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wow! exactly what i was looking for. The part where you check the power consumption. That's something most of the reviews failed to do. Good job Techspin.
Thanks! We figure that's an important detail in many parts of the world, especially for islands or countries with high power cost. Love the name by the way, an anagram for Tsunami? But now I want some Tuna sushi haha! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
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On a time crunch here and not able to watch the whole video. How do you format to work well with Apple Macs? I heard you say it was natively formatted for Windows.
Google found me this, should be close to what you need: www.seagate.com/manuals/backup-plus-portable/optional-formatting-and-partitioning/ Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Good content! im using this drive as a backup drive. Can i just use the remove safely option and unplug it from the power supply, since its also externally powered?
3.5" drives are spinning hard disks, which take more power than smaller 2.5" SSD drives. While SSDs are often powered by USB alone, 3.5" drives require both the USB for data as well as a separate power connector. So, no 😉 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
No idea, didn't test those models. Seagate often changes their offering slightly depending on product line, so we can't predict this either sorry. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Hey guys can I use this with a laptop and if so am I able to hook it up to multiple laptops? Because I have multiple computers and hard drives that I'm trying to back up.
Sure, it connects via USB, so you can connect it to each laptop when you want to back it up. Try to use a USB 3 port (red is fastest, or blue) for good transfer speeds. Might want to have a fan blowing over it if you're doing a large data backup to keep everything cool. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Thanks so much. Checked out your promo reel, what are you guys into? Maybe we can do a collab on something. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
If you buy it in your own country it'll come with the correct adaptor; if you use our links to buy, just get the one for your country. If you're in the EU, buying one there should come with the right adaptor. For us we grabbed ours from AmazonUS, worked fine for us here in Taiwan, which is compatible electrically. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
You can but this kind of drive, you have to be really careful with it on your desk, if it's on and it gets hit/bumped/falls, you're really rolling the dice if the drive and data will survive the shock. HDDs are not like older laptop HDDs, which are bullt to have some kind of shock/drop tolerance. Plus the drive is SMR type, so a bit slower to read/write and a bit shorter lifespan too. TLDR- yes you can. But an internal drive is a better choice. Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
It's decent storage. You should Google around to see if there are any compatibility issues, but as long as the PS5 accepts most hard drives, it should be fine. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
It connect via USB so whatever you can do over USB..... I guess? Not a Linux guy 🤣 Wish you luck! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
@@Techspin Depends for what usage if it's for 4K/8K video you are looking at around 16TB, this is for video's and temp files. If it's just for HD video's a 4TB is enough.
For PC, use an internal drive, though you could remove this one from the enclosure and use it as an internal. Better still is an internal SSD. If it's for console, search drive recommendations to see compatibility/reliability. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Really recommend AGAINST this for a few reasons- you really want your primary files in a much safer, non-mobile device, in case of bumps, hits or falls, and a fall while spinning will likely kill the HDD read/write heads or damage the spinning platters. Unfortunately this portable HDD does not have feet to keep it from falling over, also bad. And I saw reports that this is a SMR drive, which increases read/write times, and decreases drive life. Instead, you should get a proper HDD to install in your PC. Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
Pulled up the drive info using software. Didn't we show that in video? 🤔 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
No, you can't! You can use it for data storage though. Would suggest an SSD for gaming 😉 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
We don't have Xbox to rest, but that raises an interesting question, for internal drives, windows 10 power options handles spin down time, but I wonder if connected by USB, the drive SATA is a smart one that can power down the drive? Hmmm. PS, love the Al Bundy profile pic. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Usually the SATA cards are mass produced and not specific per device, in theory it should work. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Hello, I just bought this HDD in 6tb but when starting it makes a weird noise, does yours make a weird noise (other than the noise of the ventilation )?
