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Name: Seagate - Backup Plus Hub 8TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive - Black
Brand: Seagate
SKU: 5450025
Price: 197.99 USD
Rating: 4.6 (658 reviews)

Seagate - Backup Plus Hub 8TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive - Black

Model:: STEL8000100; |
SKU:: 5450025

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QuestionWill it work with a PS4?
Asked 8 years ago by B20.
- Answer NO! This will NOT work on a PS4, I am sitting in front of my PS4 now trying it and it will not accept it because it has a HUB, you want the version without a HUB! You will get an Error message that says it will not work, then you will be given a list of HDD requirements for it to work, which this drive meets, except for the Hub. I tried it plugging in and letting it do it's thing and I tried reformatting before plug in, neither work. Get the one WITHOUT the HUB. On Sony's website I believe the fine print mentions this too, which sucks, plus they have a disclaimer that not all hdd will work. Sucks after Spending so much.
  Answered 7 years ago by Shadow
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QuestionWhy does one of the pictures show it on the computer desk with no cords plugged into the electricity nor a laptop so other devices can wirelessly access it? The only cord is charging something.
Asked 8 years ago by Gracie.
- Answer Let's start by reiterating that this is NOT a wireless device but a device being displayed without wires. Welcome to the wonderful world of promotional advertising where things need to look as appealing as possible regardless of functionality. In this case, the photo is selling you on the fact that you can plug your phone into the front of the drive to charge or interact with it via the built-in USB (*feature*). Cables running out the back and disappearing behind the desk would draw your attention away from this feature and remind you that, yes, this DOES, indeed, cause desktop clutter and that you'll need an open plug on a power bar or outlet to power it and a USB plug on your computer for data. Honestly, I'm surprised they didn't cut the power cable off of the lamp, too.
  Answered 8 years ago by Shadowfax
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QuestionIs this compatible with Xbox One?
Asked 8 years ago by Faolan.
- Answer Yes, should work w/no hitches, although it will take 500 gigs away from your external drive to download the operating system compatibility for it, I have AWD 5 terabyte external hard drive and this is something that is never mentioned the fact that when you buy a large over 2 terabyte hard drive that in order to transfer all of the content seamlessly it has to essentially download a clone of the operating system from the console and that takes up some serious space but 8 terabytes you'll never ever have to worry about space even if you have three to four people on your console
  Answered 8 years ago by CHAPEL
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QuestionWhat RAID level? Does it use drive mirroring in case one drive fails?
Asked 8 years ago by IanS.
- Answer This is a single unit drive enclosure so there is no RAID redundancy.
  Answered 8 years ago by TechGURU
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QuestionCan it save Mac and Windows pictures or videos at the same time ? or does it have to be formatted to one system ?
Asked 8 years ago by Anonymous.
- Answer It's pre-formatted for Mac. Windows uses NTFS and Mac OS uses HFS and they're incompatible with each other. However, you can format the drive to work with both Windows and Mac by using the exFAT filesystem. Prior to use, I would recommend reformatting the drive in exFAT.
  Answered 7 years ago by ChrisSinNJ
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QuestionCan this be used as a hard drive and not as a backup device? Can you install and run programs on it and also store data on it?
Asked 8 years ago by superchango.
- Answer Yes, yes and yes. I use mine to store videos. It doesn't force you to mirror-backup anything. It is just "Drive F:" in 'My Computer'. I think it is only 7.2 TB or something instead of 8 terrabytes, which is always disappointing. But every brand does that.
  Answered 8 years ago by StevenInSanAntonio
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QuestionWhat is the RPMs for this drive?
Asked 8 years ago by JustAGuy.
- Answer 5900rpm (estimate)
  Answered 8 years ago by Bart
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QuestionI have a Desktop with Win. 7 & 16GB Ram, (4) 2 TB HDs (Drives C, D, H & J) with this External HD, is there a way to partition it so I can copy all drives over to this one drive. Then transfer the programs I use over to a New Desktop with Win. 10?
Asked 8 years ago by Mark.
- Answer Sure. To make partitions you just need a partition program, and there are plenty of free and paid programs available if you search online. It's been about 3 years since the last time I used one, so I don't feel informed enough to make a suggestion, but there are guides and lists that explain the pros and cons of many partition programs. However, for the purposes of transferring to a new computer you should check Microsoft's guide for doing so. Some of your drives probably don't have program referenced files, so you can move their contents however you want, but programs and their files may need to be reinstalled if drive letters (and therefore file addresses) change.
  Answered 8 years ago by Westrim
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QuestionIn looking at info on this device I have not seen that it will operate on Windows 10. I did see one buyer review that said there was a problem with W-10 in certain situations. What's the story?
Asked 8 years ago by Jaress.
- Answer I have never had a problem with it on W10. I have two of them connected to my desktop at the same time. I use one of them for Windows 10 backup. The other is used to store files.
  Answered 7 years ago by lewb
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QuestionDoes it need to be plugged into a computer for me to access it wirelessly from other computers in my home network?
Asked 8 years ago by Arun.
- Answer The Seagate Backup Plus Hub 8tb External Usb 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive does need to be connected to your network via a computer to be accessed wireless.
  Answered 8 years ago by CommunityAnswer
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QuestionCan I Hook This Hard Drive Up To My MacBook By A Usb?
Asked 8 years ago by j.
- Answer As long as your MacBook supports USB2 or USB3 then, yes. I used it on my iMac with Time Machine and it worked great. I used the Mac disk utility to format it using Mac OS Extended Journaled. Had it a week and am very pleased. I've have many Seagate brand drives connected to Macintosh computers with only one drive returned years ago and both Best Buy and Seagate have good return and warranty policies.
  Answered 8 years ago by GLGUSA
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QuestionI have other Seagate external drives that are less than 3 years old. Can I connect them to the front ports of this hub? Thank you!
Asked 6 years ago by Chris.
- Answer The front USB’s are powered so yes you can if they are USB powered drives, if not you will still need to use the power source that was included with your additional drives as to not overload the internal power supply of this drive! Hope that helps :-)
  Answered 6 years ago by UrbanAppster
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QuestionDoes it have a solid-state drive?
Asked 8 years ago by Gracie.
- Answer This is a standard magnetic rotational platter drive. A SSD drive with 8TB of storage would cost upwards of $15,000.
  Answered 8 years ago by TechGURU
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QuestionI was actually looking for this model: Seagate Backup Plus 8 TB External HDD - STDT8000100 - USB 3.0....I have several of the 4tb models and wanted to get an 8tb. What is the difference between this new model and the model Bestbuy used to sell?
Asked 8 years ago by Bill.
- Answer This external HDD comes with built-in USB Hub with 2 USB ports facing the front. And the ports support USB 3.0 and 2.0.
  Answered 8 years ago by Jimbo
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QuestionThe 2 USB ports in the front are they USB 3.0 or USB 2.0?
Asked 8 years ago by fargo71.
- Answer If you ar plugged into a usb3 port, then these are usb 3ports. If you plug the device into a usb 2 port, they become usb 2 ports and they may or may not work correctly when plugged into a usb2port
  Answered 8 years ago by Craig
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QuestionI have a 4tb passport hooked up to my 4k blu ray player to watch movies off of it. Would I be able to do the same with this drive?
Asked 5 years ago by dxbyrdman.
- Answer I don’t see why not. It is basically the same premise with only difference being that it also has a usb hub feature. While I wouldn’t anticipate the additional feature to impact your use-case, depending on your hardware if you run into issues then you should be able return to Best Buy.
  Answered 5 years ago by MUEJC
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Questionwould it be possible to connect an XB1S and a PS4 on the front to store all my gaming content and then connect a PC to the back to do all my editing in the same TV? will i run into any compatibility or format issues?
Asked 7 years ago by Exnoss.
- Answer The format for the hard drive is different between gaming consoles and computers. You must choose which platform you want to use the drive with.
  Answered 7 years ago by Anonymous
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QuestionCan I plug 2, 3TB HDDs into the front USB ports to expand the storage or will that not work, then further plug that into an Xbox one and it be able to run that “hub” as “one” hard drive allowing me to plug in 2 more 1TB HDDs straight into the Xbox?
Asked 7 years ago by Unknown.
- Answer I have 2 of these Models and many others and I have plugged 2 other HDD's into to them when I'm transferring from HDD to HDD
  Answered 7 years ago by FreddyTPower
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Questionwill this work on mac 10.6.8?
Asked 8 years ago by msmole.
- Answer You shouldn't have any problems - just re-format it. This is the web site to reformat Seagate hard drives: http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/207851en?language=en_US
  Answered 7 years ago by tjhunt
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QuestionCan I edit from this with final cut pro as well as back up my desktop, laptop, and iphone? I would like to run FCP from this hdd.
Asked 8 years ago by Serg.
- Answer Depends. It's only USB3, so if you're doing any video editing that is beyond fairly basic cuts, or if you're attempting 4K editing, the USB3 will be a media bottleneck and the editing will be sluggish. As far as using it as both a media drive and a backup, it could do that, but sort of defeats the purpose of a backup. If the drive fails you lose your data AND the backup of it. The best solution is, as usual, costlier. For FCPX I use an 8TB RAID 0, and use this 8TB USB Drive as the backup for THAT.
  Answered 8 years ago by ddixon
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Seagate - Backup Plus Hub 8TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive - Black

Q: QuestionWill it work with a PS4?

