Pros & Cons
Pros
The speed depends on the connection you are offering. My computer and the router are both gigabit devices. Since all i'm using this for is backups of media and reading from my roku, it works fine. If you hook it up to a gigabit connection (as it is ad... Read More
The product works as described and more. After doing my research and looking at all technical specification it was delivered on time. The lesson i took is, before complaining to the product's quality, check the system's configuration.
Once you do the first backup (looooong), this is almost unnoticeable in the background. It updates the copy is has of my files when i make changes to them so i always have the latest version. Additional features:pc auto back-up.
Cons
It's as bad as advertised. Spotty realibility. Seagate's advertisements are inaccurate.
Forced quit and retried 3 times. I wish this could be billable time back to seagate. However, inasmuch as i have bought quite a few things from seagate, i think this is the worst of them.
The software is very wizard driven and tries to outsmart you at every turn. This is great for the idiot home user but when you know precisely what you want to do, the software is a major hindrance. This product is not (i repeat, not) plug-and-play, an... Read More
It stalled after 150gb and appeared to significantly transfer very 100mb/10 minutes. Its slow with copying and reading. The amount of *, clutter, and hassle it comes with combined with the slow read makes me wish i had bought another brand.
Installation is not straightforward. Seagate should have told potential buyers of the issues. Is it safe to disable password protection in order to be able to use this disk drive?
Highlights
Quality
This product works as described and more.
Now i am very satisfied to this product.
Here is what he said 3 big tips:1) don't install the software that comes with the drive.
Wish the app that works with it had a better media player.
Competitiveness
The first one had a drive go bad in it and i replaced it with a 4tb drive pretty easily.
Overview
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- This product had a total of 149 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 12 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Looki just happen to come across these bad reveiws while looking for a drive for a family member
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If you put this on a router that only has 10100 network ports you are not going to be able to stream true hd from this drive either wire or wirelessly
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Doing this also speeds up back upand data transfer as long as all connections are gigabitits obvious by the data rates that are stated in other post is a reflection of having it on the slower network and therfore the network is the bottlnecknot the drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would however like to see upgrades on the ios app
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Wish the app that works with it had a better media player
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Here is what he said 3 big tips1 dont install the software that comes with the drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
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