Seagate 18TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
$439.99
In stock
Description
Add space, consolidate files to a single location, or free up space on your system’s internal drive with the 18TB 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 18TB 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 | 2.9 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 15.5 × 9.3 × 8.6 in |
| Storage Capacity | 18 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 (451)
451 reviews for Seagate 18TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
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Wilhelm Muller (verified owner) –
Don’t try to back up anything quickly with this thing. It is slow as molasses. But it works and has a ton of storage.
Eddie Wehner (verified owner) –
Awesome products, good price
Furman Gutkowski (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.
Minerva Doyle (verified owner) –
Fast and plenty of storage, Not much more I can say. It’s a great product
Trent Gibson (verified owner) –
Everything works as expected after a few weeks. This was my first external hard drive needing a power cord, but that’s not an issue for me. The only reason I did not give it five stars is because it’s a bit loud and will vibrate the desk.
Amaya Schinner (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!
Elvie Eichmann (verified owner) –
Would be a great product if it worked on all my computers. It only works on one of my 3 computers at home, (It’s not a USB 3 issue, they all have USB 3)
Jed Howe (verified owner) –
These hard drives are awful. It is literally chance to get this thing to mount successfully. Rarely does it work on the first attempt, and sometimes it just simply won’t connect. I also purchased two others in 8TB sizes at the same time I purchased the 14TB and they have the same issues. These are some of the least dependable drives I have ever owned.
Dianna Zemlak (verified owner) –
I’ve only had my drive for a few weeks however as soon as I got it I ran all of the usual tests like S.M.A.R.T. and short/long read/write tests and it passed them all. I wrote about 5TB of backups to the drive over the first couple days and had 0 issues with it at all. Drive isn’t loud and when writing to it at batches of about 250-500GB at a time it barely heated up. Assuming it lasts this will likely be the hard drive I keep buying as/if I end up needing more space!
Rogelio Parisian (verified owner) –
Worth the wait though, a real HD that is not SMR in 2021!!!
Ryley Fadel (verified owner) –
Easy to crack open for shucking. The USB-SATA converters come in handy if you need a quick way to access a bare drive down the road.
Giovanny Blanda (verified owner) –
Finally plenty of storage….
Quinton Langworth (verified owner) –
I run a whole slew of these as my archival drives. Fast enough to edit off if REALLY in a pinch, but at the price, it is tough to argue!
Vinnie Olson (verified owner) –
I don’t know why the vendors expect us to review drives when we first plug them in. How can I give a hard drive a 5 star rating until they’ve run for 4 or 5 years with no issues. So far so good, however. I use a product called Crashplan for cloud and local backup option and I recommend it. I find it works a little smoother on Macs than Carbonite, which works great on my wife’s Windows PC. I use one STEB3000100 3TB for my data, and a 2nd one as backup to the data drive. Crashplan backs up my important files to the cloud on an ongoing basis, for me that’s about 400 GB. I also have Crashplan backup all my data to the 2nd Seagate and keep them identical. Works fine. I don’t even know it’s there.
Flavie Zulauf (verified owner) –
Bought 2 of these 8TB hard drives. Easy set up but it took over 10 hours to transfer 1.4 TB of pictures.
Cristobal Sipes (verified owner) –
Great performing external. Good sustained performance for large file transfers. Wish that the serial number were visible on the top of the drive to make it easier to tell which drive is which while they’re plugged in.
Hermann Fisher (verified owner) –
Great product, brand, and price!
Alexandro Konopelski (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.
Collin Weimann (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.
Savanah Lang (verified owner) –
I’ve had so many bad experiences with WD that I refuse to buy another one. While Seagate maybe higher priced than the WD companies products but reliability and customer service is beyond reproach. I’ve had USB interfaces and bad cables cause drive failures and the power brownouts kill a drive in the past but Seagate is always great about repairing them under warranty. Of course I have had the bleeding edge drive reliability issue with every make of drive but Seagate stands behind their products and the others look for reasons to blame the user and deny warranty claims.