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FRED F : What is the speed of this hard drive - 5400 rpm or 7200 rpm?MICHAEL T : The 8TB and others for where the info is available list 5900. The drives inside these Expansion boxes are usually SMR (sometimes you get a regular 7200) When connected drive utilities should provide the details on the drive platter technology.VINCE B : Sadly I’m not exactly sureBRIGHAM Y : Good question. Sorry, it must be a secret. I have the box in front of me and it doesn't give that in the specs anywhere.
Shopper : Why Did You Choose This?RONALD W : Quality of Product, Availability, Price, Free Shipping.NANY L : security camera backup for restaurantTim C : Picture storageCHANCE S : Good amount of storage for $/TB. Higher capacities not available.Oscar T : I need to replace in my pc. Thanks.bolin F : Good qualityLeandro G : FriendLAURA C : CapacityAndrei R : No another optionsMauricio P : gamingStuart E : dependable!Matthew M : i love storageLamont P : Capacity & priceLEI C : Bigger capacityIMRAN Q : Great quality and priceRicky C : Love itHAUMAN Y : NiceHau C : GoodCharles B : saleEmily Y : Good dealDavid L : ValueBrad K : Good pricePEYMAN A : good diskSCOTT H : SizePeter T : Seems to be a good price for the size.FROYLAN V : need additional storage, and the 12gb is affordableGABRIEL W : Great PriceVictor B : I have the 10tb drive and it is great and needed mor space and at the price hand to go for it!JOSH F : Game changer.Yoni A : Good priceDaniel W : costKenneth R : Best Price for this model that I could findKui C : Cheaper storageBLAKE N : Price. Cheaper is better.MATI C : SlickDeals told me this was a good deal. I need a backup drive for my business.DALE S : cheapest i could findJohn B : Good product at a good price.Michael H : ADORAMA HAS THE BEST PRICES!!YOUNGJOON H : price is goodBinh L : Need it for photos and videosebrahim s : to keep more camera recordingANDY K : Extra SpaceEduard S : priceWEI-HAN L : Better price per TBBRIAN W : Great product and great value!DUSAN G : Affordable price and flexible payment plan.FRANK E : Needed additional storage space.AMANDA B : I WAS LOOKING FOR 10TB BUT SAW THIS 12TB FOR $10 MORE. COULDNT PASS THAT UP.Kosal S : Backup DataTERRY M : price + quick shippingMildredMendez M : I've been using Seagate Expansion External Hard Drives for my photography business for a few years now. I need more storage and think the 12TB fits the budget.KANG S : out of love.Christopher R : Best external hard drive value. Good quality that lasts for home user.Nathan B : Good price for a reliable drive.ALEX V : Recommended by users on Slickdeals. Apparently contains Exos or Iron Wolf drives, which are highly rated.Mark C : good price and storageTIMOTHY W : High quality at a good price.BRIAN L : priceJERRY C : Good reviews, reasonable price.CAMERON S : Great price for a large amount of backup storage.ARMAN H : It had great review and It was on saleKIYRA H : Needed a bigger hard drive for work!RUSH O : good valueDAVID S : Tens of thousands of photos for storage.

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Review Summary

2022-02-03T07:21:25

Rated 5 out of 5

Elegant and enormous space

Seagate is always a great brand name in hard drives. It is very easy to select and trust its products. Infinity of space in such a small device.

ANDIS P.

2021-09-05T08:39:26

Rated 3 out of 5

Great Adorama

It's ok, its not adorama product. Adorama offer great service and great delivery options.

NICOLAS R.

2021-08-29T12:20:52

Rated 5 out of 5

Good price, drive works fine

Good price, drive works fine

Nicholas M.

2021-08-24T14:38:19

Rated 5 out of 5

8TB USB HDD

Nice product. Operates as advertised

ALAN G.

