Seagate Expansion STKP4000400 4 TB Desktop Hard Drive - External - Black - Desktop PC, MAC Device Supported - USB 3.0-1 Year Warranty - Retail

High capacity 14TB external drive, USB 3 which includes a warranty with 2 year rescue service if you have file corruption and need the files restored.It's very quiet and has a small footprint considering the large capacity.It mounted first time and I used Disk Utility to reformat it to Mac OS Extended (I don't need dual-system FAT format for Windows machines, I never use them). Then I partitioned it into four partitions of different sizes for video, data, graphics, and miscellaneous/backups.Working great, very happy with the performance, form factor, price, and warranty.

Quick install. Works great. Happy with purchase.

I have a Plex Server at home that allows me to digitally access all my videos, photos and music. It's very handy but as you can imagine, storage can be an issue as video files especially eat up a lot of memory.I have a 5TB external hard drive but am starting to run out of space. I decided I needed a much bigger storage option and I bought this Seagate for it's size and the reputation of the brand.I have had good experiences with Seagate drives whereas some other brands have failed on me in an unusually short amount of time.I'm super happy with this Seagate drive so far. I saw one review that says it will not run on MacOS which is not true. That person must have simply received a defective product. I have 2 different MacBooks and have no problem mounting this drive to either laptop.The thing that is most impressive about this drive is how fast it is compared to my other external drives. It literally transfers files in about half to even 1/3 the time that it takes to move files onto my smaller 5TB drives.One review says that it is loud. I do find that it is louder than my external 5TB drives but it I wouldn't say that it is inordinately loud. It's a much bigger drive so you need to power it via an AC adaptor, unlike the smaller drives which are powered via the computer's USB port. But that should be expected for any drive that is bigger than 5TB.Overall, this drive is doing the job I need it to do. It's fast and it has plenty of storage to keep my Plex drive storage growing for probably another couple of years. My experience with Seagate drives gives me confidence that the drive will not fail before I need to explore replacing it with a drive of more substantial size.

The drive works well, with no issues or defects. The hard drive can be a bit noisy when reading and writing however

Great hard drive

Do not buy this item. It took about 9 months to fail. I had 3 Seagate USB hard drives and they all failed before two years. I called Seagate and they say that the drive is under warranty that they'll replace it. But they don't know how long it will take. It comes with 2 years data recovery but seagate claims the warranty on the drive is less 11 months, apparently it starts when they make the drive not when you buy it.

Works as expected. Fast transfer on USB-C/USB 3.2 port.Seagate Diskwizard (Free backup utility) May not be copying all the partitions from my boot drive. I usually use my old free copy of Macrium Reflect, which will copy the non-standard partitions.

Good value and reliable over years. I use it to back up multiple pc's with a switch and keep it offline.