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Pros

Usb spec. Is not supper fast but is good. Durability is second to none. Only downside is it’s a bit slow but for the money it's not much of a downside.



Cons

Both drives were locked in read only mode and show they were already formatted using windows ntfs. They are supposedly compatible with the version of mac os i'm currently using and say they don't require formatted for mac or windows os. Looks like som...  Read More

Seagate says they hold your data for 30 days. While amazon talks on this product page about their 30 day warranty, this website only says to check the manufacturer's website for warranty information. Do not purchase any seagate products.

Everything i have ever had with their brand fails prematurely. Bad advertising. Failing after 4 months.

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Quality


Fits good safwate os good and high quality highly recommend


Works well and stores alot of files


This one looks like it's made to last.


The online tech support by seagate leaves a lot to be desired as the problem was, i could see the device in the printers, scann...  Read More

Price


I use this as a back up drive 99% of the time, for this use case it works great for the price.


This is what i wanted and am happy to have - a great little external hard drive that works just as it should at an excellent price.


Good price on a 5t external hard drive!


These new affordable laptops are with minimal internal storage and includes an external 256gb drive or less.

Shipping


I love that this is a simple way to back up, and it was delivered in less than 24 hours!


It was a good price and arrived on time.

Packaging/appearance


Just wish it came with a protective case

Competitiveness


I have not tested this unit in particular, but i’ve had at least 3 other seagate portable hard drives in the past (actually, ha...  Read More


I used to buy lower memories of seagate this time i purchased 14 tb pricewise is more economical that higher tb.


Both la cie and wd externa drives have failed but never a seagate.

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  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    external, good, easy and great.
  • 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 264,838 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 25 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Formatted drive once copied over over two terabytes of nintendo switch games and ps3 games on my home server running batocera linux


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Will update review if drive crashes or i lose data


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I miss read the capabilities of this storage expansion i have a ps5 and it only holds games for the ps4 but it let me play 7 of my ps4 games while keeping my ps5 games


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The product works fine but 2tb may be a better investment if you have the slight extra funds to do so


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Both la cie and wd externa drives have failed but never a seagate


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I may be a throw back to a time when the cloud wasnt a buzz marketing term


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Id rather have my important data backed up locally and also be able to disconnect the medium from any computing systems


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Obviously it has a lot of storage a full tarabyte to be exact

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