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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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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Add-On

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

    I use this for my XBOXONE and now keep everything on it. Perfect for that purpose.

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

    Very Portable

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

    Excellent for what it does portable storage very compact

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

    A solid drive

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

    It's a solid drive that works really well. My only issue with it is the need of using two USB ports. It's a minor thing but not a deal breaker

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

    Good Quality

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

    Good quality and great price! Best Buy also has them on sale frequently.

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

    Great for the proce

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

    This holds all my movies and music and photos for my apple products.

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

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Nice

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

    Nice n fast hope it works out better than the last one

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

    Good drive

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

    Could be a little faster on startup. Otherwise no complaints.

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

    great

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    Great! I recommend it We love it You have to choice it

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

    Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Too much power needed to run device.

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    I don't like that this device requires so much power.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    Waste of time and money

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

    I needed a place to park a couple TB of data and didn't expect a hard drive to just not work. First off, it's got a proprietary cable rather than a standard USB/micro USB cable so don't missplace that for sure. I plugged it in and expected it to work but my system didn't recognize the drive. I tried again after a fresh reboot and got an error message saying something about inadequate power. I tried again and it connected fine and I figured those must have been new device glitches so I moved a significant amount of valuable data to the drive and then when I tried accessing the data, the drive wouldn't attach again like before. My time is too valuable to waste taking the back to the store. I'll research (didn't realize I'd have to) which drive to purchase instead.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Works Great! Very fast!

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

    Big and fast. No issues to report. Replacing multiple old drives.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It's a nice hard drive.

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

    This is really nice portable 4TB hard drive although the price is a little high.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Portable 4tb

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

    I use this for my xbox one. It's a large amount of memory for the large data of games. Plus it's portable. Small yet powerful... Plus I got it for a great price with specials going on

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Small body with huge storage

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

    It's so convenient to backup all files into this small hard drive. Excellent quality and fast speed to read and write.

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

    USB powered Hard Drive... Awesome

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

    Hold all your Moves, TV Shows, Pictures and Music... and plug it into my TV all the time. Plug n play works great. Some older TV's might not work as well.

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

    A must have for backups

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

    I am constantly backing up my data, specially the pictures,and could not done without this!

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

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Question

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

    Will this beable to read a 4Tb portable hard drive

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

    worth the investment

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

    another backup for these many pictures and videos i take. worth getting another on

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 2 out of 5 stars

    Large drive for the right USB Port

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

    Many USB plugs will not power this drive. The drive includes a special connection cord with only a small note that this issue exists. Even took drive to Geek Squad and they misdiagnosed the problem as a bad drive.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Good But May Need Two USB Ports

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

    This is as good as any other large external drive but I've been going back and forth trying this one and the non 'FAST' one which is cheaper. I thought this would be faster because I read in the Q&A section that it has two drives on a RAID 0, which should make it faster. After, returning and acquiring several drives I finally performed a HHD speed test on my drives and found that this one is no faster than any other drive I have. The big DISADVANTAGE, however, is that it requires two USB ports to provide enough power (Y cable is provided). A hefty workstation may not require this but my MS Surface does. Given that there is no performance boost it's not worth having the two cables. So, I'm returning it and going back to the regular one (which also comes in colors, unlike this one.)

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend