Seagate 8TB Backup Plus Hub USB 3.0 Desktop 3.5 inch External Hard Drive for PC and Mac with 2 Months Free Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan

I got this for Rs.8000 on an offer and for this price this is a great hard disk. It requires external power and works in India power rating. Has 5 removable plugs for different power sockets types and out of 5, 2 are standard Indian 2 pin plugs (low and raised). The box contains a 1 meter length standard male USB 3.0 cable and power plug with different country adapters and the hard disk itself. Has vents on 3 sides and can be kept vertical or flat. Has 2 USB slots on the front for USB drives for quick copy of contents from hard disk. 1 USB slot in the back for connecting hard disk to you PC or another cloud hard disk or Xbox etc. Size is not too huge as some review said, think it as a regular internal hard disk encapsulated in a bigger airy compartment, this is required so the heat generated can escape better and can keep the hard disk running for long duration. The length is equal to Mi Pad 1 if you need to compare, 20cm L x 12cm B x 4cm H. Setup is a breeze, just plugin. Once connected 3.7TB will be available based on the default format. Write speeds on USB 3 is around 70-90 Mbps and read/copy speeds are around 140-180Mbps. Depends on the size of the file written/read and how full the hard disk. But don't worry this too much, USB 3.0 and this hard disk is really good. You will find a folder which has a file containing links and code for registration of warranty. I use this 4TB Seagate external hard disk as a backup for my WDMyCloud 2TB model (in wdmycloud you can use scheduled backup to another hard disk). Since it's a plug n play you can use it for any purpose with ease. Comes with 2 month adobe cloud membership, details will be available within a directory in the hard disk. There was also an offer from for 1 year 1 pc Kaspersky Antivirus (just Rs.289 on offer) and for that i need to give full name, mobile number, govt proof and invoice, so i didn't go with that offer

The price point at which amazon is selling this product is completely a steal and truly value for money. The Hub is quite sturdy and has a nice overall design. And by looking around in the storage hungry era where data is all around us in the forms of music, videos, movies, games and what not. 4TB is enough storage to handle such big chunks of data plus the cloud connectivity makes this a top of the line product. The only con I find in this product is that it's not that portable like the other pocket friendly external hard drives. Other than that this product is an excellent buying option if you're looking out for one.

Pros : 1) Good hard drive delivers the 160mb/s write speed it advertises. 2) Compatibility with both mac and windows. 3) Two USB ports on the front of the drive really good and helpful. Cons : 1) Connectivity to USB 2.0 port is a hit or miss case as even though the drive shows connected the transfer rate may be 7mb/s. The solution i found to this is using a amazon basic male to female USB 3.0 adapter, which allows it connect every time properly. (Mac users with 2.0 ports only don’t buy) 2) If you are not gonna use it on computer table don’t buy as it's heavy than external slim drive and the external power connection requirement can become a pain over time.

1st let me clear one thing it's not for them who want to carry it everyday in their bag. It's portable but in a different manner. Like if you are shifting other place but you carry your laptop instead of your pc then you can carry this hard drive with you and set up with your laptop and it's all good. That's how you can carry your all big media file anywhere. Now let's talk about this drive. The package comes with the drive, an usb cable to connect your drive to your pc/laptop, a power cable with 3 types of socket, which is great in my opinion. This drive is super easy to connect with both windows, mac and Ubuntu. Best part is you don't have to format it. I have a pc with windows 10 and Ubuntu dual boot and a macbook so it's very useful for me. The drive comes with some Seagate backup, recovery software but I don't use them. I mainly use this as a storage drive, all my media files goes in this drive. Many have talked about read/write speed. So I'm not repeating it. Bt speed is okay for me, with 25-28mbps write speed in usb 2.0 and 75-80mbps in usb 3.0 So who should buy this? If you a person who does't need to carry their external drive everyday but you need a drive for storage purpose and if you travel sometime for longer time then my friend it is for you.

When I started transferring the data on 3.0 USB port, the average read speed was just around 25 mb/s and write speed was around 35 mb/s .As per the Seller,videos and other reviews,both the speeds should be atleast around 75-80 mb/s but its far beyond that in my case.I am using highly very high configuration laptop and PC so I wonder why I am getting such low speeds. Else, its having a nice look and I got it delivered in 24 hours.Storage is 3.63 TB which is very good.I bought it in Prime Day Sale so bought it at quite a cheaper price. I dont recommend it buying it unless there's an Sale or reduction in price of INR 8500

Have been using the 4TB Seagate external HDD for past 2 years. The hard disk itself is fine, performance being comparable to other hard disks of the time. The additional 3.0 ports are an added bonus. The only flip side is the bulky size. Otherwise a wonderful product.

Needs power supply to work.

I m using it for almost 2 years and it is working properly. Satisfied with this purchase. I think the external hdsk should be used regularly then they will last long. If we don't use them chances r they will stop working.