Ok, so just listened to mine- there's a whirring noise as the drive spins up, then some tiny mechanical ticks/sounds as the drive head does seek operations. These sounds are normal. If you have any loud sounds, especially ticks or knocks, try to backup any data immediately, but it may already be too late. After this is done, you can check the SMART status of the drive to see if it's near death, but usually any loud sounds will indicate it's on its last legs. BTW, portable hard drives are terrible for constant read/write operations, like torrenting for example, because of the heat produced. Also, be super careful not to knock it over, if you're writing to the drive and it gets a sharp knock, it's probably gone. One of the reasons we mentioned that this drive really needs a base stand in the video. Hope it's not too bad for you there. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
How would you individually turn them on or connect them? Perhaps you're thinking more like internal drives or a RAID array? But for stacking, no we didn't see that in our episode research. Anyone?
I can't let the secret die with me. Actually, it's no secret, Seagate makes the crappiest drives of all. And yes, I'm talking from experience. But if you don't believe me then search on line for 'hard drive failure rate comparison chart' or something similar. Check the failure rate results from server farms. Don't believe best-buy user reviews. Toshiba, Hitachi and others are more reliable by orders of magnitude. If you don't value your data then go ahead buy Seagate.
1) It's incorrect to state that all HDDs from one manufacturer are poor when it's one or two product lines. 2) Orders of magnitude implies a 10x or higher, this is factually incorrect. 3) Hitachi, acquired by WD, is currently the best with Toshiba a close second. Check the Backblaze report- just don't buy Seagate 18TB drives! www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-for-2020/ I had the same opinion about Seagate actually, having two drives fail on me about 15, 12 years ago, and having a failure of a primary drive certainly colors expectations. Always have a backup drive! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
I don't think much data will fit onto just 8 gigs hehehe. Check our Twitter for our current contest giveaway! Don't forget to subscribe and thanks for your support!
This IS storage. If you want more storage, you should buy one more! 😛Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
@@Techspin I wanna say its the cord but it works for my other devices and I finally got it yo work but I'm planning on replacing it its a countless battle every once in awhile
Sorry to hear that. There's 5 points of failure, the HDD USB port, the HDD USB jack, the wire may be slightly frayed/kinked, the PC-side jack, or the PC-side port. Try a new usb cable then it should be just down to ports for troubleshooting.
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wow! exactly what i was looking for. The part where you check the power consumption. That's something most of the reviews failed to do. Good job Techspin.
Thanks! We figure that's an important detail in many parts of the world, especially for islands or countries with high power cost. Love the name by the way, an anagram for Tsunami? But now I want some Tuna sushi haha! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
@@Techspin SUBBED. My youtube name came from my then 6 year old daughter who were talking about Tsunami. She kept saying "tunasmi" until I realized her wrong pronunciation and we laughed about it. :D good times!
Cheers for the sub, and nice backstory! Gotta get some tuna later haha 🍣
Can I use it for data backup without worries the drive will corrupt the data? If no, what's the alternative USB drive?
I liked your relaxed way of reviewing the drive, giving me agood feeling about having bought one yesterday. THX, and keep it up!
Thanks for the feedback, much appreciated! Hope that works well for you, it's gonna help us with our new server project... we may even do a video about it if it's sucessful lol. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
good underated channel, your content is extremeley high quaility.
Cheers thanks so much, we're working hard on our next phase and doing some studio upgrades. Hope a new episode out before Halloween! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
On a time crunch here and not able to watch the whole video. How do you format to work well with Apple Macs? I heard you say it was natively formatted for Windows.
Google found me this, should be close to what you need: www.seagate.com/manuals/backup-plus-portable/optional-formatting-and-partitioning/ Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Is the power adapter necessary or optional? Can I just use the USB connection? Trying to use for storage with a PS5.
Needs power from the adapter, for sure. Hope this helps. Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
@@Techspin Okay, thanks. And is it okay to plug it into a power bar?
Yes.
Good content! im using this drive as a backup drive. Can i just use the remove safely option and unplug it from the power supply, since its also externally powered?
3.5" drives are spinning hard disks, which take more power than smaller 2.5" SSD drives. While SSDs are often powered by USB alone, 3.5" drives require both the USB for data as well as a separate power connector. So, no 😉 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Hello
Do you know what is the internal hard drive of the version 16to desktop?