Q: QuestionWhy does one of the pictures show it on the computer desk with no cords plugged into the electricity nor a laptop so other devices can wirelessly access it? The only cord is charging something.

Q: QuestionIs this compatible with Xbox One?

Q: QuestionWhat RAID level? Does it use drive mirroring in case one drive fails?

Q: QuestionCan it save Mac and Windows pictures or videos at the same time ? or does it have to be formatted to one system ?

Q: QuestionCan this be used as a hard drive and not as a backup device? Can you install and run programs on it and also store data on it?

Q: QuestionWhat is the RPMs for this drive?

Q: QuestionI have a Desktop with Win. 7 & 16GB Ram, (4) 2 TB HDs (Drives C, D, H & J) with this External HD, is there a way to partition it so I can copy all drives over to this one drive. Then transfer the programs I use over to a New Desktop with Win. 10?

Q: QuestionIn looking at info on this device I have not seen that it will operate on Windows 10. I did see one buyer review that said there was a problem with W-10 in certain situations. What's the story?

Q: QuestionDoes it need to be plugged into a computer for me to access it wirelessly from other computers in my home network?

Q: QuestionCan I Hook This Hard Drive Up To My MacBook By A Usb?

Q: QuestionI have other Seagate external drives that are less than 3 years old. Can I connect them to the front ports of this hub? Thank you!

Q: QuestionDoes it have a solid-state drive?

Q: QuestionI was actually looking for this model: Seagate Backup Plus 8 TB External HDD - STDT8000100 - USB 3.0....I have several of the 4tb models and wanted to get an 8tb. What is the difference between this new model and the model Bestbuy used to sell?

Q: QuestionThe 2 USB ports in the front are they USB 3.0 or USB 2.0?

Q: QuestionI have a 4tb passport hooked up to my 4k blu ray player to watch movies off of it. Would I be able to do the same with this drive?

Q: Questionwould it be possible to connect an XB1S and a PS4 on the front to store all my gaming content and then connect a PC to the back to do all my editing in the same TV? will i run into any compatibility or format issues?

Q: QuestionCan I plug 2, 3TB HDDs into the front USB ports to expand the storage or will that not work, then further plug that into an Xbox one and it be able to run that “hub” as “one” hard drive allowing me to plug in 2 more 1TB HDDs straight into the Xbox?

Q: Questionwill this work on mac 10.6.8?

Q: QuestionCan I edit from this with final cut pro as well as back up my desktop, laptop, and iphone? I would like to run FCP from this hdd.

QuestionWill it work with a PS4?

QuestionWhy does one of the pictures show it on the computer desk with no cords plugged into the electricity nor a laptop so other devices can wirelessly access it? The only cord is charging something.

QuestionIs this compatible with Xbox One?

QuestionWhat RAID level? Does it use drive mirroring in case one drive fails?

QuestionCan it save Mac and Windows pictures or videos at the same time ? or does it have to be formatted to one system ?

QuestionCan this be used as a hard drive and not as a backup device? Can you install and run programs on it and also store data on it?

QuestionWhat is the RPMs for this drive?

QuestionI have a Desktop with Win. 7 & 16GB Ram, (4) 2 TB HDs (Drives C, D, H & J) with this External HD, is there a way to partition it so I can copy all drives over to this one drive. Then transfer the programs I use over to a New Desktop with Win. 10?

QuestionIn looking at info on this device I have not seen that it will operate on Windows 10. I did see one buyer review that said there was a problem with W-10 in certain situations. What's the story?

QuestionDoes it need to be plugged into a computer for me to access it wirelessly from other computers in my home network?

QuestionCan I Hook This Hard Drive Up To My MacBook By A Usb?

QuestionI have other Seagate external drives that are less than 3 years old. Can I connect them to the front ports of this hub? Thank you!

QuestionDoes it have a solid-state drive?

QuestionI was actually looking for this model: Seagate Backup Plus 8 TB External HDD - STDT8000100 - USB 3.0....I have several of the 4tb models and wanted to get an 8tb. What is the difference between this new model and the model Bestbuy used to sell?

QuestionThe 2 USB ports in the front are they USB 3.0 or USB 2.0?

QuestionI have a 4tb passport hooked up to my 4k blu ray player to watch movies off of it. Would I be able to do the same with this drive?

Questionwould it be possible to connect an XB1S and a PS4 on the front to store all my gaming content and then connect a PC to the back to do all my editing in the same TV? will i run into any compatibility or format issues?

QuestionCan I plug 2, 3TB HDDs into the front USB ports to expand the storage or will that not work, then further plug that into an Xbox one and it be able to run that “hub” as “one” hard drive allowing me to plug in 2 more 1TB HDDs straight into the Xbox?

Questionwill this work on mac 10.6.8?

QuestionCan I edit from this with final cut pro as well as back up my desktop, laptop, and iphone? I would like to run FCP from this hdd.