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Name: Seagate - Personal Cloud 4TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black
Brand: Seagate
SKU: 2240094
Price: 179.99 USD
Rating: 4.2 (229 reviews)

Seagate - Personal Cloud 4TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black

Model:: STCR4000101; |
SKU:: 2240094

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QuestionWhere's the ethernet connection?I'm looking at the photo of the backside of this device and all I see is what appears to be a usb connection. Heck, I don't even see a power connection or power button. So, I'm wondering where the ethernet connection comes in?
Asked 9 years ago by Tory Glenn.
- Answer There is a ethernet connection, along with power on the back
  Answered 9 years ago by Eddionne
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QuestionDoes this support SMB / CIFS protocol? I want to use this to stream music to my SONO's speakers without having to turn on my computer.
Asked 9 years ago by MASonos.
- Answer It does support SMB
  Answered 9 years ago by Christopher
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QuestionCan I use it to store files directly with wireless connection?without a internet network needed?
Asked 10 years ago by Ida.
- Answer Yes, you can connect as a network device over wireless with no internet connection.
  Answered 9 years ago by Christopher
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QuestionAm I able to access this from outside the network it's connected to? Also, does it support a credentials login system?
Asked 7 years ago by Doobliheim.
- Answer Based on an email from Seagate, they will disable the remote access feature in the 1st week of April 2018.
  Answered 7 years ago by BBusertoo
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QuestionI want to connect the Seagate personal cloud as a storage for files directly to my computer. I don't want to set up the wifi
Asked 5 years ago by ravi.
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QuestionWill this Seagate be compatible with my Dell PC Laptop?
Asked 7 years ago by Shirley.
- Answer Yes, this drive will be compatible with your Dell PC.
  Answered 7 years ago by CommunityAnswer
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QuestionI am almost to my limit with my google drive account and I'm not interested in purchasing a higher limit plan, so I'm wanting to know if I could use this to stow all of my files so that I can access them from home or while I'm out of town from a laptop?
Asked 7 years ago by MobileAccess.
- Answer You can connected to the modem with Cat5 cable and make it an internet storage device with a password. It will enable you to upload or download from any device connected to the internet.
  Answered 7 years ago by Likeke45
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QuestionCan you swap out the drives for SSD drives?
Asked 7 years ago by Musbkc.
- Answer No, this listing does not have an option to change the storage media.
  Answered 7 years ago by CommunityAnswer
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QuestionHow to setup a personal cloud? Is it difficult?
Asked 7 years ago by Jim.
- Answer Use the Seagate utility on a windows machine to locate the device on the network and then map it, such as, Z:.
  Answered 7 years ago by BBusertoo
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QuestionCan I connect my computer/PS4 via USB and use it like a regular hard drive?
Asked 8 years ago by RR45.
- Answer It's not meant to work this way, I tried.
  Answered 7 years ago by FunLovingJohn
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QuestionCan I connect my HP LaserJet Professional P1102 to this device via USB and share it on LAN?
Asked 8 years ago by Dom.
- Answer Yes, you can, the Drive just makes the printer available over the network, you can do this if you plug in the printer in to the usb port on your wireless router as well (i.e. if the router has one). In any case the computer you are printing from will need to have the necessary printer drivers, the Seagate drive will just allow you to share any USB device over the network.
  Answered 8 years ago by RocklandGeek
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QuestionCan I have 4 TB on each of 2drives and mirror my C-drive to both of them and are both Seagate drives hot swap enabled? All of this is like what WD offers with MY Cloud.
Asked 9 years ago by Mirroring.
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QuestionCan the hard drive be partitioned?
Asked 9 years ago by LaDa02.
- Answer If there is a way, I couldn't find it. I was going to use it for Time Machine back ups on my Macs, but with no way to limit the amount of space it would eat up the entire drive in no time.
  Answered 8 years ago by marchmountain
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QuestionIf I have this HD setup to back up my iMac, can I upload files (.pdf, .doc, etc...) currently stored on a PC from work? If so, can I access those files on my iMac?
Asked 9 years ago by Andy.
- Answer The remote access is being disabled by Seagate in April 2018 based on an email sent out. To access the device the computer has to be on the same network.
  Answered 7 years ago by BBusertoo
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QuestionWILL WINDOWS VISTA WORK ON THIS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?
Asked 9 years ago by TERRY.
- Answer If the Seagate utility to find the device on the network will run on Vista then you should be able to map the drive, such as, Z:.
  Answered 7 years ago by BBusertoo
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QuestionIs that having a USB3 interface or USB2.
Asked 9 years ago by Stambody.
- Answer it has both, a SB 3 on the side and USB 2 in the rear
  Answered 8 years ago by RocklandGeek
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QuestionCan this be used as an iTunes library that is shared between my desktop and laptop?I am thinking of using this as both a backup for my PC laptop (wireless) and also to move my iTunes library from my desktop PC to this storage device. Does anyone have any experience using this as an iTunes library, and if so, how is the playback over wireless?
Asked 10 years ago by Wesiya.
- Answer Not sure about this model of NAS, but I had a Seagate GoFlex NAS (until it died) where I had about 500G of iTunes music library stored. Had no problems with this configuration. Also have a Bose SoundTouch WIFI speaker that I would play my iTunes music over. No problems here either.
  Answered 8 years ago by Anonymous
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Seagate - Personal Cloud 4TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - Black

