Seagate - Expansion Desktop 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive - Black
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Description
Features
8TB storage capacity
Provides ample space for storing documents, photos, music and more.
USB 3.0 interface
Offers an easy-to-use connection to devices. Backward compatible with USB 2.0 for simple connection to your computer.
Data transfer rates up to 5 Gbps with USB 3.0
Enable a rapid response when updating files.
What's Included
- Seagate Expansion Desktop STEB8000100 - hard drive
- USB 3.0 cable - 4 ft
Manuals & Guides
Customer reviews
Rating 4.7 out of 5 stars with 224 reviews
(224 customer reviews)Features
Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Rated 5 out of 5 stars
This has been great
|Posted .Owned for 1 month when reviewed.Sometimes with tech things just don’t work... this has been a pleasant experience. I was fill with such joy to plug this into my PS4. The PlayStation expanded the space I could use and just works. Haven’t had any issues. It does need power from the outlet. Which wasn’t a big deal for me, I’m not planning to ever move it.
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Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Great realiabity great price
|Posted .Love the Seagate drives. We buy a lot of them and they are super good. They rarely fail and it's usually to physical damage we caused.
I would recommend this to a friendRated 5 out of 5 stars
Largest you can reasonably pay for..
|Posted .Perfect for what it is. Tons of space. Low cost. Slick design. Unfortunately the reliability of any drive, especially ones with their own power adapters, isn't 100%. Any unexpected shut off of the computer, or loss of power in general could really hurt the drive. Always "Safely" eject your hardware! I also recommend finding a free hard drive health monitoring software and a backup power supply to be proactive about failing drives and data loss!
I would recommend this to a friendFeatures
Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Rated 5 out of 5 stars
External hard drive
|Posted .Owned for 1 year when reviewed.Great product, excellent quality, been using it for long time
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Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5I would recommend this to a friendFeatures
Ease of Use4 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Rated 4 out of 5 stars
Great price for storage
|Posted .Owned for 6 months when reviewed.Great price for the storage. It works great for me and seems very sturdy. I have another Seagate external hard drive which I like so that lead me to get this one. I have had a couple of hiccups with the use of this however. I formatted it to work for both PC and Mac (the same as I did with my other Seagate external hard drive) but it does not show up when I plug it into my Mac. I would try reformatting it but I already have too many files stored on the harddrive to offload to do that. So that has been inconvenient. Also there was a problem with it also not reading on my PC, and it turned out it needed to be unplugged from the power for a time and then connected to power for it to work again. No harm was done, but I had to dig around on the internet to figure out that was the issue because I had assumed it just got corrupted or something, so that is something to be aware of.
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Ease of Use4 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5I would recommend this to a friendFeatures
Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Excellent value and works as described.
|Posted .After much searching I found this 8 TB external hard drive to be the best value for the money. You can save all your work, photos, videos, etc on here in case your main computer is stolen or self destructs. It give me peace of mind knowing I won't lose my work. You must back up every few days so your important data is not at risk of being lost.
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Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5I would recommend this to a friendFeatures
Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Rated 5 out of 5 stars
Great drive
|Posted .Owned for 5 months when reviewed.Bought this for storage for PS4 games for my PS5. This is the most amount of gb you can use for the PS5 and I have about half the storage left, only issue is when the system turns off unexpectedly but that is a PS5 problem and not the drive. I highly recommend
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Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5I would recommend this to a friendFeatures
Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5Rated 5 out of 5 stars
8TB HD
|Posted .Owned for 8 months when reviewed.Cheap, plenty of hard drive space, and small physical size make this one of the best hard drives you can buy right now. You do have to plug in the hard drive into a wall outlet and it is a little noisy, but still a really good value.
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Ease of Use5 out of 5Quality5 out of 5Value5 out of 5I would recommend this to a friend
What experts are saying
Q: QuestionWhat is the difference between the 8TB expansion external drive and the 8TB backup external drive?
Asked by Ashman.
- A:Answer This Expansion drive does not have a USB hub built in like the backup drive does. Also the backup drive states it comes with backup software. So, no hub & no backup software.
Answered by KYTwinsDad
Q: QuestionCan the Seagate expansion hard drive be set up as a shared home network?
Asked by Moe.
- A:Answer Yes. In fact, any hard drive can be set up to be seen and shared across all devices on your home network.
Answered by JosephV
Q: QuestionHi and thanks for the answer does this support a regular PS4?
Asked by Messi.
- A:Answer Yes I used this drive on my ps4 without any problems
Answered by Fisherman
Q: QuestionI am looking for a Seagate external hard drive that is 3.0 backwards to my 2.00 USB and for a Windows XP Professional platform having problems trying to find something that'll come down to a Windows XP any idea?
Asked by Mark.
- A:Answer all external usb 3.0 drives are compatible with usb2.0, they just run at usb2 speeds
Answered by Seagate
Q: QuestionI have a 1tb that I use to watch movies by setting it up to my tv via usb. Can I do the same w/ this? Will it still need the power cable? My 1tb just works when I plug it in but not sure if the bigger ones are different.
Asked by Anonymous.
- A:Answer Laptop USB drives are powered through the USB port. Desktop USB drives require a power cord plugged into the wall to function.
Answered by anonymouse
Q: QuestionCan you use this with xbox one and 360 together? How about Xbox one and ps4?
Asked by Beaky.
- A:Answer It works for Xbox one and a PC for sure. Im not 100% sure for playstation 4 but i would say it does work. I dont think it will work for xbox 360 since there is an external storage limiter for that console
Answered by TheeGreek
Q: QuestionDoes this Seagate - Expansion Desktop 8TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive product work with Xbox One?
Asked by ab.
- A:Answer Yes it does. You can even have multiple drives connected
Answered by TheeGreek
Q: Questionused this item for the first time yesterday and worked fine. now its not turning on. What's the warranty to repair seagate expansion desktop ddrive. . DO I TAKE IT TO MY LOCALBEST BUY STORE? MODEL STEB8000100 RECEIVED THIS ITEM MARCH 22 2021
Asked by RCT.
- A:Answer Hello RCT, The Seagate Expansion Desktop comes with 1 year manufacturer warranty, that you can claim anytime by contacting our support site on: https://www.seagate.com/contacts/ However, if the purchase of the product was recently, you may also contact the place of purchase directly for a faster replacement of the drive. Regards, Zac Seagate Support
Answered by SeagateTechnicalSupport
