Customers are enthusiastic about the overall performance and significant storage capacity of the Expansion 26TB External Hard Drive. Users find the drive performs well immediately upon use and appreciate the ample storage it provides. While some have noted acceptable transfer speeds and healthy drive performance, a few users have expressed concerns about the noise level produced by the device.
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Pros mentioned:
Overall performance, Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Hardrive
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works fine with no issue. I have up loaded a large amount of information and still have additional space.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Seagate 26TB Ext HD - Excellent
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Solid HD, excellent value when deep discounted, great for video/photo storage especially in pairs for BU purposes
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Cons mentioned:
Noise level
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Storage OK but Slow
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
good as a cheap storage but it's slow, if using it as streaming storage be prepared to wait 40 sec every time you open a media file. It's loud and make my desk tremble. The transfer speed is OK I did transfer 20TB in about 16 hours. Does not come with USB-C and it's labeled for a Mac!!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Cons mentioned:
Noise level
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Good storage
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Posted . Owned for 2 weeks when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Large storage drive. Runs a little loud in a quiet room.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Backup a lot!
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Lots of Terabytes means buying a new HDD less frequently. Buy three of these to make your own redundant backup system and you are good to go!!!
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Tons of storage for the price.
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Works as intended. I've been using it as an archive. It moves data around fairly quickly for a mechanical drive of thos size.
My only gripe is that it doesn't use a USB A-C connection but the archaic USB 3.0 Standard A for the drive.
Other than that, it's fantastic.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Lot of storage at a good price
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As an external hd the expansion line has some of the best value per terabyte or of any company. Mine have been running a couple months and no complaints. Running two of them.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Cost effective storage for infrequently used files
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Rock solid and reliable as expected from Seagate. The only possible negative is the data transfer speed, after working for several years now with SSDs a mechanical drive feels very slow. But with 26T of storage it's hard to argue the price point on this unit. Great external storage for infrequently used files.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Fantastic for media playback
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This behemoth has become home to my backed up DVDs and Blu-Rays for a Plex Media Server and is great. Only thing close to an issue I have is that because I have my Mac Mini spin down inactive disks it makes an ugly spin-up noise when first seeking for content. Otherwise the fan and operation are quiet enough to have in a media room.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance
Cons mentioned:
Noise level
Rated 3 out of 5 stars
Razorsharp
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So far so good, its a bot noisy bit works well for the moment
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Work as advertised
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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.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Speed
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Worth every penny.
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Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
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Honestly, they're cheaper than normal internal drives. $250 for 26tb is a steal. Extremely. Fast, even in Windows Storage Spaces. I bought 4 of these at the price, and have 205tb of storage now.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Works as expected
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Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Needed some more memory for files and photos before the AI Bubble expanded outwards from SSDs. Works as expected. Hoping for extended longevity.
I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great Purchase to Backup Data
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So far so good with no issues. This is a great price for such a large capacity. The 26TB only has 23TB of actual storage, but for the price it still beats the competition and has a great look to it.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great capacity for the price.
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Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
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Great capacity for the price. Slow, but can’t expect any better at this large size and price.
This review is from Seagate - Expansion 26TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black
I would recommend this to a friend
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Storage capacity
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
What a storage unit in such a small package
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I cant not believe how much storage this drive contains, I use it to store mainly photos and when backing up my fikes I then store it away in a fire proof safe,
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I would recommend this to a friend
Cons mentioned:
Noise level
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Works great just a little noisy.
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Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.
Works as intended and is simple to use. Just makes a loud (somewhat violent) noise every few minutes when it’s plugged in.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Storage capacity
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Seagate 26TB external 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.
This hard drive should last me a long time with plenty of space for all the different photos and videos the family collects.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great price for mass storage!
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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.
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I would recommend this to a friend
Pros mentioned:
Overall performance
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
26TB hard drive
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So far it is working wonderfully. I needed to change the multiple tile of storage with one the cover all of them and this one check all the boxes.
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