Seagate Expansion STEA1500400 External Hard Drive 1500 GB Black

Value For Money:Well its not the original but it serves its purpose.Performance:Very slow transfer speedBest Feature:LightweightYou get what you pay for on a 2tb ext storage. Nice and light but nowhere on usb 3.0 speeds. Transfer files is very slow. Cannot be detected by ps4 unit. Yun pa naman sana yung purpose. Works fine on pc..😒

A lot of storage for a low price.

I have 4 of these 4TB USB 3.1 drives, 3 of which are Western Digital. They all work fine, probably because they've never been moved from the same spot on my desk. When packed up for a trip, all the banging around can cause problems, since they are mechanical drives. If you were to remove your mechanical system drive from your desktop for use in a dock, all that handling could cause you a lot of grief; that's the nature of the beast when those heads come crashing down on the platter(s), no matter how well they're "parked". Anyway, this particular drive has performed without a flaw. After buying longer USB 3.1 cables, all my portables haven't moved from their original placement. If you need something portable, think about shelling out the extra bucks for an SSD. That ... MoreI have 4 of these 4TB USB 3.1 drives, 3 of which are Western Digital. They all work fine, probably because they've never been moved from the same spot on my desk. When packed up for a trip, all the banging around can cause problems, since they are mechanical drives. If you were to remove your mechanical system drive from your desktop for use in a dock, all that handling could cause you a lot of grief; that's the nature of the beast when those heads come crashing down on the platter(s), no matter how well they're "parked". Anyway, this particular drive has performed without a flaw. After buying longer USB 3.1 cables, all my portables haven't moved from their original placement. If you need something portable, think about shelling out the extra bucks for an SSD. That aside, my favorite things about this drive are 1) no power supply needed, and 2) transfer speed, read or write, which averages around 100MB a second. I would strongly suggest this drive, provided you're not going to be throwing it around in suitcases or laptop bags. :)

Disappointed! Not as advertised on BestBuy!

Per BestBuy product information, this external drive come with Toolkit backup software. That’s not true!Not only this does not include the Toolkit software, but even if you download and install it from Seagate website, the back up features on App will not work.I even had to contact Seagate technical support and they confirmed that this is not compatible with Toolkit app and suggested to either return and replace it with other models or just drag and drop the files!!

Good reliable USB 3 hard drive that does not require a separate power supply.

There's not much to say really, it's a hard drive and it works. I have three of these identical units and use them for archiving photos along with nine other drives of various makes. In ten years I have had two drive failures, both total losses, but neither drive was one of these Maxtors. I surface scan the drives before use and have never seen defects right out of the box. The drive is powered via the USB connection, so a separate PSU is not needed, which is convenient. Note that two of my Maxtors used the standard MBR (Master Boot Record) type file table, the latest one came formatted with GPT. Both of these systems will work on modern PCs, but the newer GPT will not be readable by older machines running, for instance, Windows XP.

It came in the mail, I plugged it in, and it works fine. Writing speed is decent, it barely makes...

It came in the mail, I plugged it in, and it works fine. Writing speed is decent, it barely makes any noise, and it's easy to transport. I've read a lot of other reviews on here and I think they were doing something wrong. One guy stated that it took an hour and a half to move 80 gb, but for me it took an hour and fifteen minutes to move 160 gb. He was probably using a USB 2.0 port, which transfers data slower. Make sure the port your using is actually a USB 3.0 port. My laptop, for instance, has two 3.0 ports on the left and one 2.0 port on the right. Another thing that effects write speed is the amount of files. Moving a single 5 gb file will be faster than moving a 5 gb folder with 200 files in it. The reason is that the computer has to take a microsecond in ... MoreIt came in the mail, I plugged it in, and it works fine. Writing speed is decent, it barely makes any noise, and it's easy to transport. I've read a lot of other reviews on here and I think they were doing something wrong. One guy stated that it took an hour and a half to move 80 gb, but for me it took an hour and fifteen minutes to move 160 gb. He was probably using a USB 2.0 port, which transfers data slower. Make sure the port your using is actually a USB 3.0 port. My laptop, for instance, has two 3.0 ports on the left and one 2.0 port on the right. Another thing that effects write speed is the amount of files. Moving a single 5 gb file will be faster than moving a 5 gb folder with 200 files in it. The reason is that the computer has to take a microsecond in between each moved file to change files. Also, this hard drive takes a few seonds to spin up if left inactive for too long. Keep that in mind as well.

