Seagate External & Portable Storage
Seagate external hard drives & portable storage
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Portable drives for on-the-go storage, desktop drives for extensive backups, and specialized drives for gaming and creative work.
One Touch, Expansion, Ultra Touch, Flow and LaCie Professional
Works on both macOS and Windows without file size limits
Plus USB 3.x and Thunderbolt across the professional range
Three copies, two media types, one kept offsite
Which Seagate external drive should you choose?
Seagate offers a diverse range of external hard drives to meet various needs.
Portable drives are lightweight for on-the-go storage, while desktop drives provide larger capacities for extensive backups and media.
Specialized gaming drives enhance storage and performance for Xbox® and PlayStation®, and Seagate also offers themed special edition external hard drives with unique designs.
Versatile personal storage drives cover everyday use, and high-capacity professional storage drives handle demanding tasks. These options cater to casual consumers, gamers and professionals alike.
Should you choose a portable, desktop or professional external drive?
Three questions decide it: does it need to travel, how much does it need to hold, and how fast does it need to be?
Portable Drives
Lightweight, bus-powered 2.5-inch drives for on-the-go storage. No power brick, no cables beyond the one to your laptop — the right choice when the drive travels with you.
Desktop Drives
Larger 3.5-inch drives with their own power supply, providing much larger capacities for extensive backups and media libraries that live on a desk.
External SSDs
Faster data transfer for real-time editing, quick backups and working with high-resolution files. Also more portable and more shock-tolerant than a spinning drive.
Professional & RAID
LaCie desktop and RAID systems for demanding studio workflows — massive capacity, Thunderbolt speed and redundancy for post-production.
The Seagate external storage line-up
Every external and portable line we supply as an authorized Seagate reseller.
Sleek external SSDs and desktop hubs with password protection and USB-C.
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Easy-to-use, high-capacity plug-and-play portable hard drives.
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Larger capacities for extensive backups and media libraries.
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Recycled-plastic external storage with data encryption and file sync.
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Portable, desktop, professional and gaming external storage.
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Seagate external hard drives: frequently asked questions
Find answers to common questions about Seagate external hard drives, including compatibility, setup, data transfer and support for multiple devices.
Seagate offers a diverse range of external hard drives to meet various needs. Portable drives are lightweight for on-the-go storage, while desktop drives provide larger capacities for extensive backups and media. Specialized gaming drives enhance storage and performance for Xbox® and PlayStation®. Seagate also offers themed special edition external hard drives with unique designs, versatile personal storage drives for everyday use and high-capacity professional storage drives for demanding tasks.
Connect your external hard drive. Go to Settings > System > Storage > Advanced storage settings > Backup options. Click Add a drive and select your external drive. Enable File History for automatic backups, or use Backup and Restore (Windows 7) for a full system image.
Open Settings > Update & Security > Backup. Click Add a drive and choose your external drive. Enable File History to back up files automatically, or use Backup and Restore (Windows 7) for a full system image.
Open System Preferences > Time Machine (System Settings > General > Time Machine on macOS Ventura and later). Click Select Backup Disk and choose your external drive, then turn on Time Machine for automatic backups. Time Machine will back up your files periodically in the background.
Yes. On Mac (macOS Catalina and later), connect your iPhone to your Mac, open Finder, select your device, choose Back up all data to this Mac, then manually move the backup to an external drive. On Windows or older Macs, use iTunes to back up then move the backup folder to an external drive. Third-party software can also perform direct backups.
Connect the drive to your computer. On Windows, open Disk Management, right-click the drive, select Format and choose exFAT. On Mac, open Disk Utility, select the drive, click Erase, choose exFAT then click Erase. Note: exFAT works on both macOS and Windows without file size limits.
On Windows, click the USB/Drive icon in the taskbar, select Eject [Drive Name], wait for the confirmation message then unplug safely. On Mac, open Finder and locate the drive under Devices, click the Eject icon next to the drive name, wait for it to disappear then unplug safely.
On Mac: open Finder and look under Locations in the sidebar; check your desktop if drive display is enabled; open Disk Utility to see if the drive is recognized but not mounted; and check that the cable and ports are working. On Windows: open File Explorer (Windows + E) and check under This PC for the drive under Devices and Drives, then right-click the Start menu and select Disk Management to see if the drive is recognized but not yet formatted or mounted.
Our specialists will help you match capacity, interface and form factor to how you actually work. BlueAlly (DiskDataWorks.com) is an authorized Seagate reseller — call 844-356-5142 or request a quote online.
Buy Seagate external storage from an authorized reseller
Our specialists will help you match Seagate external storage to how you actually work — capacity, interface and form factor — and quote authorized-reseller pricing.
Capacity sizing for your library and backup set
Mac, Windows and cross-platform formatting guidance
Interface check (USB-C, USB 3.x, Thunderbolt)
Authorized-reseller pricing with full warranty coverage
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