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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 161 reviews

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97%would recommend to a friend

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Customers consistently note the ample storage capacity and ease of use of the Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive. Many appreciate its compact size and compatibility with various devices, including gaming consoles and computers. Positive feedback also highlights the reasonable price and convenient USB 3.0 connectivity. The drive's performance is described as reliable and meeting expectations.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works great for X-box

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I purchased this for my Grandson to have external storage for his x-box games. It works great and is easy to hook up.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I bought this for one main reason. 5Tb of disk storage and no AC adapter. Runs off USB power. Make bigger ones Seagate

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for storage

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This device and the manufacture (seagate) are great. There really is not better manufacture.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External hard drive works easy

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The Seagate external hard drive for Mac has easy set up and works great in the background.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    small enough to carry but big enough to put a lot

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    five terabytes of storage from movies, pic, and all other stuff to store

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Perfect for photography and holds a lot of raw and pds files

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Quality Item

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Easy to use. Good quality item. I recommend this external drive.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great hard drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excellent hard drive,a must have, great great great great

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great for my laptop

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great for my laptop. Usually SOL when you run out of memory on one. Not any more I can download EVERY single picture as well as a backup.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Nice size horrible with Mac High Sierra

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Its not the drives fault but rather Mac High sierra. New file system does not work with this drive and its an issue with time machine. Even google drive and dropbox cant sync properly because in order to make this drive work with high sierra you need to rig it.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Great item

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very portable and light weight. Easy to use . Very portable and light weight. Easy to use

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    great product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    it is good but costly compared to other retailers and delivery also late as per promised date

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Didn’t even last a year..

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I’m a gamer, but I also do photography edits. Ended up losing a whole ton of data because it just stopped being able to sense its plug. Guess the usb port got loose, but I wouldn’t have the engineering capabilities to fix it myself and data recovery would have cost far more than it was worth. Had to replace the drive in ten months, probably best to pick one with less of a usb port issue.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Great drive for backup

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Too bad it was not in stock...but the shipping was free...

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    DIDN'T WORK

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    it's the first time i have ordered something from bestbuy and it doesn't work and sadly i'm now in europe and when i tried to use the harddrive it didn't work i will go back to the states in 2 weeks to see what can be done.....mm

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed, Storage capacity

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Fast Drive, Easy to Use

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Fast drive, easy to use. I liked the red color option and it's a great price for the amount of storage available. Just wish it had a USB C port

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    So much space

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    There is so much space on this. Originally was looking into 2tb but noticed the 4 and 5 tb was less than double the cost. Went with the 5tb to save family photos.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It's biz!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got it for ps4 pro, and now using on ps5, have had it for over 5 years still works perfectly biz!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Drive

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I highly recommend if you want alot of storage and not have to plug in an big ugly AC adapter then pick this disk drive up

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage capacity

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Worked well for awhile , but poorly built.

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Hard drive worked well for a year or so, but it literally fell apart on me recently. Went to hook it up after moving rooms and the space you plug the connector into literally detached and fell *into* my hard drive itself. now I have 5TB of data, but can't access it.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend