Seagate 6TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
$87.49
In stock
Description
Add space, consolidate files to a single location, or free up space on your system’s internal drive with the 6TB 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 6TB 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 | 2.86 lbs |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 9 × 8.3 × 3.1 in |
| Storage Capacity | 6 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 6TB Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive
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Justyn Botsford (verified owner) –
Still buying them. Excellent drives. I’m a computer tech.
Lyric Stanton (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.
Damon Cummerata (verified owner) –
I plugged in the Hard Drive and it was immediately recognized my computer and I was backing up files within minutes.
Augustus Hickle (verified owner) –
I use this strictly for Time Machine backups on my iMac and it works seamlessly.
Francis West (verified owner) –
I was using a 1TB hard drive for my old iMac which had a 250gb HD. This year I upgraded to a new machine which has a 2TB SSD and ran out of space on the old external so this 6TB drive is everything I’ll need for a backup disk, at a great price. Setup was easy. I had to reformat to Mac OS Extended (Journaled), but Disk Utility makes that super easy, let it run backup overnight while the machine was in sleep mode, and everything is running great. There’s definitely peace of mind in having all of my data backed up.
Javonte Funk (verified owner) –
This 16TB is working as expected except that the noise is off the chart. I like quiet and don’t need the distraction.
Mary Macejkovic (verified owner) –
Like very much, they are very secure and easy to work with, never had any problems of any kind with this units.
Junius King (verified owner) –
Am using the the drive for OSX TimeMachine and it works just fine. HOWEVER, it makes too much noise when spinning up and the vibrations got amplified by my desk. Was able to diminish the problem by using a longer cable and placing the drive on a softer surface (to diminish the vibrations). Someday I will find a high capacity solid state drive. Sigh….
Jerry Steuber (verified owner) –
It’s doing what it’s supposed to for me, which is storage. Granted you can edit videos off this drive but if you have patience then you should be ok. Use proxies. I wouldn’t try editing 6k raw or anything heavy like that, but for storage of pictures, videos, etc. this is a good amount of space. I’ll probably buy more soon. When dealing with raw footage and images, space can run out quick.
Cheyenne Lebsack (verified owner) –
It’s early days to make sure it lasts, but no problems so far. Quieter than I was led to expect from some other reviews, and fast. Great for storing music files which exist on portable drives as well. So, so far, so good.
Anissa Green (verified owner) –
It was late in being delivered but I would blame that more on the post office than the manufacturer. I have not owned it for to long to have had mush of a chance to find to many faults but so far it seems to work as one would have have expect. I do have one issue but it’s more the industry than this product it’s self and that is that there is less room on the drive than is advertised. When they say that there is so much room on the drive that is not usable space but space before all the stuff on the drive that takes up space on the drive so it’s usable.
Clair Schamberger (verified owner) –
This is my third 8TB Expansion drive. I formatted it as a Mac Extended (Journaled) drive. It seems to be working great with the Mac. The other two drives were formatted as Windows 10 NTFS drives and have been in service for a couple of years. Absolutely no glitches yet. I have used many Seagate drives since the 1980s. I have had only two failures in all that time. One was 35 years ago and I was able to recover that drive. The other was about 15 years ago. I thought I was clever and ran a mirrored RAID array to automatically back up my data. When I got bad sectors on the primary drive, the mirrored drive copied them. If I had used an external drive for weekly backups instead I would have recovered the 25,000 RAW photos that I lost. That was a hard lesson. Even though I trust Seagate with my data every day, I still make regular backups.
Jermey Hyatt (verified owner) –
I was in the market for a desktop drive and chose the 3TB Seagate, knowing a bit about their history and reputation. I can’t tell you how easy the hook-up was. Two chords and my computer auto-recognized the drive, a few clicks later and I was up and running. It was a three minute process! Now all my thousands of photos and music are backed-up and I am very happy with the price and ease-of-use. Seagate has a great product. Loving it.
Marianne Will (verified owner) –
Bought two of these as part of a migration from Mac to PC for photo and video work. I haven’t noticed a noise issue as some have mentioned, no noisier than the computer fans. Best speeds so far have been between 100-110 MB/s. We’ll see how they do over time.
Meagan O’Hara (verified owner) –
it’s all that i need to scan my slides and negatives
Deon Bednar (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.
Gay Wyman (verified owner) –
This drive is horribly slow.
Litzy Frami (verified owner) –
Have used all the major brands, Seagate has the best reputation for simply working. Only Seagate brand drives have never failed (fingers crossed!), this in a controlled environment, UPS etc etc. Two thumbs up!
Michele Dach (verified owner) –
This drive is very easy to use, just plug it in and go. Truly amazing that it is 8TB for a reasonable price. A good way to backup photos and other files.
Odessa Kreiger (verified owner) –
This works great with windows 10