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Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac (STGX2000400)

Seagate Portable 2TB External Hard Drive Portable HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop and Mac (STGX2000400)

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Kurt LIM
5.0 out of 5 starsGreat for offline backup
Reviewed in Singapore on 6 January 2020
This 8TB is excatly the same as the 2x 5TB I bought 4 years ago. When the drive filling up to more than 50%, the write speed can slow down to ~20MBps, as bad as USB2.0 thumbdrive; constant rewriting will have the same issue too. This is NOT a drive for daily uses, it use SMR--Shingled magnetic recording, vs conventional PMR--perpendicular magnetic recording. These drives are more for archive purpose. Something like Write Once Read Many optical media--CD-R/DVD-R, except it can be re-write thuosands of times and the write speed can go up to ~150MBps or more.
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valiantonov
3.0 out of 5 starsIf you thinking of getting this from overseas, think again.
Reviewed in Singapore on 23 June 2020
I've been using Seagate brand for quite sometime, and never have any problem. So when they offer a good deal on this product, and I needed a new desktop HD, I took my chance and get it.

So, the item arrived, I plug and try to reformat it for mac, but cannot. I try many thing to fix this, the problem persist. I tick the option from read only to read an write, still nothing change. I've contacted amazon, they only reply once, and when I asked for questions and help, they never get back to me. I've asked for technician to help, no reply.

Long story short, I've finally be able to resolve the problem by accidentally tick that write and read option on the info section again, and restart it. (Remember this if you got similar problem. it won't effect until you restarted it)
The product is running now, I don't know for how long. But bottom line, if you get this item and you got problem, you're on your own. I get lucky it can be solve by a tick of an option and a restart. Should you have a really defected product, good luck.
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Kurt LIM
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for offline backup
Reviewed in Singapore on 6 January 2020
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This 8TB is excatly the same as the 2x 5TB I bought 4 years ago. When the drive filling up to more than 50%, the write speed can slow down to ~20MBps, as bad as USB2.0 thumbdrive; constant rewriting will have the same issue too. This is NOT a drive for daily uses, it use SMR--Shingled magnetic recording, vs conventional PMR--perpendicular magnetic recording. These drives are more for archive purpose. Something like Write Once Read Many optical media--CD-R/DVD-R, except it can be re-write thuosands of times and the write speed can go up to ~150MBps or more.
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C. C
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Value for Money for Excellent Storage System
Reviewed in Singapore on 2 April 2021
Capacity: 5TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
Superb value for money, especially with free 3 months Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom subscription.

Managed to pry open 24 pcs and all of them are ST5000LM000 with generic Seagate firmware. It came with a remark on the drive that this is the OEM drive. Once you do this, you'll void the warranty. Sure! I have now 60TB usable space on my NAS.

Why are these 20% cheaper than the bulk Seagate 5tb drive?

Running RAID10 on FreeNAS/TrueNAS. No issue so far!

The lowest cost 2.5" 5Tb drive there is in 2021.
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C. C
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Value for Money for Excellent Storage System
Reviewed in Singapore on 2 April 2021
Superb value for money, especially with free 3 months Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom subscription.

Managed to pry open 24 pcs and all of them are ST5000LM000 with generic Seagate firmware. It came with a remark on the drive that this is the OEM drive. Once you do this, you'll void the warranty. Sure! I have now 60TB usable space on my NAS.

Why are these 20% cheaper than the bulk Seagate 5tb drive?

Running RAID10 on FreeNAS/TrueNAS. No issue so far!

The lowest cost 2.5" 5Tb drive there is in 2021.
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valiantonov
3.0 out of 5 stars If you thinking of getting this from overseas, think again.
Reviewed in Singapore on 23 June 2020
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I've been using Seagate brand for quite sometime, and never have any problem. So when they offer a good deal on this product, and I needed a new desktop HD, I took my chance and get it.

So, the item arrived, I plug and try to reformat it for mac, but cannot. I try many thing to fix this, the problem persist. I tick the option from read only to read an write, still nothing change. I've contacted amazon, they only reply once, and when I asked for questions and help, they never get back to me. I've asked for technician to help, no reply.

