, USA |
This worked great for me. No hassle in installing program or anything. You can drag and drop files to the drive and use it as an external storage. Or, if you want the data to be encrypted, you will need to use seagate software (supplied in the drive itself). Either ways this is a fast drive. I had 2 of Free agent go before that worked great so I decided to give this drive a chance. The first time, when I tried backing up, I could not get my data encrypted, it just started backing up my C drive and did not ask me anything to password protect. I played with the software a little and figured out you can individually back up files and folders and encrypt them up to 256 bit. It also incremental and differential backup as well as drive clone and rescue disk creation. It also has easy system restore - says on the box, I have not tried it yet.
I see some people are not happy with this on Amazon, but other places like CNET has great reviews. I am going to get one more of these, I have way too much of HD Videos and Pictures.
Cheers |
No problems!
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| Review Date: December 30, 2009 |
| Reviewer: A. Roseto, Fort Collins, Co United States |
Well I didn't buy this product off Amazon but I did just buy the product even after reading the reviews on Amazon. But I am pretty tech savvy and like to think I can handle some hardware and software problems on my own seeing I've built my own gaming computer and service all my own electronics equipment. So I decided to buy the Seagate BlackArmor 500gb because it is among the smallest external harddrive I've seen and would be great to transport around my files (photos, music and documents) I'd like to have handy.
I was pretty skeptical it would work fine with all the bad reviews on here.
So I brought it home plugged it in to my usb on my gaming pc and it recognized new hardware asked how I'd like to view so I just opened the folder and voila I just copied and pasted the files I wanted from my pc and other external harddrives into the BlackArmor HD folder.
Also I checked to see if I could open the folder manually from "y compter" folder. It showed a seagate icon in my G drive so I right clicked the G drive, selected "open" and there were my files. In that folder is also the BlackArmor backup software exe. files but no big deal just ignore them if you don't want to use it.
Also do not double click on the Seagate emblem showing the BlackArmor harddrive (like mine said G:) because this will start up the BlackArmor backup program, if you do not want to us that program. |
Far Better Than Other Reviews Indicate
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| Review Date: January 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Richard H. Davis Jr., Boston, MA USA |
I purchased the Seagate BlackArmor PS110 with some trepidation after reading the angry reviews posted by other presumed purchasers. The reality is that this is the best backup drive that Seagate has made. In my case, I used it to replace a Western Digital external drive that failed after two years. I plugged the USB cable into the back of my Dell XPS 210 and the software install process began. As will all initial backups, the first step took quite awhile, so I did it in the evening.
The software worked flawlessly and the subsequent backups were completed on time and accurately as well. The complaint about the length of the cable is technically true, but the interface is common, so if you've owned more than one PC in your life, you're likely to have plenty of extra, longer cables sitting around the house.
We have six computers in use (4 PC's, 2 laptops - for business and pleasure). I have set up individual backup drives for all but one PC. We use Carbonite on one PC as a test case (and yes, I realize I could set up a terabyte storage server, but that would be too much of network manager hassle to be worth it).
I personally like external hard drives because you can take the files with you. The downside, of course, is that these drives fail and if you have something awful like a fire, you'll lose your data. The negative to online services is that it takes a really long time (like days) to back up a hard drive and subsequent backups slow your internet access down just a bit while its underway. Finally, this is a personal preference, but I prefer to pay once for something -- and this is what Seagate (and others) allow you to do with a purchase of an external drive.
Thus, I can heartily recommend the BlackArmor to anyone. If you want a slightly less industrial strength product, go with the FreeAgent -- we have three of those and they work fine too. |
Black Armor Mobile Hard drive
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| Review Date: February 10, 2010 |
| Reviewer: KM, Michigan |
| This is a great drive. Low power usage so excellent for laptops that may not have great USB power support. Tons of space and great for data backup. |
Broken, three days and returned
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| Review Date: February 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: The Edge, Gresham, OR United States |
After finding this nicely designed, highly portable little backpack drive for 89.00 at my local Office Depot, I plugged it in, dealt with the usual slow, cumbersome, and mostly stupid Seagate software, and had the Black Armor backing up my 350GB Maxtor which backs up my Panasonic TB. But, within three days, I was running the software and it froze up my laptop, stole all my resources, and after about 10 mins, finally resolved the freeze as bad sectors. Confirmed that with DTI scanner, and then ran Seatools and found it totally unusable as the short and long DST failed. Back to OD.
Can't say much about the QC, but the style is nice and had it worked, the only complaint I would have had was the Black Armor software. You do get what you pay for. And Office Depot, as they usually do, just took it back no questions asked. |
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