2021-08-24T11:58:28

Rated 4 out of 5

Cheap and sturdy like I needed

I keep buying them so I guess that?s the best praise I can give to a hard drive ,this is the 6thojeive purchased and they?re all still working

kevin s.

2021-08-24T08:40:44

Rated 2 out of 5

Took months to receive

Took months to receive

DAVID M.

2021-07-11T10:08:27

Rated 5 out of 5

Great drive for storage array!

Great drive. If you want to extract the drive and just use it as SATA, easy to open the case and extract. Drive runs cool and fast. Great value compared to the competion.

ROBERT S.

2021-07-11T08:21:21

Rated 5 out of 5

Great for games!

Purchased to hold all my Steam games. Works great!

BRIAN J.

2021-07-01T11:21:59

Rated 5 out of 5

Slow delivery

Quick and simple to use. Took forever to get it, however.

FRANK E.

2021-06-25T08:14:32

Rated 5 out of 5

Works as expected

works great

MATTHEW L.

2021-06-13T20:10:01

Rated 5 out of 5

Great drive for backups.

Great drive for backups. Not the fastest one, but Ok for the price.

YURII O.

2021-06-04T10:05:03

Rated 5 out of 5

Perfect for the price

Perfect, I?ve had no issues with it and was able to transfer tons of files onto it with ease.

Camden A.

2021-06-04T08:30:33

Rated 5 out of 5

quality external drive

Great quality external drive. I expect it could take several drops and keep on working. I recommend waiting to purchase until the price goes back down to $144.98.

REED T.

2021-05-30T08:27:32

Rated 5 out of 5

Nice

Good as it gets

GUNWOO L.

2021-05-27T08:19:09

Rated 5 out of 5

Fast service, work fine

The external hard drives came quickly and no issues at all

JON R.

2021-05-19T11:21:09

Rated 5 out of 5

Acceptable drive donor when you need inexpensive internal drive

Used it to replace a drive showing a warning in Drobo Dashboard. To do this I had to open up the case and remove the drive, after watching a YouTube video it was pretty easy. The case stayed usable because not all the clips broke, was able to put the drive from the Drobo in this and use it as a temporary storage drive for large data transfers between computers not on the same net.

DAVID D.

2021-04-30T09:43:48

Rated 5 out of 5

Works as back up

It works, I use it to back up an IMAC

Roy W.

2021-04-02T17:43:32

Rated 5 out of 5

Good sizeable disk for a fair price

Bought this hard disk to back up my movies and personal information. The size of the disk and the price were what I was looking for. The delivery from Adorama was on time and as expected (it was my first purchase with them). So far (3 weeks after) so good.

JOSEPH N.

2021-04-01T15:08:35

Rated 5 out of 5

Service

Fast delivery! Be a some time before I can fill it up. Great price.

Ronnie H.

2021-01-31T09:34:10

Rated 4 out of 5

Noisy drives

I have many Seagate drives that I use and this one stands out the most. It is noisy when in use. I have 2 of them I bought together but the nose that comes from them while processing and transferring gets annoying. I have a cabinet with all my drives and this is the first time I felt I needed padding to muffle the sound when working with files on them or transferring files.

Wesley A.

2021-01-14T08:03:54

Rated 5 out of 5

Very good external drive

I’ve been a loyal Seagate user for over 10 years. This model is very reasonably priced for its capacity.

ALEX R.

2020-12-22T08:55:39

Rated 5 out of 5

Excellent external HD

Very reliable and fast external HD. I use mine for additional storage on my Plex server. Movies stream perfectly. Recommended.

Vicente S.

2020-12-18T16:10:32

Rated 5 out of 5

Extra storage needed for Ps4

This Seagate works well with the Ps4. I most certainly needed the space for my games. I don't understand how I went so long without it! Best buy for the ??

JAY A.

2020-12-14T03:16:24

Rated 5 out of 5

Great value

Was a little worried since the packaging it arrived in seemed thin for shipping a HDD, but everything was in order. Lots of storage and a great value.

