Seagate 12TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
$239.99
In stock
Description
Add space, consolidate files to a single location, or free up space on your system’s internal drive with the 12TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive from Seagate, which is preformatted exFAT, meaning it is compatible with Windows and Mac right out of the box. This hard drive provides a storage capacity of up to 12TB and connects to your host system using its micro-USB 3.0 interface. Copy and saving data is easy – simply drag and drop. Included is an 18″ USB 3.0 cable, an 18W power adapter, Seagate’s Rescue Data Recovery Services, and Toolkit backup software.
Please note that reformatting may be required for use with Apple’s Time Machine. Also, Rescue Data Recovery Services is not available in all countries.
Additional information
| Weight | 2.95 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 8.6 × 8.3 × 3.1 in |
| Storage Capacity | 12 TB |
| Connection Interface | 1 x USB 3.2 / USB 3.1 Gen 1 (USB Micro-B) |
| Pre-Format | exFAT |
| Internal Interface | SATA (Unspecified) |
| Type | Hard Disk Drive |
| Power Source | Included AC Adapter |
| Cooling System | Passive |
| Dimensions (L x W x H) | 7.0 x 1.6 x 4.9" / 177.8 x 40.6 x 124.5 mm |
Reviews (459)
459 reviews for Seagate 12TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
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Buddy Bradtke (verified owner) –
Received an excellent product at a low price.
Anais Prohaska (verified owner) –
Even though this hard drive is a little noisy, I have not had any issues. It is fast and responsive and needs minimal effort to setup. I would recommend it to anyone that needs to upgrade their storage for an affordable price.
Darius Hamill (verified owner) –
Love this drive. Small footprint for the capacity and it runs really quiet! Forgot I installed it. It is sitting behind my screen backing up without a hiccup. I highly recommend this.
Myrtle Dickens (verified owner) –
This is the most reliable external drive I’ve found for the price. Other drives have crashed after a few years. I have about 12 of these that have lasted over 3 years.
Colby Muller (verified owner) –
Using it as a back up for ex4.
Lexus West (verified owner) –
Third Seagate drive for back up. The more time goes on the more TBs I need. Works decent.
Lane Kunde (verified owner) –
Works fine, setup was a breeze. Hoping for good longevity as it is a personal cloud device shared by multiple computers.
Ellis Tillman (verified owner) –
easy to set up, quiet, and works for chia.
Garett Cole (verified owner) –
This 8T Expansion Drive arrived promptly from B&H. I formatted for Mac and set up as Time Machine. Since my 2010 Macbook pro is only USB 2, the Time Machine back up of over 3 TB of various drives is taking many many days and nights of continuous running. I hope this drive survives the first 2 Back ups. After that it is light duty. Better to look at reviews after a year of use not 2 weeks.
Angelica Smitham (verified owner) –
I’ve never had a hard drive that makes noise like this.
Bill Koss (verified owner) –
That was easy. I don’t like difficult websites when it comes to ordering something. Thank you for that and the quick shipping.
Jimmy Frami (verified owner) –
This may be the last HD I buy that runs at 5400rpm. Fine for backup, but not much fun at dynamic/constant interaction.
Gustave Lemke (verified owner) –
My first revue of the 8TB Expansion is excellent. It is fast and reliable. It is good selection for backup. Sigmundur Andresson
Kathleen Kunze (verified owner) –
I used the Mac Disk Utility to reformat and it’s working like a charm. Great value for the money.
Karson Cassin (verified owner) –
This new style update for the Seagate Expansion type drives has better airflow than the WD Elements drives. In fact you can see the actual hard drive inside. It is also a little quieter than WD Elements although the amount of vibration is the same. There is a small white LED dot at the top back of the drive. So if you have this on a shelf you may not notice the blinking light. The power brick is about same size as the WD (narrower than a soda can), although I have had WD drives with the P shaped bricks as well as the more convenient sideways bricks. But the Seagate is the P shape. They also give you every power adapter under the sun. You can take this drive literally anywhere in the world and plug it in and it will work. Not my concern but good to know if you travel with your 3.5 drives… Speedwise, I would say this drive is faster than WD Elements, at the beginning of the drive. I was getting 112MB/s over a Gigabit Ethernet connection on this drive initially. As the drive fills up I expect that speed to fall. When copying large videos from a NVME drive, this drive maxed out at 182MB/s.
Shanelle Hickle (verified owner) –
Yeah you might not be able to edit 8k video off these drives but in terms of storage this is more than enough for logging raw video files. I got these because it was on sale and surprisingly cheaper than Costco. So I got three.
Rebeca Mann (verified owner) –
At my office we have a dozen of these, for shuttling video files around, back-up, and on site data management. Always trouble free.
Sigrid Goodwin (verified owner) –
Love the large capacity. The drive is mostly very quiet but from time-to-time it does make a louder grinding sound. Overall impressed.
Jayda Borer (verified owner) –
Bought this for a backup drive we back up large video files and I will use a least 3 drives this on takes its time and sometimes at the end of larger files it will hang up for an hour or more I would have returned it but waited to long
Hailee VonRueden (verified owner) –
Customer for life! Thank you, B&H you have such an awesome team. This product arrived extremely quickly, in a well protected packaging. Overall Seagate is a great product, data read and write speed is fast, quality material such as the hard drive housing is dourable, needs a little more air circulation. I currently own 10x of this 8TB expansion drive. I will be ordering more of this soon. Because B&H provides the best products, low pricing and expedited shipping.