Customer Ratings & Reviews

Purchased it in Feb 2023. It then failed. When connected to power and computer, hard drive begins to spin but shuts down in few seconds with 2 beeps. Not sure how to recover my data

Tried to do a full backup of my PC c-drive, and it keeps failing around 70% with disk Error. however it was past the return period so I am stuck with a dud. reformatted etc and still no luck

Unfortunately this did not work. Had to return it. The return was easy, I was refunded without question!

I got it on November 17, tested it on November 18. It was slow to recognize (10 seconds) and it made some sounds like a small mouse would make. I transferred about 500GB no problem. Then I tried to transfer another 100GB, but my window's stopped recognizing it. It made a sound in windows when I connect the USB, but nothing showed up on "My Computers". It didn't recognize it even after waiting for 5 minutes. The speed was at most 125MB/s I tried different USB ports, I tried using a different USB and power cord from another seagate external harddrive. But still didn't recognize. LUCKILY, I never delete data right after a transfer, especially when dealing with a new external harddrive. Otherwise +500GB of data would've been gone. I just got an exchange from a best buy store to see if a 2nd one works out better. 2nd one is more snappy, recognized within 5 seconds after plugging it in. The speed for this one, when transferring the same files, was much higher, topping off at 225MB/s. I hope it works out better, but having one failed on the first day is gonna make me worry about its long term reliability. This is the first review I wrote on best buy.. not sure if I can do a followup review a month or so from now (bought it during holiday time and return policy is up to mid january). If something does happen, I hope its during that time frame and not a few months later. But yeah, I am giving it another chance with an exchange. I will recommend it just because its cheap at 180USD for 14TB. Like I said, I will give it another chance.

Definitely the best external HDD I've ever purchased. When shake (gently), this is the first external I've bought that you did NOT hear the actual hard drive inside the case, moving around. Solid build.

I returned the WD D-10 because it kept intermittently sleeping between 30 seconds to a few minutes which couldn't be fixed even in the terminal on my M1 mini. i know its been a long debate between WD and Seagate but from my experiences Seagate has brought me the least amount of issues. I got the 8 tb and have dumped about 5tb of movies on it. no delays at all.

Easy to install and working great….. best for the price…..

I like the size; it doesn't t take up much room on my desk. Easy to install.

I'm a freelance video producer, and these Seagate drives are great for long term bulk storage of video projects.

It works, I don’t know why I need 50 characters to review a hard drive

I'm old enough to remember when only a business could justify spending $1,000+ on a 10MB HDD, with read access ~400ms. Seagate has been my mainstay mass storage device since the mid-80s, and I don't anticipate being disappointed with this drive.

Great hdd. Hopefully it doesnt die in a year. So far good enough for my plex media storage backup