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Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 161 reviews

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Customers highly value the ample storage capacity and ease of use of the Backup Plus Fast 4TB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive, praising its portability and fast performance. Many appreciate the compact size, perfect for travel, and the affordable price. However, some users experienced compatibility issues with certain devices and noted higher than expected power consumption.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use, Storage

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product to use

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

    Great product, easy to use. simply plug and play, you have 4 T of memory

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent. Super fast

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

    Great storage for my music. Fast and excellent performance in my mac.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fast!

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

    Excellent storage, fast, no problems when transfer files at all.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Fantastic for USB3.0 uses!!! Very fast & small

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

    Huge amount of storage in a tiny package with crazy fast speed!!!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    serves its purpose

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

    This is a great hard drive. Lots of space and fast.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage
    Cons mentioned:
    Power consumption

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Whole lot of bang for the buck

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

    Lots of space for a low price Downside is no external power option so not all devices can support the drive.

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

    Bought this for capacity and speed

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

    This is essentially 2 Samsung 2.5" 5400 rpm drives in raid 1. Which is a known fact. So it is a 4gb capacity, 3.5 GB usable after format. Which is great for capacity, but the size is also that of 2x 2.5" making it quite large. Also enclosed in a metal enclosure, which thanks to raid and 2x drives heats up quite a bit. Found after 30 min or so, it is uncomfortably warm. And once it starts to heat up, transfer speeds are throttled to slower than a single drive. So I returned mine. Maybe a defect, maybe not.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Storage
    Cons mentioned:
    Compatibility

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Lots of storage space

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

    Great drive so far. I have found some devices that won't recognize it because it is so large

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    An ideal high capacity portable external USB drive

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

    I have been very pleased with the performance I've experienced using this portable external hard drive. The 4TB capacity makes it capable of storing pretty much everything in my catalog. I've been using the drive over 6 months now and have had no problems whatsoever.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great!

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

    I like that this was a good price. Lots of storage for all my pictures and music

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good product after you set it up.

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

    I have a Mac and normally you can just plug in a drive and use it. With this it needed you to use the software that you download onto your computer to use it. Once I called in and had them walk me through how to change that so it was a open drive instead of locked it has been perfect.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent 4 tb portable drive

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

    I have 15 years worth of photos plus the entire Lightroom CC 2015 catalog on this drive that I keep in a case with my laptop. It can't get any easier than this.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great external hdd

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

    Good size, very fast product. Only gripe I have is it makes a loud beeping noise once in a while. Not sure why that is.

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

    Perfect High Density Media Storage

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

    When this item is on sale for a mere $199.99 it is a must buy. Work like a gem and stores endless amounts of mutlimedia files to condense having to have multiple 500 GB, 1TB & 2TB external storage drives.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Power consumption

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent speed

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

    Very fast data transfer. Uses a lot of power so if using a laptop while moving data, it should be plugged in.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Product for the Price

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

    This product was a great buy for me. I needed a drive that could backup all my important files and this did the trick. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a back up drive.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works exactly as I had hoped.

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

    Had used up all my laptop's memory with my music. Transferred my iTunes music library to this Seagate Drive. Set up so all my music additions go directly to the drive. Works great!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    4 TB of backup at a great price

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

    If you are looking for very portable backup storage at a great price, this one's for you. A 4TB external drive in a tiny enclosure with no need for power adapters, make this a must for those on the move or with limited space to put drives. Highly recommended.

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

    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.

    I'm using this drive to gain additional storage for my Xbox One. It works great!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    fastest conventional portable drive

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

    This is the fatest conventional portable drive you can buy. Internally it's two striped 5400 rpm drives.

    I would recommend this to a friend