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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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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage capacity

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    A little misleading

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

    This product works great as a back up storage for my Mac. Only thing is, you'll have to reformat it for Mac (unless you bought the Mac version), which is the reason for a 4 star. Reformatting it is very simple and takes less than 5min. Got a great deal on this (major sale), so cannot complain.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Seagate 5T

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

    Seagate 5TB good price, use it to do backups on server.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Can it get any easier?!

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

    Plug and play couldn't get any easier. On the Mac, install the onboard software and that's it..... PC automatically detected... I can transfer this back and forth from PC to Mac with no issues. Loving it!!!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Saved My Patootie (look it up), um I mean Data

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

    This is my 3rd Seagate 5TB drive. I'm self employed and federal law requires I keep 5 years of my work under penalty of death. I keep one drive in my car, another drive on my desk and there's a 3rd drive somewhere that I cannot divulge unless tickled mercilessly for at least 5 minutes. These drives are very reliable, but like books and exercise equipment, you have to use them for them to work. My 4 TB SSD crashed on me a month ago and these drives, plus the little voice in my head that told me to save that day's work, saved my patootie, um I mean data. Nuff said.

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

    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.

    Great Hard drive. No problems. Easy to install and use...

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    great buy

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

    Drive provides consistent performance from empty to full. Great for local backup of media files and documents

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for storing photos

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

    Great for freeing up memory on your computer no cutter

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Perfect storage capacity for the price

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

    Excellent to expand my home network for storage and video/music library able to stream from device wirelessly when hooked up to my home network router east to set up.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Large storage capacity

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

    Large storage capacity. Works well would likely buy again.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Lots of memory

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

    Has greatly increased my computer's storage capacity!

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great value

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

    At the sale price, this is an unbeatable deal. I have several Seagate drives and have found them reliable.

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

    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 use this drive with my Xbox. It works wonderfully.

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

    Great Product

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

    This HD was on sale and when I purchased it I was concerned if it would work with my computer as it is 5T. When I got it home and tried to transfer photos I couldn't. So I got on the phone with support and they had the issue taken care of in 5 minutes and I hardly had to wait on the phone! Great Service! Great Price! Great Product!

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Easy to Use

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

    The back-up drive was a second back up drive and works perfectly. Just plug and use. Very easy for anyone.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Network Storage

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

    I am using it as a network storage drive. Great so far.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Seems to be a good portable HD.

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

    I do a lot of video editing, I needed a portable HD to store the edited files with using the computer HD.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great Buy

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

    I bought this to back up my personal files along with my work files....couldn't be happier. All my personal/work files fit, and now I run nightly/weekly backups of my PC. Another good thing is I can backup my wifes iPhone 5 (pics and videos) and my note 2. Highly recommend, has good GUI for easy process.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Peace of mind...

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

    The best thing about a backup hard drive is knowing you are protected. This Seagate drive keeps my files safe and you will forget it's there - until you need it. Good size and styling are a plus.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent

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

    No problems so far. Very fast access and ease of use.

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

    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.

    Lots of storage for little money.......................

    I would recommend this to a friend