LF - Seagate 2TB Spinner External with USB-C port.

krs wrote: ↑ I'm looking for a Seagate 2TB Spinner External hard drive with a USB-C port.

It seems they don't make one - if so I wonder why.

If you just need something that can connect to a USB-C port, several Seagate models come with USB3 to USB-C adapters included.

There's no benefit to using USB 3.1 Gen 2 or newer/faster standards with an HDD, especially as all Seagate 2.5" drives use dog-slow SMR.

I guess I should have explained a bit more.

I don't want the USB-C port on the external for the speed, I want it to get a more reliable connection that the USB 3.0 port.
And USB-C being symmetrical is a bonus.

The external is storage for a bunh of videos I recorded - I'm looking for reliability, not speed.

krs wrote: ↑ I guess I should have explained a bit more.

I don't want the USB-C port on the external for the speed, I want it to get a more reliable connection that the USB 3.0 port.
And USB-C being symmetrical is a bonus.

The external is storage for a bunh of videos I recorded - I'm looking for reliability, not speed.

don't think seagate sells a usb-c 2.5 only maybe toshiba or another might but everyone else is frankenstein.

just buy a usb-a 3.0 to usb-c adapter or buy the matching cable and use it instead of the one that comes with it.
https://www.seagate.com/ca/en/products/ ... al-drives/

they just give you an adapter you would probably have shuck it and add your own enclosure if you want usb-c only.

krs wrote: ↑ I don't want the USB-C port on the external for the speed, I want it to get a more reliable connection that the USB 3.0 port.

If you can't find a pre-built external that meets your needs you could assemble your own using an enclosure and a bare drive. Startech sells a 2.5" enclosure with USB-C jacks, and several 3.5" enclosures with type-B (full-size) USB 3.x jacks. Type-B connectors are very robust and will not come apart accidentally.

Keep in mind that no hard drive is 100% reliable. Make backups -- on another hard drive, or on a cloud service -- if your videos are valuable to you.

middleofnowhere wrote: ↑ If you can't find a pre-built external that meets your needs you could assemble your own using an enclosure and a bare drive. Startech sells a 2.5" enclosure with USB-C jacks, and several 3.5" enclosures with type-B (full-size) USB 3.x jacks. Type-B connectors are very robust and will not come apart accidentally.

Keep in mind that no hard drive is 100% reliable. Make backups -- on another hard drive, or on a cloud service -- if your videos are valuable to you.

Yeah, I looked into making a USB-C external myself (like I did in the bast with USB 2.0 and Firewire enclosures) but the pricing is now such that a bare drive is $10 or $20 more than a ready-made USB 3.0 external drive and then one has to add another $30.- or so for a 2.5-inch USB-C enclosure.

The issue with the USB 3.0 connector was not that it came apart but that apparently one or more of the contacts did not mate sending me on a goose hase thinking the video files and/or the internal SATA-USB 3.0 bridge was defective. Since the USB-C connector is symmetrical, I assume the contact pins are duplicated (I have actually not looked at the pin detail yet) making a USB-C connector more reliable.

krs wrote: ↑ Since the USB-C connector is symmetrical, I assume the contact pins are duplicated (I have actually not looked at the pin detail yet) making a USB-C connector more reliable.

USB-C reversibility is implemented using electronic switching rather than with duplicated contacts. A single pin failure will still prevent data transfer.

Hardwiring a NAS to your router is another option if you want something more physically robust than USB.

Just buy a enclosure and put a hdd in.

https://www.amazon.ca/UGREEN-Enclosure- ... 3910&psc=1

Not sure what's so complicated about this

sexyj wrote: ↑ Just buy a enclosure and put a hdd in.

https://www.amazon.ca/UGREEN-Enclosure- ... 3910&psc=1

Not sure what's so complicated about this

Nobody ever said it was complicated.
As I already mention, I have done this with USB 2,0 and Firewire enclosures many times.
It just drives up the price from $70.- for a 2TB USB 3.0 external to well over $100.-.

Thanks for the comments every one.
Bottom line seems to be that Seagate does not offer a ready-made 2TB spinner external with a USB-C connector.
Mods might as well close this thread.

Lacie has a FireWire, USB C drive

Gee wrote: ↑ Lacie has a FireWire, USB C drive

Yes, thanks.
I see it at Amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07NYFZMZL?tag ... uage=en_CA