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    SEAGATE Expansion USB 3.0 External Harddrives (2TB for $80 and 3TB for $130)

    Discussion in 'Notebook and Tech Bargains' started by Simon, Aug 8, 2011.

  1. Simon

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    USB 2.0, not 3.0.
     
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    Ah, my bad. :/

    Fixed link.
     
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    Thanks for the thread :D These are nicely priced.
     
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    Haha, np. :D
     
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    I had one of these (Seagate, 2TB version) and didn't have any issues with it. The drive was slow to spin up when first accessed after booting my pc, but that would be my only complaint. Did not experience any clicking/failures and had reasonable transfer rates.
     
    NinthWave, Aug 10, 2011
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