Product Description
Ideal for the home, office, or dorm, Seagate Expansion desktop drive offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music and more. Backing up and transferring content is incredibly easy - just drag and drop! To get set up, connect the USB hard drive to Windows or Mac - no software required. For Apple Time Machine, simply reformat. Included is an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable and 18W power adapter. Plus, Seagate Expansion comes with Rescue Data Recovery Services for additional peace of mind.
Dimension
Product Height : 4.921 inches
Product Width :1.44 inches
Product Depth :
Product Weight :2.59 ounces
Features
16tb storage capacity Offers enormous desktop storage for photos, movies, music and more.
Rescue Data Recovery Services Enjoy peace of mind with the included limited warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Services.
PC and Mac compatible Automatic recognition of Windows and Mac computers for simple setup (Reformatting required for use with Time Machine).
USB 3.0 interface Take advantage of the fast data transfer speeds by connecting to a USB 3.0 port.
Easy file saving Drag-and-drop file saving right out of the box.
What's Included
Seagate Expansion desktop hard drive, 18-inch (45.72cm) USB 3.0 cable 18W power adapter, Quick start guide, Rescue Data Recovery Services
Reviews
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Decent price, good quality.
This external hard drive is easy to use and setup is very quick.
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Product review
High capacity device. It was a bit heavier than expected but otherwise great drive
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the drive that will be great for NAS
enterprise-level drive on the case it's even cheaper than actually drive in the market with great speed and performance
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Quick and compact
Works great, it is a 7200RPM so it is a bit noisy if you're trying to install a large game on it or torrenting. In normal usage however it's not too bad. After downsizing to an ITX build, something like this is invaluable for storage until SSDs can get to a similar price range per TB. Also USB 3.0 is near equivalent to SATA for read/write speeds (5Gb/ps vs 6Gb/ps), so you're getting the same performance as an internal drive. I attached my CrystalDiskMark score with an old screenshot of an equivalent speed test of the same model as my internal 5TB 7200RPM from KitGuru that I replaced with this 16TB model.
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Seagate Expansion 16TB External Hard Drive
I have been using this external hard drive mainly to store my media content. It's very easy to use and it's also very quiet. I have not had a problem with it.
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Good but noisy hard drive
Great backup external hard drive. The only concern is it makes a lot of squeaks, scratches and noises that has made me concerned about whether it was a lemon. However, apparently that's normal and there are no other issues with the device.
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Works fantastic
Super easy setup. Very quick transfer rate. Would definitely purchase again!
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Great Drive for the price!
I love this drive. I bought 2 of them after my WD 8TB drive died and I resolved to not let that happen again. Now I use the second 16TB drive as a mirror for the first. I still can't figure out how to keep it from going to sleep, but that may be a Windows problem.
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Top end SATA HDD inside, mediocre USB-SATA bridge
Top notch SATA HDD inside, mediocre USB-SATA bridge The 16TB Seagate Expansion Desktop (STKP16000400) external drive with USB interface contains an internal 3.5" SATA drive inside its enclosure. The enclosure also contains the electronics for converting SATA to USB. I have tested it fairly thoroughly with Seagate's SeaChest tools and also with third party SMART control utilities. Warranty: One immediate issue is that the retail box outside claims a 3 year warranty, but that seems incorrect: When I enter the serial number printed on the case in the Seagate warranty checking website, it shows a 14 month warranty. The drive inside is a top-end internal 3.5" 7200RPM Seagate 16TB Exos X18 series CMR SATA drive (with a different serial number than the one printed on the external case of the Expansion Desktop drive). I had bought that same model bare internal drive for $20 more a few weeks ago, also from Best Buy, and it came with a full 5 year warranty (verified again with Seagate website). OTOH, when I enter the serial number of the internal 3.5" Exos SATA drive that is inside the external Expansion drive case, Seagate says no warranty. Shucking considerations: People needing only SATA (not USB) may buy this cheaper external drive and then shuck the internal SATA drive out to save $20, but the trade off is in the warranty: The enclosure cannot be opened without damage and it will void even the 14-month warranty. So the additional cost for the bare internal drive can be viewed as the price for purchasing a 5 year warranty. OTOH, while this external USB Exapansion drive has very little warranty, it comes with a USB enclosure if you need USB. Performance and management: Sequential read and write speeds were ~245MB/sec under the uas driver in linux. However, the USB/SATA bridge chipset that Seagate is using is not the greatest. If you use the uas driver in linux, then it seems "ATA pass-through over scsi" does not work, and so SMART and EPC cannot be viewed or configured. To use SMART or EPC, I have to use the vanilla usb-storage driver without uas (via a quirk), which is a little slower with sequential R/W at ~230MB/sec. This has been a problem with all Seagate external USB HDDs (I have seven, Backup Plus/Slim, etc). When I use my other bare internal 3.5" Seagate Exos drive (the same model and size that's inside the external Expansion case) with a better quality USB/SATA chipset (ASM1153), ATA pass-through over scsi works with the uas driver and I get even better speed, sequential R/W at ~280MB/sec. Power management: The drive has EPC and a 2min timeout from Idle_A to Idle_B. Timed standby seems to be disabled and I could not enable it, even with Seagate's SeaChest tools. Manually putting it to standby (spin-down) works. Power consumption (at the AC wall adapter): Drive starting/spinning up = ~23W, Actively reading/writing = ~10W, Idle_A (heads loaded) = ~6.5W, Idle_B (heads parked) = ~4.5W, Spun down to Standby_Z or in Sleep = ~1.8W, USB cable unplugged from host = 0W. Bottom line: If you are happy with the limited warranty and USB is what you need, then this is a good purchase at less than $16/TB.