Barracuda too?
Or iron wolf?
Thanks for your response
No idea, didn't test those models. Seagate often changes their offering slightly depending on product line, so we can't predict this either sorry. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Hey guys can I use this with a laptop and if so am I able to hook it up to multiple laptops? Because I have multiple computers and hard drives that I'm trying to back up.
Sure, it connects via USB, so you can connect it to each laptop when you want to back it up. Try to use a USB 3 port (red is fastest, or blue) for good transfer speeds. Might want to have a fan blowing over it if you're doing a large data backup to keep everything cool. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Well produced, efficient and effective informative video. Keep it up gents.
Thanks so much. Checked out your promo reel, what are you guys into? Maybe we can do a collab on something. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
does it work with older versions of mac bought around 2010 and macbook air 2014 ?
Not sure, no macs here to test. Anyone?
Can I use this on my 2020 Ipad Pro and on my laptop and my Imac desktop? These are all my devices. I have the Samsung ssd and I don't really like it.
We don't use Macs in the studio to test, sorry! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Does it also come with an eu to us adapter so I can use it in here?
If you buy it in your own country it'll come with the correct adaptor; if you use our links to buy, just get the one for your country. If you're in the EU, buying one there should come with the right adaptor. For us we grabbed ours from AmazonUS, worked fine for us here in Taiwan, which is compatible electrically. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
For sure :)
Can you download your games to it cause I dont have space to download anymore games on n my pc
You can but this kind of drive, you have to be really careful with it on your desk, if it's on and it gets hit/bumped/falls, you're really rolling the dice if the drive and data will survive the shock. HDDs are not like older laptop HDDs, which are bullt to have some kind of shock/drop tolerance. Plus the drive is SMR type, so a bit slower to read/write and a bit shorter lifespan too. TLDR- yes you can. But an internal drive is a better choice. Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
Is it good enough for PS5 storage 🤔?
It's decent storage. You should Google around to see if there are any compatibility issues, but as long as the PS5 accepts most hard drives, it should be fine. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Cool la vidéo !!
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can we use it for linux server backup (ext4 file type) ?
It connect via USB so whatever you can do over USB..... I guess? Not a Linux guy 🤣 Wish you luck! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
8TB should quite enough almost for everything in your home I think. Thanks for your info.
Hey thanks for the comment man! :)
Nope 16TB should be enough
Some people I know only need 2-4 TB!
@@Techspin Depends for what usage if it's for 4K/8K video you are looking at around 16TB, this is for video's and temp files. If it's just for HD video's a 4TB is enough.
You're thinking along video editing lines and I appreciate that, but lots of users just enjoy web surfing or casual gaming 😂
can it function without the external power supply?
Only as a paperweight. Otherwise, it needs power. 😅
@@Techspin thank you
Hi. After 6 months, is your 8TB hard drive still working fine?
So far so good! We just use it a tertiary backup though, it doesn't see daily use.
@@Techspin Thanks
Np
Hey guys, will this work for my PS4? I want to be able to download them to the drive and play them instantly from it. Does it even work like that?
Not sure, anyone?
Yes, it does
Will this work well with videogames?
For PC, use an internal drive, though you could remove this one from the enclosure and use it as an internal. Better still is an internal SSD. If it's for console, search drive recommendations to see compatibility/reliability. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
@@Techspin ay thanks man
All good bro happy holidays
What about editing on it?
Really recommend AGAINST this for a few reasons- you really want your primary files in a much safer, non-mobile device, in case of bumps, hits or falls, and a fall while spinning will likely kill the HDD read/write heads or damage the spinning platters. Unfortunately this portable HDD does not have feet to keep it from falling over, also bad. And I saw reports that this is a SMR drive, which increases read/write times, and decreases drive life. Instead, you should get a proper HDD to install in your PC. Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
How do you know its 54000 rpm ? thank you
Pulled up the drive info using software. Didn't we show that in video? 🤔 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Can i use it for gaming?
