When I buy hard drives, I buy them primarily based on their cost and speed. I don't care about any of their purported automatic backup programs and never bother installing them. For about $100 for 3TB, this is a good buy. USB 3.0 is plenty fast and even if your computer is older and has only USB 2.0, this drive will still work, albeit at a reduced speed.Seagate is a very reliable brand and have about 8 other drives in various capacities. None of them have given me any problems. The only times I've had hard drives issues was due to neglect and damage by me (snagging a USB cord and sending the drive crashing to the floor, for example). 

Question: Was the drive absolutely perfect?
Answer: plenty fast