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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Gia Beer (verified owner) –
Thank You this amazing product. I am very glad to by it
Fred Rogahn (verified owner) –
I got worried when I noticed the packaging only said Windows compatible, AFTER I had already opened it. lol But I just had to reformat, and all is well. Nice form factor, relatively compact for the capacity.
Abigayle Heidenreich (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.
Lavern Fahey (verified owner) –
Drive performs as expected without all of the odd noises that used to plague the Seagate drives. Pretty quick for a USB3 drive with sustained write speeds over 120MB/s. Reliable transfer while backing up over 12TB of data with integrity check from a NAS without issue over a couple days. As usual for B&H good price and fast delivery for a nice product, can’t go wrong here.
Uriel Wyman (verified owner) –
It’s Great!!! A lot of space for downloads!!!
Lennie Nikolaus (verified owner) –
If you are considering the purchase of a new hard drive, think about what tasks you expect from the drive and how you intend to use it. I do not expect this to be the fastest drive and do not utilize it as a daily scratch disk. Purchased as a network backup and archival storage, this drive is perfect for that task. Unlike other reviews, I have found zero issues with the drive or included power and cables. Plug. Play. Archive.
Nelle Kilback (verified owner) –
Needed more space as videos and other programs filled up hard drive on my PC. This provided so much more room that I was able to free up memory on my computer and it also is running better now. It transfer files relatively fast.
Germaine Predovic (verified owner) –
Mine came with a 14TB Seagate IronWolf Pro. This drive can go for over $400 on Amazon and at the $200 price I paid for this, it was a steal. Tested with CrystalDiskMark, Sequential speeds of 250MB/s read and write. Great for bulk storage of videos, games, etc. Can be shucked to use the 14TB drive as an internal hard drive, albeit voiding the warranty.
Hulda Vandervort (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.
Eileen Okuneva (verified owner) –
I needed a new storage drive for my video work and since I’ve been working with 4K video this seemed like a good option for my needs. The drive looks great and runs quiet although when it’s doing a lot of read/write cycles I can feel it running when I touch my desk. For me it’s not a big deal but for others, the vibration might be an issue. The drive comes preformatted for Windows (NTFS file system) but it can easily be reformatted for other O/S’s. I use Mac OS X so I had to reformat it but it’s not a big deal.
Pamela Emard (verified owner) –
Works great with my tablo
Kaylah Tillman (verified owner) –
Accurately described. Great value for money. Great for Xbox one extended storage.
Elmore Kovacek (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!
Victor Howe (verified owner) –
Using as a backup drive with Windows backup software. Works as expected! Thanks, B&H, for the sale price!
Guillermo Kozey (verified owner) –
Seagate provides lots of memory space for a great price and so far works great.
Missouri Goldner (verified owner) –
Excellent drive to partition into 3 and clone 3 source drives. Pretty wueit too. I wish it had a power switch but great unit
Terrence Hermiston (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.
Zelma Johnson (verified owner) –
I am using this drive as a on-site backup for my desktop and it does the job. My operating system Win10 provides all the tools to back my files up on an external drive. What I am looking for is a drive that starts empty and the full capacity that its designation states. This Seagate drive, however still comes with a bunch of preloaded files and apps including backup management tools that I really don’t want. I find it annoying that I have to reformat a brand new drive to get rid of all those unwanted preloads.
Olga Gulgowski (verified owner) –
I have purchased 8 of these Seagate Expansion Drives from 4TB thru 14TB for myself and my customers for external back up for customers. I tore a 12TB and 10TB apart and mounted the drives in a Server. (less expensive than buying simple internal drive). I’m a computer tech for 24 years full time.
Orval Russel (verified owner) –
I own three of these drives, which house the 8TB Seagate Archive Drive. These are not speed demons, but they are not intended to be. I am currently using two for alternating Time Machine backups under macOS (Sierra) and a third for long-term offsite storage. Although hard drives are always a crapshoot, I’ve had no problems with Seagate external drives as backups since I started using them when they maxed out at 2TB. Odd are good you’ll get a good one of these.