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Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars with 1144 reviews

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    Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars

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95%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers highly value the ease of use, ample storage capacity, and compact size of the Backup Plus Desktop 2TB External Hard Drive. Many appreciate its compatibility with various systems and the reasonable price point. While some users experienced minor issues with the included software and reported some noise, the positive feedback on its performance and design outweighs these concerns. The drive's lightweight nature is also frequently praised.

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  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Best hard drive i ever purchased

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

    I was very confused about what i needed. The best buy manager spent 15 min focused on me and answered all my questions. I bought this hard drive and it is perfect for me. Thank you.

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

    fantastic

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

    use this hard drive for my xbox one! it works perfectly. not too big or too small

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

    Portable hard drive gets the job done

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

    I've bought a number of portable hard drives over the years. Seagate has always been my preferred brand. This product does everything that I wanted it to. A great backup drive.

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

    Great expansion drive

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

    We bought this drive as a portable expansion drive for several devices we have. We plugged it in and started to use it. No fuss, no issues, no sweat. I wish all electronics were like this!

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

    Should be mandatory!

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    Posted . Owned for 6 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Great amazing item especially for base model macbooks! Should be required to buy one of these with them with the little memory they come with

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

    Small and Powerful!

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

    I bought this drive to aid in storing my iTunes movie and TV collection in a portable manner. It more than handles the read/write speed I was looking for and the playback is awesome!!!

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

    Terrible external hard drive

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

    I would never ever buy a Seagate product again. It's not at all user friendly, doesn't back up the data it says it's backing up. It takes tweaking and lots of patience to even get it to work. The WD drive it replaced was easy to use and worked perfectly for the 5 years I used it--still working, but I needed a lot more storage space. Seagate offers no useful support, is a shoddy product--cheaply made and even though I finally managed to get it to work, I have no faith that it will stand the test of time. Do not purchase a Seagate drive.

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

    It works!

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

    It took 8 hours to back up my 312 GB linux partition. Not a real problem, but I'd hoped for better. Happy anyway. Know nothing about whatever software is included, we're using linux.

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

    Love these.

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

    I have several of them and seagate never fails me. Speedy transfer rates. However, I am disappointed that Best Buy no longer carries them in store. Bad move BB.

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

    Perfect

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

    I bought this as a backup drive for dish network programs I wanted to save from a DVR and it worked perfectly. I had to return two other devices that didn't work.

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

    Works!

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

    This was a replacement to my Original Seagate (which works well too) that i gave to a friend. Be sure to read packaging as some only work with Macbook.

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

    Perfect storage backup for my daughter's Mac

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

    Daughter needed to back up her Mac Book Pro in order to effect some repairs at the Apple Store. The Seagate external drive perfomed flawlessly in connection and data transfer.

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

    High capacity storage for the price, but SLOW

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

    I've generally been happy with Seagate's products in the past, but this drive transfered data very slow, even over USB 3.0. I connected the drive to two different computers, and on both the transfer speeds were horrible Both computers computers have SATA III SSDs from Samsung, so I know the slow transfer speed is the Seagate's fault.

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

    Good

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

    I ordered one first but it didn't work at all i assume it got damage in the mail, i re ordered and the one i got it works perfectly fine.

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

    Affordable Storage

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

    This works exactly as described. However I have registered it at least 10 times with Seagate and every time I boot my system it asks to register the device.

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

    Excellent drive for backups

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    Posted . Owned for more than 2 years when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Purchased this to use with Time Machine on my iMac. Two years later and no issues at all.

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

    Back up

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

    This dragster back up my entire computer and my iPhone and still has more than 65% more to hold that’s snazing

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

    Perfect Backup drive for pro photographer

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

    As a professional photographer, I am constantly needing to backup both my studio and home computer systems and this drive works perfectly for both.

    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.

    Plugged it in to the USB port and it started backing hip right away which is why I purchased it. Works great

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

    Great product

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

    The continuos update feature of the included software makes this a winner. Just set it up, and forget it. The Seagate software continuously backs up your files as they are added or modified.

    I would recommend this to a friend