Review of Expansion Portable Hard Drive - 2 TB, Black

Good Points: Not a lot we can say about this - its doing what we bought it for - which is a security safety back-up. I copied all the documents and photographs from two 1tb Elements external drives where the lead input was going faulty. I needed to copy everything off, while I could still access them, which took several hours and copy it to the bought item. It is now securely stored in our safe and may not be used for months until I want to access something past! The lead connection is good as it can;t be 'pushed in' and lose contact like the Elements drives did. That is a strong positive for me! I've put 6's right thro as the questions don;'t really mean anything in the context I am using this drive for - it is a safety copy not in general useage. It could be a 6 ... MoreGood Points: Not a lot we can say about this - its doing what we bought it for - which is a security safety back-up. I copied all the documents and photographs from two 1tb Elements external drives where the lead input was going faulty. I needed to copy everything off, while I could still access them, which took several hours and copy it to the bought item. It is now securely stored in our safe and may not be used for months until I want to access something past! The lead connection is good as it can;t be 'pushed in' and lose contact like the Elements drives did. That is a strong positive for me! I've put 6's right thro as the questions don;'t really mean anything in the context I am using this drive for - it is a safety copy not in general useage. It could be a 6 or a 10 - as its not in regular use I can't give a definitive answer.

Slow as molases for backups

I did just about everything under the Sun in order to get this drive to write faster. I updated the drivers, reformatted the disk, plugged it into the rear I/O and still, it refused to go anywhere beyond 18 MB/s, and that's if I was lucky. Sure, it would ramp up to a speed I thought was admirable at first, only to plummet downward after a moment or two. This drive drew out the task of backing up my HDD from what I presumed would be an hour-long affair into 6+ hours. The thing looks and functions like a repurposed laptop HDD from a bygone era. It feels like the enclosure might crack open if I look at it the wrong way, so transporting this anywhere far without a robust storage case is out of the question. I may dog on this thing, but I'm sure it has its uses and I ... MoreI did just about everything under the Sun in order to get this drive to write faster. I updated the drivers, reformatted the disk, plugged it into the rear I/O and still, it refused to go anywhere beyond 18 MB/s, and that's if I was lucky. Sure, it would ramp up to a speed I thought was admirable at first, only to plummet downward after a moment or two. This drive drew out the task of backing up my HDD from what I presumed would be an hour-long affair into 6+ hours. The thing looks and functions like a repurposed laptop HDD from a bygone era. It feels like the enclosure might crack open if I look at it the wrong way, so transporting this anywhere far without a robust storage case is out of the question. I may dog on this thing, but I'm sure it has its uses and I might've just picked the wrong tool for the job. If the READ speeds are to be believed, this could fit the bill for someone whose internal storage is dwindling or needs to transport some very large files across the office for a meeting or something. I'll give Seagate the benefit of the doubt and leave it at 3 eggs, since it IS a serviceable drive, but I'll be looking to another product for my backup needs in the future.

Tolle Funktion!

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Very good external expansion drive

This 14TB expansion external disk drive Is perfect for my needs. I use it for my system backup destination drive on a Windows 10 computer. Except for this drive, my system has a total of 4 drives. My C: drive is a 1 TB SSD, F: drive is a 2 TB HDD, G: drive is an external 8 TB HDD and R: drive is a 4 TB HDD. That is a total of 15 TB OF SSD/HDD storage. These drives are nowhere near at capacity and have approximately 9 TB used space. So the 14 TB expansion external disk drive has ample space to backup all of my other drives. It interfaces to either a Mac or PC via a USB 3.0 port. When I received the drive, I reformatted the drive to a 14 TB FAT32 from an exFAT32 format with a third party’s tool to do so because Windows 10 disk formatting feature will only format a ... MoreThis 14TB expansion external disk drive Is perfect for my needs. I use it for my system backup destination drive on a Windows 10 computer. Except for this drive, my system has a total of 4 drives. My C: drive is a 1 TB SSD, F: drive is a 2 TB HDD, G: drive is an external 8 TB HDD and R: drive is a 4 TB HDD. That is a total of 15 TB OF SSD/HDD storage. These drives are nowhere near at capacity and have approximately 9 TB used space. So the 14 TB expansion external disk drive has ample space to backup all of my other drives. It interfaces to either a Mac or PC via a USB 3.0 port. When I received the drive, I reformatted the drive to a 14 TB FAT32 from an exFAT32 format with a third party’s tool to do so because Windows 10 disk formatting feature will only format a drive to a FAT32 format as long as the disk drive capacity is equal to or less than just under 4 TB and the FAT32 format is standard for PCs. The drive is originally formatted to exFAT32 at the factory in order to work with either a Mac or PC right out of the box. I wasn’t going to use the drive with a Mac and so I did what I have described. I’ve performed several full and incremental backups with this drive via USB 3.0 and it has worked flawlessly so far. I have yet to perform a restore from my backups and once I do, I’ll be able to enjoy the performance and versatility of the drive. I recommend this drive to everyone whom are looking to just expand the storage for their system or do backups as I do.