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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 2392 reviews

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    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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96%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are enthusiastic about the Backup Plus Desktop 5TB External Hard Drive's large storage capacity and ease of use. Its reliability and relatively quiet operation are also frequently praised, along with the competitive price and fast USB 3.0 transfer speeds. While some users found the bundled software to be problematic, most customers reported a positive experience.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best

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

    Best and fast external hard drive i used also very big room!!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    large memory

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

    Small in size with a nice sized storage space for my Xbox one

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

    Seagate-Backup Plus 5TB external USB Hardrive

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

    I've been using this for a couple of months now and aside from not being able to keep the USB plugged in and turning it off it is working very well for transferring my photos and videos from my desktop to keep them safe. I've lost so many things in the past during 'crashes' and power surges I'm very glad this is a very good saving device.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great solution for your storage needs

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

    I own about 4 Seagate backup drives and several other brands. This particular model provides 5 GB of storage at a very reasonable price. Seagate has proven to be very dependable throughout its life-cycle; however, I like to replace all my external hard drives at least every 4 years - doesn't matter what brand it is. If you value your data, you need to keep good hardware and some redundancy. One external drive is good, two drives are better, the optimum is to have 3 drives with your valuable data on it. I use these with Acronis True Image to back up all my computers. And Seagate.com provides discwizard free of charge. Discwizard is Acronis True Image prepared for Seagate owners but only has the necessary options for backup and restore.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great external hard drive,it's awesome

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

    i love this product as it let me stores all my files easily

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    No Problems, Easy Setup

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

    I bought this for my Xbox One, it didn't require any formatting just plug and play basically and 5TB should last me a good few years. It doesn't get very hot and is silent. Very good product overall.

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

    5 TB Storage at a Bargain

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

    I use a lot of portable hard drives for my own system backup processes instead of lots of "Cloud" solutions. This drive has been very good for me in terms of speed, quality, quietness. The drive costs even less now then when I bought it on sale. I would recommend this to anyone who needs durability and a fairly large backup requirement.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent

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

    We are using this for our XBox One and it is working great

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great product

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

    I'm happy with the purchase. Easily installed. Works great.

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

    lots of storage for a reasonable price

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

    I've purchased a number of Western Digital external harddrives (desktop and passport sized) and haven't really had an issue with any of them, but this time I decided to go with Seagate and I am just as happy. Happier, even, considering this is the largest drive I have purchased and now I should be set for quite a few years. My only complaint is that I needed to download third-party software to partition the drive into four separate partitions (which I did immediately upon receiving it), but that isn't even the drive's fault--pretty sure it's just because 5TB is too much for the Windows Disk Manager to handle.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great value for a drive with this capacity.

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

    Great price. I bought two of these and they work great.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Storage capacity

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    lots of storage

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

    lots of storage, fast usb 3 connection, working fine so far

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great so far

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

    The drive was easy to set up and is working great so far.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Backup Drive

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

    This works great as a simple plug-n-play backup drive.

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

    Bought a second one as a back-up

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

    No issues at all. This was purchased as a back-up for the same drive I bought last year. Does the job with storage to spare. Only issue to watch out for is the USB attachment to the device could be easily broken if hit wrong. If stationary on a desk I'm sure you wouldn't have an issue ( I move mine around frequently and am clumsy lol)

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

    Awesome Drive

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

    Got this on sale and it is perfect. Runs quick and quiet

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    storage

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

    Great value if you need a lot of storage space speed is ok

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    big bigger biggest

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

    needed a large external at a good price. This worked.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Usb

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good item bought it on sale

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

    I bought this for my xbox one games works great so far

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome purchase.

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

    Great price for amount of space that you are getting.

    I would recommend this to a friend