Long story short, I've finally be able to resolve the problem by accidentally tick that write and read option on the info section again, and restart it. (Remember this if you got similar problem. it won't effect until you restarted it)
The product is running now, I don't know for how long. But bottom line, if you get this item and you got problem, you're on your own. I get lucky it can be solve by a tick of an option and a restart. Should you have a really defected product, good luck.
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valiantonov
3.0 out of 5 stars If you thinking of getting this from overseas, think again.
Reviewed in Singapore on 23 June 2020
I've been using Seagate brand for quite sometime, and never have any problem. So when they offer a good deal on this product, and I needed a new desktop HD, I took my chance and get it.

So, the item arrived, I plug and try to reformat it for mac, but cannot. I try many thing to fix this, the problem persist. I tick the option from read only to read an write, still nothing change. I've contacted amazon, they only reply once, and when I asked for questions and help, they never get back to me. I've asked for technician to help, no reply.

Long story short, I've finally be able to resolve the problem by accidentally tick that write and read option on the info section again, and restart it. (Remember this if you got similar problem. it won't effect until you restarted it)
The product is running now, I don't know for how long. But bottom line, if you get this item and you got problem, you're on your own. I get lucky it can be solve by a tick of an option and a restart. Should you have a really defected product, good luck.
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Nagachakai
5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good Device
Reviewed in Singapore on 11 April 2022
Capacity: 5TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
This replaces my previous Seagate external drive which is about six years old. I don’t have the technological knowledge to say if this drive is better or faster, but for my usage as a backup it seems to work well. Unlike my previous external disk drives, this one requires no external power. Just plug it into the USB of your laptop/PC and you’re good to go. So that’s one less cable off my workspace.
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J. Shin
3.0 out of 5 stars So far so good, but software leaves something to be desired
Reviewed in Singapore on 10 February 2020
Capacity: 5TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
Drive is new so, I didn't expect any hiccups. And as expected it works fine in storing files quickly and consistently.
But its security interface needs to be have better UI, and it would be very helpful if they offered password hint option.
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Wenhong
4.0 out of 5 stars Seagate hard drive at lower price, not in original Seagate packaging.
Reviewed in Singapore on 7 December 2020
Capacity: 5TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
The hard drive works as intended. Read and write speed on my 2016 MacBook Pro is around 140 MB/s. This is a repackage product, hard drive is not in original Seagate packaging. The hard drive case is made of plastic.
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Wenhong
4.0 out of 5 stars Seagate hard drive at lower price, not in original Seagate packaging.
Reviewed in Singapore on 7 December 2020
The hard drive works as intended. Read and write speed on my 2016 MacBook Pro is around 140 MB/s. This is a repackage product, hard drive is not in original Seagate packaging. The hard drive case is made of plastic.
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Steve
1.0 out of 5 stars Does not works well
Reviewed in Singapore on 2 April 2021
Capacity: 5TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
This drive is not in original packaging. I suspect it is a QC failed item that was being sold. I tried using it, the read/write speed is slow and laggy, keep having stuck intermittently as compared to my other drives. It also heats up quickly and I have to stop using it for awhile. I have quite a few seagate drives but this is performing less than desired. It is like a fake item.
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Steve
1.0 out of 5 stars Does not works well
Reviewed in Singapore on 2 April 2021
This drive is not in original packaging. I suspect it is a QC failed item that was being sold. I tried using it, the read/write speed is slow and laggy, keep having stuck intermittently as compared to my other drives. It also heats up quickly and I have to stop using it for awhile. I have quite a few seagate drives but this is performing less than desired. It is like a fake item.
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Murali
5.0 out of 5 stars πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘Genuine ProductπŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
Reviewed in Singapore on 26 December 2020
Capacity: 5TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
Genuine Product, Value for Money, Just In Time Delivery πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘
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Mike Kew
1.0 out of 5 stars Do not buy this product!
Reviewed in Singapore on 20 November 2020
Capacity: 1TBStyle Name: Portable SSDVerified Purchase
The SSD drive becomes unuseable after a few writes. Has to send it back to their Amsterdam lab for analsis and data recovery.
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Joel
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Hard Disk
Reviewed in Singapore on 15 November 2019
Capacity: 2TBStyle Name: External HDDVerified Purchase
Excellent product. The only things lacks is the item in its original retail Seagate packaging but instead it has been repackaged
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