It developed the first 5.25 inch hard drive (5 MB) in 1980 and was the primary hard drive supplier to the original IBM XT PC. Seagate Technology began as Shugart Technology in 1978. It is an essential accessory which can be used in an automatic or manual (batch) mode. The Seagate 5 TB Backup Plus Portable hard drive is a very reliable, inexpensive, easy to use and compact means of backing up your precious files, photos, videos and music from all of your primary devices.