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Rating 4.4 out of 5 stars with 199 reviews

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    Rating 4.5 out of 5 stars

  • Quality

    Rating 4.3 out of 5 stars

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    Rating 4.6 out of 5 stars

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89%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers recognize the Expansion 20TB External Hard Drive for its substantial storage capacity and satisfactory overall performance. While some appreciate its pre-formatted ExFAT for broad compatibility, others have concerns about the drive's write speeds and connectivity limitations. The noise level is acceptable for most users.

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The vast majority of our reviews come from verified purchases. Reviews from customers may include My Best Buy members, employees, and Tech Insider Network members (as tagged). Select reviewers may receive discounted products, promotional considerations or entries into drawings for honest, helpful reviews.
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  • Best Buy Employee

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Time will tell....

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

    For me an "excellent" product is a product that lasts. Longevity is the main reason for a product like this. Only time will tell. Seagates smaller external drives seem the sturdiest built, but this big guy seems a little bit cheap. Interesting that it came with ac adapters for every region .

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Drive performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Pretty good drive for the price

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

    It's fine. It works. It's fast enough for what it is. And the price was good at the time.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Save Your Pictures

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

    If you need an external hard drive, this is the one for all those pictures you have all over your computer. Plenty of room for more projects too.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Needed larger capacity drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The drive works fine. It is a little noisy from time to time. It does meet my need for a larger capacity drive.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Product!

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

    18.6tb usable storage , great value for the money. Nice and sturdy. Hopefully it should stay long.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    20 tb Seagate HD

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

    Works well as backup drive. I usd it fir my time machine.

    No, I would not recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Noise level

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Loud in Enclosure, Shuckable, Value on Sale

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The drive is noisy A lot of drives are, but this is more about enclosure dampening of sound It has rubber feet for standing up, but it’s 2x louder standing (if not more) If you put it on a desk that is a typical ikea cheaper wood design, it will thrum, clunk and echo that sound under the desk, amplifying it Laying it flat lessens the noise, and putting some foam pads under it helps Some people buy these on sale to shuck for cheaper storage They are good for that and probably better than using the included enclosure sound wise Overall good drive, minus 2 stars for very bad (loud) enclosure design. Especially since these are more consumer marketed

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Drive performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great drive

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

    Great hard drive with decent speed and reliability.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Litty

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    Posted . Owned for 8 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Loved it so much I got one for alll the kids in the house

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

    Fast, reliable, and sturdy hard drive.

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

    I’ve been using this external hard drive for a few months, and it’s been excellent. The setup was quick—just plug it in, and it’s ready to go. Transfer speeds are fast and consistent, even with large files, and it runs quietly without overheating. The build quality feels sturdy, making it great for travel or regular daily use.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great product with excellent performance and value

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

    Great product quality with excellent performance and value. Was very easy to setup.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great buy

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

    Great, worked well. Would definitely purchase again

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Does what it says on the box

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

    This is my 1st 20tb HD and it performed as expected so far.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Extra storage hard drive

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    good product so storing a lot of memory if you the kind of person need more memory for gaming or other applications.

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

    Worth the money

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

    I am shooting a documentary and need two hard drives, one for the videographer and one for me to add archival footage. I appreciated how easy it was to format and use, especially for someone with intermediate video skills. Also for the amount of storage the price could not be beat.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Seagate 20 TB Esternal HD - Backup Reliability

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Seagate - 20 TB External Hard Drive Expansion meets all Time Machine backups and storage needs.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Decent value, occasionally disconnects

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

    Decent for archival purposes, fast enough, but gets disconnected from time to time from my Mac computers compared to my equivalent WD drives (I know they're the same company). Wouldn't buy again, but still useful for my purposes.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    20 T hard drive

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    With the ever growing file size of digital photos, this is fantastic for backing up all of these large files. I've been using Seagate hard drives for many years.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Cons mentioned:
    Noise level, Speed

    Rated 3 out of 5 stars

    Are all large hard drives this loud?

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Constantly sounds like its shuffling through a deck of cards. Maybe 2-3 times an hour. Initial reads can take some time . I thiught my last hard drive was wearing iut due to this behavior but this new one does it too.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent Drive

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

    This is an excellent external drive. The price is right for the amount of storage and it worked great right out of the box. Speed is good too.

    I would recommend this to a friend
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