Customer Reviews for Seagate Expansion 8TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive, Black (STKP8000400)
Item # : 24493060
Model # : STKP8000400
- This PC and Mac compatible desktop hard drive in black features an 8TB storage capacity and provides enormous storage for photos, movies, music, and more
- Uses USB 3.0 for superfast file transfers
Price is $169.99
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48 reviews
Most helpful positive review
Posted Aug 7, 2025
An excellent upgrsde
This Netgear router is a nice upgrade over my previous router.
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Most helpful critical review
Posted Aug 11, 2025
Not useable in backup applications
Though it is not specifically stated in the Seagate specifications this unit is NOT suitable for use with backup software. Use with Seagate's Toolkit and several other standard backup applications resulted in TOTAL failure to function properly; the OS (Windows 10) file system was completely locked up until the unit was physically disconnected from the USB port. An ex...
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Donald
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Posted Aug 11, 2025
Not useable in backup applications
Though it is not specifically stated in the Seagate specifications this unit is NOT suitable for use with backup software. Use with Seagate's Toolkit and several other standard backup applications resulted in TOTAL failure to function properly; the OS (Windows 10) file system was completely locked up until the unit was physically disconnected from the USB port. An ex...
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J.R.
Posted Aug 7, 2025
An excellent upgrsde
This Netgear router is a nice upgrade over my previous router.
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Frédéric D.
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Posted Aug 7, 2025
Excellente qualité!
Excellente qualité, fonctionne à merveille - rien à reprocher! Livré rapidement.
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The Fish
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Posted Jul 30, 2025
Decent product for the price
Seems to work well so far. I didn’t want any of the Seagate backup software and reformatted to exFAT on a single partition. No problems working across Debian and macOS.
I considered buying an enclosure and an 8TB HDD, figuring that would be cheaper, but I couldn’t find a setup cheaper than this drive.
I considered buying an enclosure and an 8TB HDD, figuring that would be cheaper, but I couldn’t find a setup cheaper than this drive.
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Davyd
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Posted May 12, 2025
A solid external drive
A good external hard drive from a reliable manufacturer (Seagate). Price vs capacity makes this a great deal. No problems & fast delivery.
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donchogni
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Posted May 6, 2025
Lasted only 13 months
Was used for a Windows server's nightly backups. Solid and fast performance. Was good while it lasted. Will in fact buy another one.
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Tres satisfait
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Posted Apr 21, 2025
Solide mais lent
Semble solide mais j'ai trouvé long pour faire le backup pourtant j'etais bien sur port usb 3.0
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SETAF67
Posted Feb 20, 2025
Seagate Exp HDD
Good info easy install works very well great for backups
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OSCAR T.
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Posted Dec 5, 2024
Seagate rocks!
Seagate hard drives are well known for their durability and reliability. Seagate has been in business for over 3 decades. A plus!!
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Zarbob
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Posted May 23, 2024
Good price
Great HHD. It’s fast considering its and HHD. Very good price/storage ratio. It’s relative quiet during operation and has a good size. I like the way it comes packeted. I will keep it in its same package for long term storage.
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JOSEPH M.
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Posted May 13, 2024
Seagate expansion drives
I have 2 of your drives now they work a lot better than other brands I've tried. Joe Miller
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JEFF R.
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Posted Apr 28, 2024
Seagate Expansion 8TB USB External Hard Drive
Great reliable product - quick delivery and support
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Michael Snell
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Posted Jan 19, 2024
Good value for money spent.
Stable reliable good data transfer speed.
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Ian Cameron
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Posted Sep 23, 2023
Prompt communication
I ordered the item, got conformation, had my wife pick it up, no problem. This was a gift, and as far as I know the recipient is happy with it, although she warned me that if I were going to use one myself I had better follow the instructions carefully, because while backing up is fairly straightforward an error could be serious
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Fritz
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Posted Jun 19, 2023
STAY AWAY! 1 year warranty is a lie!
Bought this drive back in May, one month later and its beeping! I check Seagate's website and its says that the warranty expired in March! WHAT!?
Luckily the drive still reads and writes. (FOR NOW) So I can still move the files somewhere safe until I can get a replacement from a much more reliable brand. And I've been a Seagate purist all my life!
Luckily the drive still reads and writes. (FOR NOW) So I can still move the files somewhere safe until I can get a replacement from a much more reliable brand. And I've been a Seagate purist all my life!
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Lawrence Luo
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Posted May 23, 2023
Seagate Hard Drive
I always use Seagate hard drive. It is a very good product.
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Reasonable Woman
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Posted May 22, 2023
Good Drive
We are using this drive to back up our office server. Lots of space and seems to transfer quickly enough for our needs.
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Jeanne Dorie
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Posted Feb 27, 2023
Working Well
It is working very well. Easy to set up. Being a Mac user, I think I should have reformatted it to the preferred Mac format but it is working with the Mac using the Extended FAT format of the drive.
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W.W.
Posted Nov 9, 2022
Keeps losing it's connection showing errors.
It keeps losing it's connection showing errors. Windows repair has had to run twice. I'm on the verge of returning it.
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RICHARD S.
Posted Sep 21, 2021
Functional but a little slow
It's getting harder to find 8 TB detachable drives for Macs. But this one was in my hands 24 hrs after ordering and it worked straight out of the box. On the other hand it's the slowest 8 TB backup I've owned (about 45 MBytes/s). That's fast enough for overnight but I wouldn't mind having a faster transfer rate as my data volume increases.
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