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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Maryse Bashirian (verified owner) –
Terrible hard drive. So noisy constant clunking and banging noise the could be heard two rooms away. Very slow reads and writes maybe do to the defect causing the noise. I’m exchanging it for a second one but the second it gets noisy it’s getting returned and I’m through with Seagate products.
Columbus Quitzon (verified owner) –
Runs fast enough to serve as a manual backup drive, and 18TB should be good enough for several years. It is not silent but the fan is reasonably quiet. I reformatted it for MacOS, by the way. IN GENERAL I’ve noticed that virtually all reviews for external hard drives have a few people complaining of slow R/W, and I think that is because drives are usually delivered in EXFAT format to accommodate both Mac and PC. EXFAT always runs slow in my experience.
Jayda Murphy (verified owner) –
This unit is perfect for archiving my images for redundancy and protection of all my files. I like to keep at least one copy off premises and have too many files for the cloud. I’ll be buying 2 more of these in the near future for the rest of my work. The size is great too! It takes up very little room on my desk while in use. The speed was impressive although for this purpose it really isn’t an issue unless I need to restore my primary or backup drives.
Elissa Lockman (verified owner) –
Hooked it up with my Mac and it works great.
Rafael Gerlach (verified owner) –
Great size, easy use, great price, I love it
Davion Mueller (verified owner) –
Thank You this amazing product. I am very glad to by it
Caterina Davis (verified owner) –
BIG expansion desktop drive. This is my BU to my 8Tb NAS. USB 3.0 reads and writes FAST!
Benjamin Little (verified owner) –
Ideal for backup drive.
Alexie Leannon (verified owner) –
Great drives so far, they’re Seagate IronWolf NAS drives that run at 7200 rpm. Wish I had bought more right away!
Royal Mohr (verified owner) –
For some reason it takes twice as long to transfer files than mu old USB 2 drive. Very disappointing performance for a USB 3 drive
Ocie Kiehn (verified owner) –
I think a review may be a bit premature, but so far the drive is working as expected. I transferred several hundred gig of pictures and it was as easy as click and drop. I am very pleased and would recommend this drive to.anyone. Also I don’t find it excessively noisy at all.
Araceli Von (verified owner) –
Good one
Buck Terry (verified owner) –
Stores Videos and pics And the speed is fast. I am going to buy another one.
Wallace Cummerata (verified owner) –
An affordable way to back up your footage. I haven’t had any drive failures so far and I’ve had several of these for years.
Marc Muller (verified owner) –
I give this 5 stars for reliability, 4 for speed (it’s definitely not an SSD) and 3 for the fact that it is far from silent and sitting on my desk it vibrates slightly – but this is common for conventional disk drives. Doesn’t mean it can’t be designed away!
Harry Schinner (verified owner) –
I would have given this five stars except for the fact that B&H doesn’t explain that if you have a mac, you have to reformat the drive. It’s also rather noisy every time it goes into action, which makes it impossible when recording or videoing to use it. Very pricey item to discover this after spending 24 hours moving all my files from various other drives onto it.
Vance Hettinger (verified owner) –
I have a number of external drives that are in constant use. This drive replaces a WD My Book that died on me twice (it was used for Mac Time Capsule backups). The capacity of this drive is perfect and the price was great. However, this is the noisiest drive I’ve had in a long time. It sits on my desk and spins up each hour as Time Capsule performs a backup and it’s noticeably loud. At night when the place is quiet, I can hear it in the next room. That said, if this thing turns out to be as reliable as some of my other drives, I’d probably buy another couple because of the price.
Amos Cremin (verified owner) –
Works right out of the box, no messing, a big bargain for the (sale) price.
Prince Ortiz (verified owner) –
This is exactly as stated its an 8 TB External USB 3.0 drive. It is very functional and fast. Plenty of storage for almost every user. bhphotovideo.com is where I purchased mine it was excellent for the price. This is not a paid review. ( I wish I was paid to review items like this 😉 ). If you need extra space this is the drive you need. If you fall into the 1% of users that need mountains of storage space this is a great addition for the cost. Adding this drive into my collection I now have 12 TB of storage space. The 8 TB are great for storing all of your HD videos or pictures or anything else you want to keep, also works as a computer backup option. Ive only had it a few weeks so I dont know how it holds up over time yet, but if its like my 5 TB Seagate Expantion its been running solid for almost 2 years with daily constant use.
Amiya Lemke (verified owner) –
Like very much, they are very secure and easy to work with, never had any problems of any kind with this units.