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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 201 reviews

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Customers value the Backup Plus Desktop 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive's massive storage capacity, ease of use, and reliable performance. Many appreciate its competitive price and compact size, while the fast USB 3.0 connection is also frequently praised. Although some users noted that the drive can get slightly warm, the overall experience is overwhelmingly positive.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easy to use

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

    Very easy to format. Purchased multiples of this item.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Easier to use than WD My Cloud

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

    Easy to backup programs to. Easy to hook up. Love it.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    works well

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

    Using for regular backups, works well as advertised.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great massive hard drive

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

    This was a great hard drive for the size and price

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

    Works as expected

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

    I bought this item to transfer files off of my server while I had it repaired. Everything transferred good and worked as expected. I have since transferred the files back to the server and now use it as a back up drive. No issues so far.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great HD for archives

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

    Use this for server archives. Descent speed. Lots of writes but very few reads in our use case.

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

    Nice for Movie back ups

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

    I really like this hard drive so far. Fast transfer rate, and does what I need it to do. So far I really like the Seagate brand, I own several different ones and haven't had any issues. I prefer the powered hard drives, over the hot plug ones for fewer fatal errors etc.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great price for 8t

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

    Best price I could find for this much storage space. No problems so far.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good

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

    I bought it kind of slow but it works for the price it's a good deal

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    big hard drive

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

    great big hard drive at a nice price. filled my needs nicely

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    good space for movies

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

    I can save a lot of movies and videos to watch them later

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    HUGE

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

    Lots of space external hard drive, so far no problems

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

    Great external hard drive

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

    Great hard drive 8 tb memory excellent space does does what it needed to be not much I can say about portable hard drive if you want big memory space this will be good for you

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

    Great

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

    Still chugging along great after several months of use. Included backup software, while not perfect, is adequate to mirror specific drives from my internal RAID setup.

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

    So far, So good

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

    I have been using external hard drives for years, and several have quit working on me. Some even right out of the box, but this one is working fine so far.

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

    Great for storing lots of data

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

    We purchased 5 of these to move some data offsite to another computer. Great transfer speeds.

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

    Great price but some flaws

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

    Overall a good drive. However the power cable blew out in a storm, and I had to have the drive repaired at a different point. Would like it to be a little more well made, but haven't had any problems since.

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

    Works well for backup drive

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

    We used this as a server backup drive. It is functioning well and has maintained good connection.

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

    Works great

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

    Love it will last years can't Waite till my kids use it they will love it ever one should have pne

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

    Great price per TB

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

    Seagate is a very reliable product to storage your information. The price per TB is great

    I would recommend this to a friend