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Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Silver

Model:
STDR5000101
SKU:
5713350
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Your price for this item is $159.99

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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 161 reviews

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars

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97%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

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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  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Well-built and reliable

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    Posted . Owned for 9 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    It is well-built with very solid body case. It is very reliable (much better than WD products).

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

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

    Great Storage, AMAZING price

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have been using this for a few years now and it is great. I still have tons of storage space on it

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • excellent price, quality and durability

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

    I am impressed with the price, quality and durability of the product. It also generates less heat. There are lots of color options and this red color looks great. It is greatly compatible with all the computers without any issues.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

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

    Great external storage for gaming

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

    Great external storage for those who need more capacity on their gaming consoles when downloading games.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Great external drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have bought several of these in the past. Never had a problem with a single one of them.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Backup is critical

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

    This is a reliable backup drive. I use it over & over and trust it is keeping all my data safe.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

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

    Great Product

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

    This is a fantastic product, needed to upsize for the growing iTunes collection and backups...

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

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

    Hard drive

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

    Love my new Seagate hard drive! Reasonable price and large space :) exactly what I wanted

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

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

    Good!

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

    I like using these external hard drives and I ordered this one for the 5TB storage option.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Speed

    good stuff

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

    now i can download all my videos without taking any space from my laptop. pretty fast too

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend

  • Seagate 5TB Drive

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

    I love these UBS 3.0 HDD's. They function great and perfect for video and photo editing.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

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

    Seagate always performs

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This is my second one. Works great! I have a whole bunch of videos and pictures.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

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

    5T external Hard Drive

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

    Great storage for all of my photographs and processed images which have very large files.

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

    Seagate 5tb backup plus

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

    This is a great hard drive , I am using this one with my new god of war edition ps4 pro.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Size

    Great external hard drive

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

    My husband loves this hard drive and had this one before and they are much smaller now

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Great Backup Unit

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

    This works great as an external portable dive to back up files and photographs.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Great Backup Drive

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

    This works great as an external portable dive to back up files and photographs.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Red

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

    Great Backup Drive

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

    This works great as an external portable dive to back up files and photographs.

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Works Great

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

    Bought this to go with my Tablo to record tv shows and its been working great!

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

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

    great hard drive

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

    This is the second one I purchased, first one is 2tb this one is 5tb. Highly recommend

    This review is from Seagate - Backup Plus 5TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Blue

    I would recommend this to a friend
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