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Pros

Lacie external hard drive works great for me. No reason not to expand the memory on either your desktops, laptops both microsoft and apple. It travels better and the cords are less delicate.



Cons

Tb seagate drive st4000dx000, has a high failure rate of 35. Seagate will only pay for shipping one way. Drive has a 2 year limited warranty and amazon says the drive has long since passed the return date.

This is only about the sixth time i've plugged it into my mac, to make a current back-up, and nothing happened.

The drive is probably fine but the software is a joke. My computer recognizes the drive and so do my other files, but the seagate software does not. Everytime i click on the drive it tells me it can't access it. Windows explorer will not show it and i...  Read More

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Quality


Reliable, high-capacity hdd, constant use for over 12 months and no problems


Very good product and quality, i have used this one for long and still running very well.


I have had two for some years that work reliably, even after both were dropped on carpeted floor.


This one feels like it needs to stay plugged in at a desktop and never move.

Price


It’s amazing how much the price of storage has come down.


And, it was reasonably priced for the size.

Shipping


As it turned out, when i looked at the seagate, before i returned it to amazon, i found a backdoor where it saved important dat...  Read More

Competitiveness


Now there’s no reason not to expand the memory on either your desktops, laptops both microsoft and apple.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    great, still, external and new.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 3,731 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 22 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I would definitely go with lacie instead in the future though it travels better and the cords are less delicate


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This one feels like it needs to stay plugged in at a desktop and never move


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I did show signs of failing about 3 times before it actually failed


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It sucks since some of my files were being backup directly to it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Now there’s no reason not to expand the memory on either your desktops laptops both microsoft and apple


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I wasn’t willing to get rid of either so purchased this hard drive


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Games load well and have over 200 games sstored with another 2tb to spare


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Can rjn a little loud at times

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