Q: QuestionWhere's the ethernet connection?I'm looking at the photo of the backside of this device and all I see is what appears to be a usb connection. Heck, I don't even see a power connection or power button. So, I'm wondering where the ethernet connection comes in?

Q: QuestionDoes this support SMB / CIFS protocol? I want to use this to stream music to my SONO's speakers without having to turn on my computer.

Q: QuestionCan I use it to store files directly with wireless connection?without a internet network needed?

Q: QuestionAm I able to access this from outside the network it's connected to? Also, does it support a credentials login system?

Q: QuestionI want to connect the Seagate personal cloud as a storage for files directly to my computer. I don't want to set up the wifi

Q: QuestionWill this Seagate be compatible with my Dell PC Laptop?

Q: QuestionI am almost to my limit with my google drive account and I'm not interested in purchasing a higher limit plan, so I'm wanting to know if I could use this to stow all of my files so that I can access them from home or while I'm out of town from a laptop?

Q: QuestionCan you swap out the drives for SSD drives?

Q: QuestionHow to setup a personal cloud? Is it difficult?

Q: QuestionCan I connect my computer/PS4 via USB and use it like a regular hard drive?

Q: QuestionCan I connect my HP LaserJet Professional P1102 to this device via USB and share it on LAN?

Q: QuestionCan I have 4 TB on each of 2drives and mirror my C-drive to both of them and are both Seagate drives hot swap enabled? All of this is like what WD offers with MY Cloud.

Q: QuestionCan the hard drive be partitioned?

Q: QuestionIf I have this HD setup to back up my iMac, can I upload files (.pdf, .doc, etc...) currently stored on a PC from work? If so, can I access those files on my iMac?

Q: QuestionWILL WINDOWS VISTA WORK ON THIS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?

Q: QuestionIs that having a USB3 interface or USB2.

QuestionWhere's the ethernet connection?I'm looking at the photo of the backside of this device and all I see is what appears to be a usb connection. Heck, I don't even see a power connection or power button. So, I'm wondering where the ethernet connection comes in?

QuestionDoes this support SMB / CIFS protocol? I want to use this to stream music to my SONO's speakers without having to turn on my computer.

QuestionCan I use it to store files directly with wireless connection?without a internet network needed?

QuestionAm I able to access this from outside the network it's connected to? Also, does it support a credentials login system?

QuestionI want to connect the Seagate personal cloud as a storage for files directly to my computer. I don't want to set up the wifi

QuestionWill this Seagate be compatible with my Dell PC Laptop?

QuestionI am almost to my limit with my google drive account and I'm not interested in purchasing a higher limit plan, so I'm wanting to know if I could use this to stow all of my files so that I can access them from home or while I'm out of town from a laptop?

QuestionCan you swap out the drives for SSD drives?

QuestionHow to setup a personal cloud? Is it difficult?

QuestionCan I connect my computer/PS4 via USB and use it like a regular hard drive?

QuestionCan I connect my HP LaserJet Professional P1102 to this device via USB and share it on LAN?

QuestionCan I have 4 TB on each of 2drives and mirror my C-drive to both of them and are both Seagate drives hot swap enabled? All of this is like what WD offers with MY Cloud.

QuestionCan the hard drive be partitioned?

QuestionIf I have this HD setup to back up my iMac, can I upload files (.pdf, .doc, etc...) currently stored on a PC from work? If so, can I access those files on my iMac?

QuestionWILL WINDOWS VISTA WORK ON THIS EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE?

QuestionIs that having a USB3 interface or USB2.