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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 582 reviews

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers value the Backup Plus Slim 500GB External USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive for its ease of use, ample storage capacity, and compact size. Many appreciate its reasonable price and reliable performance, although some users experienced minor difficulties with the included software and initial setup. The sleek design is also frequently praised.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for movies

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

    Used on laptop to go on vacation with my grandson.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Slim 500GB External Hard Drive

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

    it's slim and easy to backup/ load/save things to.

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

    served its purpose

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

    purchased to back up my laptop prior to service. no issues.

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

    Rated 1 out of 5 stars

    not understanding the product

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

    I'm really not sure if the back-up drive is actually functioning. I have installed it onto my lap top but it says it has an error. When I went to back-up some info, it backed it up. It still says that there was an error in installing. How can it be that there's an error in installing and yet it backed up my info?

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

    I believe this is a good product more than Likely.

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

    I'll give you the reasons I wasn't as impressed as I should have been. I don't believe this product. Not being computer savvy, the product didn't come with enough instructions to understand what it was doing and how to get the most out of the product. The instructions that were given also didn't resemble what I encountered on my PC. I didn't have the choice to download some program that is supposed to be on the portable hard drive or disk. I wasn't instructed how to check if the information recorded. To back-up my window's OS partition is only aloud once. I'm not sure I have the basic information wasn't required to set my computer back to factory specs. Also trying to download this section of the computer's hard drive, the computer didn't see the USB memory drive. I couldn't put it on the same memory drive. I had to use 5 DVD disks instead. I used less than the 500GB on the product. It is useless to have bought that large of memory capacity if I can't use it. I am sure the product performed flawlessly. I'm sure it is me that has the problem. But for us dummy's, we need more information to use it.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    great

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

    I recomend this because this is portable easy to use and from a reliable company.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    easy to use, slin design, great tool.

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

    i connected the device and got down to business. Easy to use.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    It works great!

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

    It was easy to install, easy to use and works really well.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great

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

    Plug and play - simple as that. what more can you say.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great for the money

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

    Very simple to use and plenty room at present for my files.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • 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.

    Easy to use, just took some time but I'm happy with it.

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

    I had to have the Geek Squad install it.

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

    We are tech light and had to rely on the Geek Squad to do it and make an icon for it so we would just have to do that for back up. I was good that both computers could be put on the one device - Seagate

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Small size but big space

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

    This is the second I buy from them and it Works great!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent product

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

    Would buy it again - best value. It's a no brainer to get.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    does as advertised, very speedy...

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

    Performs great as expected . Excellent value for money

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Product worked Great

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

    This hard drive worked great for the backup I needed.

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

    have been using over 2 weeks, and it just works great.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    External Hard Drive

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

    I liked that it was so easy to install, no problems

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

    Does the job

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

    I was just looking for an esternal HD to use to back up my PC. Does the job.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    good product

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

    It's very easy to install and use as a backup storage for important files.

    I would recommend this to a friend