Seagate launches world's largest capacity 5TB portable hard drive

16 November 2016
Seagate has announced a new drive for data hoarders, the Backup Plus 5TB drive, the highest capacity drive of its kind. The new drive is the first drive from Seagate to feature the BarraCuda 5TB drive that use Seagate's new 2.5-inch 1TB platters.

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  • AnonD-102946
  • gFJ
  • 16 Nov 2016

i thought hdd crash was a myth ... until i bought a seagate .. WD4ever

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    • AIA
    • 16 Nov 2016

    a disaster waiting to happen

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      • rjW
      • 16 Nov 2016

      AnonD-607331, 16 Nov 2016but pretty cheap and high storage :)True, I won't dispute that

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        • D06
        • 16 Nov 2016

        Anonymous, 16 Nov 2016What will you guys put in your 5TB hard drive ?Porn

          5TB HDD space? Youtube videos in FHD or 4K format on travelling, songs, guides of cooking, IT products, mobile phones launches, some application programs and my own photo collections and 4K videos. No hurry to fill up all the spaces.
          But will seagate HDD last longer than 1.5 years? I stick to wdc hdd for now.

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            • sXJ
            • 16 Nov 2016

            NTSC eh, impressive for a simple external hard drive!

              "NTSC drivers" unless there is some sort of tv tuner on that hdd you mean NTFS..?

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                • ty@
                • 16 Nov 2016

                What will you guys put in your 5TB hard drive ?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • vV5
                  • 16 Nov 2016

                  Cool

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                    • pFU
                    • 16 Nov 2016

                    segate rules.

                    I have 2tb segate - it's works way better and faster than WD (botuh usb 3.0)

                      AnonD-451508, 16 Nov 2016Have you used Seagate ever? I have been using 2 Seagate dr... morethe problem with seagate or most other portable drives for that matter, are that the usb to sata controllers or the micro usb port are very delicate..they are not suggested for first time buyers..the drives themselves are good..i have a salvaged seagate drive in a separate enclosure i bought online, working just fine..currently i tend to lean towards wd though..reliable as long as you dont abuse them physically

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                        • 16 Nov 2016

                        AnonD-404798, 16 Nov 2016Seagate is useless crap ... so it will work for one month o... moreHave you used Seagate ever?
                        I have been using 2 Seagate drives from last 2 years and have no issue from them.

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                          • 16 Nov 2016

                          AnonD-404798, 16 Nov 2016Seagate is useless crap ... so it will work for one month o... moreI have segate 1TB bought in 2014 and it is still running fine.

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                            • d%{
                            • 16 Nov 2016

                            Seagate is useless crap ... so it will work for one month or so before it fails .

                              That's very good price, here in India HDDs are very costly and portable 3/4 TB is hard to find online, only desktop HDD is available for such storage capacity

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                                • 16 Nov 2016

                                AnonD-454049, 16 Nov 2016Seagate hard drives are slow and unreliablebut pretty cheap and high storage :)

                                  Nice have that ugly micro usb 3.0 in 2016

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                                    • rjU
                                    • 16 Nov 2016

                                    Seagate hard drives are slow and unreliable