Customer Ratings & Reviews

Holds data as needed. Speed is adequate for use as a backup drive. It's good so far but makes a random rumble sound. I put a rubber pad under it and it helped to dampen the vibration. So far so goo!

Shipped quickly and safely with the drive securely packaged in the box. Upon unwrapping and booting the drive, CrystalDiskInfo showed a healthy drive so I'm very pleased with my purchase for the price.

A great price considering how much storage you're getting. The drive inside the 26tb model I got was a barracuda drive, if anyone cares. I was hoping for exos but barracuda is great too. I use these in my home NAS, they work flawlessly. 10/10, I will always recommend seagate drives.

The hard drive is a bit noisy, but it's working perfectly, booting up the operating system and loading files without any lag.

More space than I know what to do with lol, and I got it on drops so it was a steal and a half.

Excellent external hdd, it helps a lot to have all my backups, and it is very faster.

Managed to get a 24 TB during a drop for around $200ish. Shucked it to find a Seagate Barracuda 24 TB HAMR. Added this directly to my NAS and it's been working without issue since. The enclosure is the only issue though. It would be nicer if they updated to a USB-C connection instead of whatever this Micro-USB hodgepodge is that they've been using since the early 2010s

The 26TB Seagate Expansion is a powerhouse for massive data hoarding and archiving, offering an unmatched cost-per-terabyte value. While its speeds are typical for a mechanical hard drive, and its desktop form factor limits portability, it is an excellent and affordable choice for local, high-capacity backups and media libraries.

Great external drive! Not loud at all, quick, reliable. Can't ask for much more. Just don't drop it while it's plugged in and you're golden

This product performs as advertised. Although Microsoft windows reports a diminished capacity, I understand why this is. I just wish manufacturers and Microsoft would come up with a common "Yardstick" to measure drive capacity and eliminate user confusion. I use high capacity HDD's like this to back up the information stored on my 8 bay NAS. Although I am using a Raid 5 configuration, redundancy is not bulletproof, and I believe backups are critical. I like the reliability of Seagate HDD's and although they don't offer a 5 year warranty anymore, I have have Seagate drives that are well beyond the five year mark and are (other than regular maintenance scans) still running with no issues. Until SSD capacities improve and become affordable for us mortals, I will continue to recommend these drives. Note: Although the hard read/write limits of SSD's has vastly improved over the past couple of years, this is still an area (along with cost) where spinning discs still shine.

This is a great option for anyone who has a large game library of older games. I basically have all my older games i own on this drive. I have all of my modern games on my ssd’s. This drive gave me a lot more room on my ssd drives. No issue and it works great so far!

I've owned many different external drives over the years. The drive itself works flawlessly - it was tested right out of the box. However, do not use this drive if you need something 'quiet' - this drive reminds me of a circa 2005 drive based on how loud it is.

I own a HUGE collection of music/videos (130TB) so I own many internal and external hard drives (60+ drives) so I think I know what I'm talking about. I've always used WD and Seagate drives but unlike WD, I've never had a single issue with and of my Seagate drives. Seagate is my #1 choice for consumer external drives and internal enterprise drives (Sata/SAS) for my desktops and my server.

26TB is insane! Super easy to set up (literally plug it in and go), and it’s fast for transferring big files. Perfect for backing up all my stuff and storing my media collection with tons of room to spare. Definitely worth it if you need a ton of space.

It Works Great ! The day it was delivered to my house it was packaged the way it should be packaged no holes or dents. Easy to set up and worked straight out of the box no problems at all.

Great harddrive at discounted price. Much have for storage and backup of large amount of data. The harddrive arrived as described and is working great.

Using it to expand storage for movies, tv shows, music, and backups. Currently using it solo (ordered another for mirroring). Speed is good for streaming multiple streams. Does make a ticking sound sometimes but can only hear it when there's no sound and cabinet doors are open.

Very Quiet..very fast..lot's of space for storing movies, music, etc. Very Highly recommend and the price was hard to beat for 26TB storage.

Bought 2 of these to shuck and use in my server. Inside is a seagate barracuda 7200 rpm drive. Kind of what i was expecting but i thought i would review here so it would keep anyone else from guessing.

Easy installation, works well, but noisy, not Solid State. Good Value for large amount of data storage. I have a lot of photo and video files that are memory intensive.