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8TB Seagate USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive $214.99

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Jan 12, 2017
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8TB Seagate USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive $214.99

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$234.99
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September 17, 2017
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Seagate Expansion 8TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STEB8000100 Black

Promo code CEMCRKBB29 brings it to $214.99 appears to be free shipping.
Last edited by MrDisco on Sep 12th, 2017 1:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added detail to the title
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Seagate Expansion 8TB USB 3.0 3.5" Desktop External Hard Drive STEB8000100 Black

Item#: N82E16822178951
26 replies
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Jun 13, 2017
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Thanks OP! I was on the lookout for a wireless expansion hard drive. Would you have any recommendations on that?
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Oct 6, 2015
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This is not portable. It still needs to be plugged into a wall outlet.
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Jan 12, 2017
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NixxonExxo wrote: This is not portable. It still needs to be plugged into a wall outlet.
Yes; I hate the way marketing throws the word portable around in this way, let's just call it semi-portable. I suspect this is a new low for 8 TB drives, and for that reason the post is noteworthy. @Joseph333999 No experience with wireless storage, suspect that speed would be dependant on bandwidth and that limiation alone would preclude investigation for my interest.
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Jun 3, 2008
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Markham
Promo code CEMCRKBB29 only give me $5.00 off :-(
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PatK621 wrote: Yes; I hate the way marketing throws the word portable around in this way, let's just call it semi-portable. I suspect this is a new low for 8 TB drives, and for that reason the post is noteworthy. @Joseph333999 No experience with wireless storage, suspect that speed would be dependant on bandwidth and that limiation alone would preclude investigation for my interest.
Nowhere on that page is it stated that the HDD is "portable"? It's an external hard drive. And hard drives, unlike flash storage, require an additional power source. The ones that are able to be powered only by USB often sacrifice performance for that feature.
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jackskj wrote: Promo code CEMCRKBB29 only give me $5.00 off :-(
Discount From Promo Code CEMCRKBB29 -$20.00
Maybe try another browser? And that you're selecting the 8TB drive.
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Jul 21, 2011
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whenever comes a seagate cheap drive, reliability would be my biggest concern.

Yes, you save X mount of $ today... yes, you have backups, yes and yes.

at the end of the day, do you want to spend time and efforts resolving this crappy quality hard drive containing your valuable data? for me, no...

I have concerns when I RMA a hard drive that has my private backups. my tax return, family photos? what if the hard drive is only half broken, and certain data can be recovered, etc...

whoever buying seagate, think twice, why so many people against it? if it good like Honda and Toyota, would there be so many people against it?
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Jun 3, 2008
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" try another browser" worked :-)

Timbo420 wrote: Maybe try another browser? And that you're selecting the 8TB drive.
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Jul 26, 2017
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Toronto
I'm too scared to buy a external hdd ,, i would probably drop it :(
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Jul 7, 2011
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bestbudz wrote: I'm too scared to buy a external hdd ,, i would probably drop it :(
Shuck it then.

I always take the drives out of the external enclosures. Just be sure to test it first becasue it voids warranty.
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Jan 12, 2017
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Email blast.

@lightmeup These consumer drives are not in the same league as enterprise-class ($599.99 price), and if you get time beyond the warranty, thank your lucky stars. But are good enough to utilize as a back-up and left unpowered on a shelf for months. If you just lost your entire system software or a large NAS collection of movies, and this was the only resort, you would probably look at the storage in a different light.

Think about this as a 'spare tire' or 'insurance' for your set-up, then the price doesn't seem overly exorbitant.
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Jan 12, 2017
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Steeltier wrote: Nowhere on that page is it stated that the HDD is "portable"? It's an external hard drive. And hard drives, unlike flash storage, require an additional power source. The ones that are able to be powered only by USB often sacrifice performance for that feature.
This is closer to what you're asking for https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0196J ... em_1p_0_ti
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May 15, 2015
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If "No returns accepted" then we really need to think twice
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OP, put the brand in the title. Seagate? Yuck. I like to actually have my data not disappear and the thing not go click,click,click.
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