These huge storage deals on large-capacity hard drives keep on coming, and we're back with yet another deal on a Seagate external HDD over this Black Friday weekend. 26TB of delightfully portable storage space is on offer here, giving you ample room for your most treasured files.
It's Newegg firing out the discount on this one, dropping the price of this Seagate Expansion Desktop 26TB HDD to only $249.99. We can't check Newegg's historic pricing, but we can compare it to Amazon, thanks to Camelcamelcamel. That data shows it's never been cheaper than $259.99 over there, making this the lowest we've ever seen this drive with this amount of storage.
Specs-wise, this Seagate Expansion drive means you'll be getting a traditional 3.5" hard drive, which is wrapped in its own plastic enclosure. It connects to your PC or laptop using a USB 3.0 cable, although it is externally powered, so you'll need to have a spare outlet nearby. This drive also comes with Seagate's Rescue Data Recovery service thrown in, giving you access to in-lab support to try and retrieve your files if the drive ever stops working.
External drives like this one aren't affected by soaring NAND flash prices, so unlike SSDs, they aren't seeing huge price rises. Not only does it make sense financially to invest in a drive like this, but it's also a good option if you're not looking for the extremely fast transfer speeds offered by SSD alternatives, especially if you're looking for a convenient backup solution that doesn't mean investing in a much bigger (and more expensive) NAS setup.
This 26TB Seagate Expansion HDD is protected by a rugged black plastic case, which measures 7 x 2 x 5 inches, and is protected by small rubber feet on the bottom. You can access power and USB cable connections at the rear, and you'll need to use the external AC power adapter to give it power, as USB alone won't give it enough juice to run.
It does come with an 18-inch USB 3.0 cable, however, so you do at least have space to work with, although you will still need a spare power outlet nearby. A drive like this is designed to be plug and play, becoming accessible to your system as soon as you connect it.
This is a shuckable drive, too, meaning you can remove the 3.5" HDD from its enclosure and install it directly into your PC. While it's important to point out that this will void your warranty, it is a significantly cheaper way to pick up a huge-capacity drive like this, with other 26TB HDDs currently priced at $350 and much higher. Some of these HDD enclosures do have Exos drives inside, but it is a bit of a minefield to figure out what you might get, so you'll need to research what drive you might get if this is your aim.
Just over $9 per TB is an astonishingly great deal for this $249.99 26TB Seagate Extension Desktop HDD. These drives are selling out fast, so don't sit on your hands if you want to expand your storage horizons, because the stock, or the discount, aren't going to be here for long.
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