Seagate Expansion Portable 1 TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop (STEA1000400)

Small, compact, no issues connecting to laptop, PC, ps4 or even ps5 all transferred over smoothly, quickly. No issues with the extendable hard drive.

Had a look at the pricing structure for all of these portable HDD's. I have noticed that you can obtain computer accessories, such as this external HDD, at a good price if Amazon advertise them as being superficially scratched, or, the packaging is damaged in any way. This is being sold for about £37 and when it arrived I couldn't really find anything visually wrong with it, and it came in its original box, so, I've saved a bit of money, you need to be a bit savvy these days to get a bargain. Nothing wrong with the HDD at all, in fact, I've already filled 25% of it within 3 days with various music and natural history films off the internet, it works like a charm, if you look after these things properly they'll work for ages. My only complaint as such is that I don't think the lead is long enough really, I have to balance the HDD on top of my desktop PC which isn't ideal, but, with it being about 9 inches long it won't stretch any further unless you get an extension for it, so, just be aware of that, apart from that it's a lovely piece of kit, and will store my personal content for many a year..

I can honestly say this is the best piece of kit out here, I was worried as there were not many people buying this to expand their PS4 memory drive, so I wasn't sure if it would work with mine, I also read that a lot of portable devices required updates via a PC and I am not one for understanding how to do that, I just wanted a simple plug and play, I did some research and the people who purchased this previously were more than happy to help me out here on Amazon via the answer section,I purchased this and I can say it was a simple plug and play, I took it out of the box, switched on my PS4 first, plugged it into one of the USB Ports (make sure you have enough ports or extended ports), the PS4 recognized it, I went to the device section in settings, it asked me if I wanted to use this to save all future games etc and I hit the format button, that simple. It has made such a difference to my basic 500gb PS4, new games download a lot quicker and mean a lot quicker, instead of hours, it can be a few minutes depending on the game to 30 mins or a little more but there is such a difference. It is also very small, so just sits on top of your console. Great addition for my PS4.

Very useful.A good quality.

The drives themselves are good and do run fast and effortlessly. The issue i had was that the drive i originally received was faulty. Kept being told to try X, then try y, then try Z, then try it again by a different person. Eventually managed to speak to someone at Seagate directly who listened properly and agreed the drive was faulty. Had to return the drive to Seagate and received a replacement, although it was a refurbished model it does work fine and without issue.

This is a great product. I use it for my PS4 to allow me to store more games as I have an original model with only 500GB of storage. The short USB wire allows it to sit comfortably under my monitor, and its stylish design allows it to blend in very well. It it smaller than you expect, mine arrived and I was very surprised with its compactness, making it very portable. Though it's plastic design may be a detriment in terms of durability. As long as it is kept safely it will last, I suggest getting a small case if you wish the travel with the hard drive. It didn't really take much setting up to get it to work with my PS4, I plugged it in and the console assisted through getting it setup quickly and easily. I'm sure the same could be said for using it on other devices or consoles. Overall a great product if your looking for extra storage, though its plastic design could potentially be a risk if travelling with it.

In the past few years I must have purchased about 30 pen drives; half of which have been faulty, soon became inoperable or simply deleted files. Time to try something different -even though external hard drives have been around since desktop computers. Coming in at around 15mm [½” thick], 80mm [3” wide] and about 115mm [c.4½”] in length, this is pretty much mobile phone size so if you can carry a phone, then this can also pass as portable. Sealed in a plastic bag, its enclosed inside a stiff plastic tray [like cakes usually come in] which is then inside its own card carton. Damage should not be an issue. A small A6? Size, 10 page roll out sheet claims to be a quick start guide but other than a simple diagram; its really a legal declaration of performance. Not to fear, this is actually just a plug and go item. An extension cable comes with it and measures 450mm [18”] but the cable is quite thick so isn’t very flexible. The plug-in at one end has a notch, this fits into the drive, the other end has the 3.0 blue band inside and connects to your laptop or games console etc. but from the diagram it indicates this will also work on a 2.0 socket. A small blue ‘slash’ lights up when plugged in which goes off when you close it down –so you know it’s safe to detach the cable. It loads up just like a pen drive and automatically downloads five folders/documents; start here for Mac, autorun, Seagate expansion, start here win, warranty [only the warranty would open on mine –oh well, whatever!] Despite this it’s just a drag and drop if using it for computer or laptop use [which is what I wanted it for –picture, documents etc]. Download speed appears to be typically just under 1 minute per GB and is very quiet in use. Basically that’s it folks. Much cheaper than the equivalent pen drives etc but also correspondingly bulkier, but that’s the trade off. Much better to use this than use ‘Free, remote off your system’ storage systems as only you have access to your data and it’s not stored on someone else’ server where they have full access –wise up and don’t give your info away. Will update if any problems develop.

Just trying to clear my purchase reviews, I don't think I reviewed this one that I purchased literally years a go because a hard drive is a hard drive and I never thought I could help buying decisions on a hard drive because it's usually the drive size that helps decision making. However, today I thought differently. This hard drive is currently still working but I had a 2tb drive fail on me. The reason why j suddenly thought to review this one is firstly because I saw the review as outstanding. But more importantly, through personal experience, bigger (capacity) is not necessarily better. Anyone who follows my reviews will know I am a practical person. If I see the price difference from 1tb to 2tb isn't much then I would go for the bigger one. WRONG. Depending on what you use it for, yes bigger capacity means you can put more onto it BUT and it's a very big but, you will probably guess what I'm going to say now right? The 2tb that failed meant I lost 2tb worth of stored items. It's basically a risk v cost factor here. Play safe with lower capacity or higher capacity to store more? I'm actually still undecided and I have been using back up drives for important items which I put away to prevent wear and tear. This item is currently used for that purpose. To store important documents and photo memories. 1tb to store these are more than enough. If you are still reading up to this point, think about the same back up for things that matter to you the most before something happens and you lose everything.

Ottimo, dati al sicuro, e abbastanza veloce sia in lettura che scrittura

Good build quality. ST5000LM000 inside.

The product does what it is meant to. Been using it to store ps4 games from ps5 and it has been doing its job. Game Performance is still the same which is a plus.

良い商品でした

Item received in good condition