All things considered, the Seagate Expansion is one of my favorite portable drives which I would recommend to almost anyone.If you believe your computer may be experiencing hard drive failure or if you would just like to make sure the hard drive you use to store all of your data currently is in good shape, you should test your hard drive for errors! There are many free utilities out there that perform some basic tests or read the S.M.A.R.T.

It allows the drive to remain simple and work well with different types of hosts, such as game consoles, something a password-protected drive can't do. Note, however, that the lack of sophisticated features on the Expansion has its own advantages. Both of those drives allow you to password protect your content, providing some peace of mind which the Expansion just can't deliver. In that case, you should instead look at the Backup Plus Slim or the WD My Passport Slim. However, if your primary concern is protecting your data against cases of loss and theft, or you're looking for a longer warranty, this isn't the drive for you. It's a great drive, no matter if you're a Mac or Windows user. If fast performance, lots of storage space and a low cost are everything you're looking for in a storage device (I mean seriously, who isn't?), go ahead and get the Seagate Expansion.

Overall, as far as performance is concerned, the Seagate Expansion is about as good as it gets for a drive of its type.

The drive also works with USB 2.0 at around 30MBps, which is as fast as the USB 2.0 standard can offer. Note: Measured in megabytes per second, longer bars mean better performance.

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