Customers love the Geek Squad Certified Refurbished T7 Shield 2TB External SSD's portability, finding it ideal for travel and easy to use. Its performance is praised for its smooth operation and reliability. The robust build quality and compact size are also frequently highlighted as positive aspects.
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Speed
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
works well with my iphone 15 pro max
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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good refurbished deal. on my iphone 15 pro max, write speed test number is close to those from macbook pro, read speed is bit slower
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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I really like this SSD, runs fast and looks good. Ifs perfect for PS4 gaming and a lot more cost efficient compared to the “gaming SSDs”
I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Drives did not work at all (I bought 2)
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
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Bought 2 - Returned 2
Both drives didn’t work.
Tried on multiple computers with multiple cables
(On the positive side - Returning them to my local Best Buy was very easy)
Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
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Awesome portable drive! Super fast and rugged looking. . I use it exclusively for editing & transferring videos on an iPad Pro (with measly 256gb internal) and it is fast enough to edit the 4k video files directly from the drive itself. The caveat is to reformat the drive with 1 partition. You will delete any preinstalled software or security methods. After that, you’re all set!
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Great, small & fast. I couldn’t get it to be recognized by my windows computer til I hooked it up to my tablet & reformatted it. Then my computer recognized it & I reformatted it like my regular ssd. They really need to fix that. Just for that I knocked 2 stars for that mess. But runs great & super fast now. Smh
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Build quality
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great drive: Needs to be initialized
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Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
The drive I received was 100% like new. That included the drive itself, 2 cables, and the packaging. I appreciate the $50 savings over new.
Note the drive needed to be initialized before it was recognized by my computer. Download Samsung Magician software to do this, as it has a lot of other features to support this drive.
To initialize the drive, you will need to choose a format and partition the drive before it will show up for use. This is likely the source of many of the negative reviews here.
I also updated the firmware right away. My drive showed a total of 1.8TB of data having been written when I received it, which is the actual capacity. This is probably because Best Buy wiped the drive before re-sale.
Samsung Magician can also test the drive, benchmark it, confirm it is genuine, track total data write history, and monitor the working temperature, among other features.
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Software is broken. Windows glitches.
I do not suggest using this or the T5 for a storage space on windows pc's because once I did it and afterwards my pc would not connect to them... (hard resets might fix this issue but it did not work on my pc).
If you want this SSD for an android device then go for it!!!
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it's fast and easy use. At first I had difficulty of using it on my Mac Book, and I realize that it's formatted to a Microsoft computer. I just plugged it in and reformat it to my mac book. easy!
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Excellent purchase for my needs - I'm a videographer that needs to capture long events - the Samsung t7 shield has been my go-to for a while now, and it has always given me the ability shoot video and directly edit the project on the drive.
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When I got this as a used item, I knew something doesn't really adding up. So, I decided to check it out and I was right. The data is still inside there, but it wasn't been removed after the previous owner returned this item. I flushed all of the data from it, and everything works like it was all new.