EDUARDO B.

2020-11-05T12:27:10

Rated 5 out of 5

Wonderful

It's an amazing product

Steven B.

2020-10-26T08:45:46

Rated 5 out of 5

This is pleanty for most home backup.

Best big backup bang for the buck! Easy install, mounts quickly.

ALAN B.

2020-10-24T06:50:43

Rated 4 out of 5

Affordable storage

Affordable storage

THERESE S.

2020-10-14T19:03:10

Rated 5 out of 5

Mega Storage Space

I saw the ad for this and it looked like an incredible price for this much storage. Compared prices elsewhere and came right back here to buy. Simple plug and play into a USB 3.0 port on the back of my computer and I started using this drive as a storage unit for music files. I've started keeping a bunch of high-res flac files and they take up some space. This ought to really let my collection grow.

Troy J.

2020-10-12T09:53:02

Rated 5 out of 5

Great inexpensive drives

Great cheap drives for archiving and backup, or for those setting up a media server. Most are SMR so not great for NAS or expanding working storage for your system. Have used on both Macs and PCs, no brainer set up. Plug in and go, comes with all necessary cables.

Michael j.

2020-10-01T08:45:49

Rated 5 out of 5

Great Backup

Was smaller than I was expecting, which was nice since I don’t have a lot of extra desk space with my workstation setup. Files copied pretty quickly, about 160 GB of files in a matter of minutes. I’m using it as a backup for photo files from my MacBook, so far so good!

TIFFANY H.

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Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive O Specifications

  • Storage Capacity

    12TB

  • Connection Interface

    1x USB 3.2 / USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB Micro-B)

  • Pre-Format

    NTFS

  • Internal Interface

    SATA (Unspecified)

  • Type

    Hard Disk Drive

  • Form Factor

    3.5"

  • Dimensions (L x W x H)

    6.9 x 4.7 x 1.4" (175.3 x 119.4 x 35.6mm)

  • Weight

    2.1 lbs (0.95kg)

  • UPC Code

    763649146477

About Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive O

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Great inexpensive drives

By Michael j.

Great cheap drives for archiving and backup, or for those setting up a media server. Most are SMR so not great for NAS or expanding working storage for your system. Have used on both Macs and PCs, no brainer set up. Plug in and go, comes with all necessary cables.

Elegant and enormous space

By ANDIS P.

Seagate is always a great brand name in hard drives. It is very easy to select and trust its products. Infinity of space in such a small device.

Simple add-on storage
The Seagate Expansion External hard drive by Seagate offers an easy-to-use solution when you need to add data storage to your computer instantly.

• Drag and drop file saving, right out of the box
• Fast data transfer with USB 3.0 connectivity

The easy-to-use storage solution
The Expansion external hard drive can be installed easily by plugging in two cords. Start saving your digital files to this hard drive within seconds of removing it from the box.

Adds storage capacity instantly
Digital photos, video and music files can tax your computer's storage, causing performance to decline as its internal hard drive fills to capacity.

Can be installed in seconds
Seagate Expansion external hard drive can be used within seconds of removing it from the box:

• Simply plug in the included power supply and USB cable
• The hard drive is automatically recognised by the Windows operating system - no software to install and nothing to configure
• Drag and drop to save files to the Expansion external hard drive
• Built-in power management automatically ensures energy-efficient operation

Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive O Features

  • Simple add-on storage
  • The easy-to-use storage solution
  • Adds storage capacity instantly
  • Can be installed in seconds

Key Features

  • Simple add-on storage
  • The easy-to-use storage solution
  • Adds storage capacity instantly
  • Can be installed in seconds

What's in the box:

  • Expansion 12TB USB 3.0 External Desktop Hard Drive
  • USB 3.0 Cable (4')
  • Power Adapter
  • Seagate 1 Year Limited Warranty