Seagate - Expansion 28TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black

I purchased this Seagate Expansion 28TB drive for large backups and long-term storage. It offered excellent capacity for the price, was easy to set up, and Windows recognized it without any complicated configuration. After some time, the drive stopped working properly. I contacted Seagate support through their online web chat, and the experience was excellent. The representative confirmed that the drive was still under warranty, created the replacement request, and sent me a return shipping label. They also asked whether I wanted to use the included free data recovery service before replacing the drive. The support process was clear, professional, and much easier than I expected. Even though the drive stopped working, Seagate’s warranty service, online chat support, replacement process, and included data recovery option gave me confidence in the brand. Overall, this is a great high-capacity storage option backed by very good customer service.

Must tell you that I am biased towards Seagate since I've gotten so many products from them that work wonderfully for the last couple decades. I've got so accustomed to their hardware that I could actually listen and hear when they are good or bad or have oncoming issues. I used to fix its motherboards at one. Point in time when I was young and my eyeballs were working. Seagate customer support has become poor. You can only reach. Them through the websites or phone. Methods in the US. Which is the deterrent? But their hardware still remains exceptional. In my estimates, this drive stands a Probability of failure within five years or more. The noise it's making Tells me an actuator crashed into the platter itself. Will occur. Eventually Possibly becoming an. Manageable deck Damage. However, this is excellent for backup purposes only. I would unplug it when not in use and then when you need to make a massive backup. Back everything up, leave it on overnight, make sure it's ventilated, and then when it's done. Unplug it. And you'll have a backup. At last you. 40-50 years. Clients from the 1980s were never upgraded from their comput Have Seagate backups that they made me recover for their new laptops and desktops Even from PATA and Satta drives. 20 megabytes all the way to. Eight terabytes that were recoverable. Beating even backups on CDS and DVDS. Seagate offers. Public file recovery software. Which I strongly recommend everyone should have. That can recover most corrupted drives as well, although it may take days when the terabytes start being recovered. You can also use Seagate's recovery program, which they are offering for a reasonable price. If you do not have somebody who has the skills to know the hardware or the software to. From hard disk crashes. So I cannot boast this is their best drive and go buy them as fast as you can. But it Has definitely proven its worth for the time that I've already had it. It's old powered USB. A cable connector. Is also. A weak point. For many Seagate drives in general It will definitely not last as long as the drive itself Therefore, try not to make it. Portable Drive, The cheaper cable Seagate distributes with its drives. Can cause power fluctuations, so it's worth it to get a nice stable cable. And replace any kind of. Lost power issues. With their cables. Immediately. Since this drive is a power hungry. Unit.

I like , work good , wish didn't have connect the power in the wall but I guess it is ok for being a Big Hard Drive

Instant win. I've been waiting to pull the plug on cloud storage and this was my solution for the storage. I already have a great computer that's older but runs fine. I plug this in, installed the drivers already on the device and registered the warranty. Easy, quite, and fast. Now I said goodbye to worrying about my storage needs and save ~$40/month on cloud storage.

I had this for about 3-4 months and I have used almost everyday. I backed up $1400 data DVDs without any glitch, under a Mac environment. Works flawlessly. Takes a little time to mount and it can be a little noisy sometimes, but that comes with the territory for such a big hdd. i remember the good old ST-225 and we have come a very long way. I gor this because it is the best for the money at thia time.