No, you can't! You can use it for data storage though. Would suggest an SSD for gaming 😉 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
I want to use that drive to xbox. Does sleep mode work with xbox sx?
We don't have Xbox to rest, but that raises an interesting question, for internal drives, windows 10 power options handles spin down time, but I wonder if connected by USB, the drive SATA is a smart one that can power down the drive? Hmmm. PS, love the Al Bundy profile pic. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Anyone know if you can upgrade to a larger drive using the same SATA card inside the housing or is the card dedicated to the size of drive ?
Usually the SATA cards are mass produced and not specific per device, in theory it should work. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
Hello, I just bought this HDD in 6tb but when starting it makes a weird noise, does yours make a weird noise (other than the noise of the ventilation )?
Ok, so just listened to mine- there's a whirring noise as the drive spins up, then some tiny mechanical ticks/sounds as the drive head does seek operations. These sounds are normal.
If you have any loud sounds, especially ticks or knocks, try to backup any data immediately, but it may already be too late.
After this is done, you can check the SMART status of the drive to see if it's near death, but usually any loud sounds will indicate it's on its last legs. BTW, portable hard drives are terrible for constant read/write operations, like torrenting for example, because of the heat produced. Also, be super careful not to knock it over, if you're writing to the drive and it gets a sharp knock, it's probably gone. One of the reasons we mentioned that this drive really needs a base stand in the video. Hope it's not too bad for you there. Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
@@Techspin thanks a lot for your answer and for this very good video !
No prob! Don't forget to SUB if you haven't already 🙏
Is there a rack you can stack them in if you have more than one of these external HDs
How would you individually turn them on or connect them? Perhaps you're thinking more like internal drives or a RAID array? But for stacking, no we didn't see that in our episode research. Anyone?
What you need is a NAS, this kind of product is for home usage and have 1 or 2 drives at max.
Yeah NASes are good for that 😄 Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
I can't let the secret die with me. Actually, it's no secret, Seagate makes the crappiest drives of all.
And yes, I'm talking from experience. But if you don't believe me then search on line for
'hard drive failure rate comparison chart' or something similar. Check the failure rate results from
server farms. Don't believe best-buy user reviews. Toshiba, Hitachi and others are more reliable
by orders of magnitude. If you don't value your data then go ahead buy Seagate.
1) It's incorrect to state that all HDDs from one manufacturer are poor when it's one or two product lines. 2) Orders of magnitude implies a 10x or higher, this is factually incorrect. 3) Hitachi, acquired by WD, is currently the best with Toshiba a close second. Check the Backblaze report- just don't buy Seagate 18TB drives! www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-for-2020/
I had the same opinion about Seagate actually, having two drives fail on me about 15, 12 years ago, and having a failure of a primary drive certainly colors expectations. Always have a backup drive! Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
So cool!
Thanks!
The kid wearing red shirt looks soooo Brazilian
Think he's from SA? 😂 Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
2:04 I wish you didn't add the background music
yeah we were trying out BG music for awhile there. Future eps don't have it. Nice feedback. Please subscribe, thanks for your support!
Seagate 8gig that's like playing Russian Rulette with your data
I don't think much data will fit onto just 8 gigs hehehe. Check our Twitter for our current contest giveaway! Don't forget to subscribe and thanks for your support!
Can you add storage to rhis
This IS storage. If you want more storage, you should buy one more! 😛Don't forget to subscribe and tell your friends to help us grow! Thanks for your support!
This thing sucks always have to reposition it
What's the issue, the cord is too short? USB port on the back is losing connection maybe? We'd be interested to know, thanks!
@@Techspin I wanna say its the cord but it works for my other devices and I finally got it yo work but I'm planning on replacing it its a countless battle every once in awhile
Sorry to hear that. There's 5 points of failure, the HDD USB port, the HDD USB jack, the wire may be slightly frayed/kinked, the PC-side jack, or the PC-side port. Try a new usb cable then it should be just down to ports for troubleshooting.
Can I use it for data backup without worries the drive will corrupt the data? If no, what's the alternative USB drive?