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expirediconian | Staff posted Jun 17, 2025 04:01 AM

26TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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BH Photo Video has 26TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive (STKP26000400) on sale for $249.99 (price reflected when added to cart). Shipping is free.

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Update: This popular deal is available again.

BH Photo Video has 26TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive (STKP26000400) on sale for $249.99 (price reflected when added to cart). Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Editor iconian for sharing this deal.

Note: Must add to cart for the sale price.

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Written by StrawMan86 | Staff
  • This offer is $50 lower than a Frontpage Deal from March; max of $100 Off/discount
  • Our research indicates this offer is $50 lower (17% savings) than the next best price from a reputable merchant at the time of this post.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the forum comments a read for helpful discussion.

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jbrin90
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Barracuda drive inside, not EXOS
Pulvarize63
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Good deal, under $10 per TB. I was also able to use Discover offer for $20 back on GPay transaction over $200 with virtual number since BHPhotovideo allows Google pay transactions from chrome.
Golgatha
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The 3-2-1 backup rule is a data protection strategy that involves creating three copies of your data, storing them on two different types of media, and keeping one copy offsite. This approach provides redundancy and helps safeguard against various data loss scenarios like hardware failure, accidental deletion, or natural disasters.

3 Copies: Maintain three copies of your data: the original and two backups.

2 Different Media: Store these copies on two different types of storage media, such as hard drives, SSDs, or cloud storage. This helps mitigate the risk of a single point of failure affecting all copies.

1 Copy Offsite: Keep one of the backup copies in a separate physical or cloud location, away from your primary storage. This ensures data availability even if your primary location is affected by a disaster or other incident.

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Jun 17, 2025 07:31 PM
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Hamburgerler71Jun 17, 2025 07:31 PM
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would this work for a playstation 5?
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Jun 17, 2025 07:34 PM
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PhantasmXJun 17, 2025 07:34 PM
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Quote from drl136us :
What a terrible time to be broke. 😭
Fear not, two months from now, 28TB will be on sale.
Jun 17, 2025 07:59 PM
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darkhunterJun 17, 2025 07:59 PM
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Quote from Hamburgerler71 :
would this work for a playstation 5?
This would work for PS5 only for PS4 games or storing PS5 games. You will not be able to run ps5 games off this hdd.
Jun 17, 2025 08:15 PM
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FabulousNose4606Jun 17, 2025 08:15 PM
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Quote from jgmeinhardt :
Actually, you want 3 backups in total, one cloud based.
As I said in what you are replying too.
Jun 17, 2025 09:41 PM
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WiseStranger600Jun 17, 2025 09:41 PM
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Quote from dvpatel :
laugh out loudTheir math aint mathing. Big Grin
It's metric, you fool. Metric dollars, and mebipebibytes. Dur.
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Jun 17, 2025 10:18 PM
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rdrJun 17, 2025 10:18 PM
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Being a Seagate is a non-starter. Would never trust them with any data of significance.
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Jun 17, 2025 10:27 PM
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MWinkJun 17, 2025 10:27 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank MWink

Quote from pants_b :
goharddrive has their 20tb MDD (store brand with 5 year warranty) for $200 refurbished. You don't know what you're going to get there, but if you plan on building an array and running each drive through a full test cycle you get cheaper tb/$ and a longer warranty. The external 26tb however is perfect for a minipc home server or for your home laptop docking station. Just make sure you follow the 3-2-1 backup strategy. If you're planning to shuck, then I'd only go for this if you really need the storage density and plan to upgrade after 3 years.
Many of those white labels (like MDD) are drives that had issues and had to be (irreversibly) flashed with special Out-Of-Spec (OOS) firmware to make them function acceptably. These are the lowest binned drives. Anyone hesitant about a Barracuda shouldn't even consider one of these. There may be circumstances where they're worth considering, but people should be aware of what they're getting into.
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Jun 17, 2025 11:06 PM
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AquaGalley8616Jun 17, 2025 11:06 PM
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I just bought one a few minutes ago. I don't need it. But it is slick deal compared to other hard drive deals.

Like others suggest, I have copies of my stuff on different media. If one goes bad, I got backups.
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Jun 17, 2025 11:20 PM
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rangerscottJun 17, 2025 11:20 PM
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*edit*

Coupon working now for me.
Jun 17, 2025 11:24 PM
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StereodudeJun 17, 2025 11:24 PM
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Quote from supermango :
I haven't shucked yet. How do i tell the model number? CrystalDisk?
Probably CrystalDiskInfo can read it
Jun 17, 2025 11:26 PM
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thelastgypsyJun 17, 2025 11:26 PM
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Quote from Golgatha :
The 3-2-1 backup rule is a data protection strategy that involves creating three copies of your data, storing them on two different types of media, and keeping one copy offsite. This approach provides redundancy and helps safeguard against various data loss scenarios like hardware failure, accidental deletion, or natural disasters. 3 Copies: Maintain three copies of your data: the original and two backups. 2 Different Media: Store these copies on two different types of storage media, such as hard drives, SSDs, or cloud storage. This helps mitigate the risk of a single point of failure affecting all copies. 1 Copy Offsite: Keep one of the backup copies in a separate physical or cloud location, away from your primary storage. This ensures data availability even if your primary location is affected by a disaster or other incident.
What's the best open source/free (or slickdeals standard cheap) software to automatically maintain backups across all the different devices and media to provide maximum redundancy. For bonus points, also allows addition/removal of storage devices when faulty, upgrading, expanding etc.
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Jun 17, 2025 11:48 PM
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robertw477Jun 17, 2025 11:48 PM
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Quote from FabulousNose4606 :
No. No single storage is safe and it doesn't matter who makes it. You would use this to create a second copy of your data to keep that data safe or visa versa. Even then, you would need an offsite backup to really be safe.

I just went looking at some old external drives I have previously used. Looking possibly for some video that may be on one of them. Every single drive connected. I am not saying that drives dont fail, however my expiences on WD,, Seagate, Toshiba and some others has all been perfect.
Jun 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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masotimeJun 18, 2025 12:47 AM
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Quote from rdr :
Being a Seagate is a non-starter. Would never trust them with any data of significance.
But these are perfect for something like a Plex server.
Jun 18, 2025 01:23 AM
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pants_bJun 18, 2025 01:23 AM
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Quote from MWink :
Many of those white labels (like MDD) are drives that had issues and had to be (irreversibly) flashed with special Out-Of-Spec (OOS) firmware to make them function acceptably. These are the lowest binned drives. Anyone hesitant about a Barracuda shouldn't even consider one of these. There may be circumstances where they're worth considering, but people should be aware of what they're getting into.
Good to know. I'm surprised they offer 5yr warranties on drives with questionable longevity.

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Jun 18, 2025 02:21 AM
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arooniJun 18, 2025 02:21 AM
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Cool great timing, just had a Costco purchased 5TB Seagate drive USB drive fail today. I actually have been having trouble with the other one I use as Time Machine so I'm going to return both ($100 each) and consider this a 26TB drive for $73 after tax. Not bad!

If my samsung promo credit hits from that botched q990d sound bar cancelled order and raising a stink with the BBB/FTC/State AG/etc, I should have enough for a 4TB 990 Pro NVME drive for about $10.

30 TB of storage for $83 after tax. LET'S GO!

I hate how frugal B&H Photo are, no cashback sites work. OH WELLS.

If you have the Citi Rewards+ card it adds two years of warranty to your purchase at no cost. One of the few cards that still offers +2 years of warranty coverage.
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