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26TB Seagate Expansion Desktop USB 3.0 External Hard Drive

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Best Buy via eBay has 26TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive (STKP26000400) on sale for $249.99 (price shown in cart). Shipping is free.

Best Buy has 26TB Seagate External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive (STKP26000400) on sale for $249.99. Shipping is free or choose curbside pickup where stock permits.

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Thanks to Community Member coldcircle for sharing this deal.

About this product:

Easy-to-use desktop hard drive—simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
USB 3.0 allows fast file transfers for efficient data management
Drag-and-drop file saving right out of the box
Automatic recognition of Windows and Mac computers for simple setup (Reformatting required for use with Time Machine)
Enjoy peace of mind with the included limited warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Services

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About this Store:
- Refer to Best Buy's Return & Exchange policy.
Additional Information:
- This offer matches our recent and very popular front page deal from July 2025 which earned 70 thumbs up.
- Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Best Buy based on over 35 customer reviews.
- Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Written by coldcircle

Note: Availability for pickup may vary by location.

Thanks to Community Member coldcircle for sharing this deal.

About this product:

Easy-to-use desktop hard drive—simply plug in the power adapter and USB cable
USB 3.0 allows fast file transfers for efficient data management
Drag-and-drop file saving right out of the box
Automatic recognition of Windows and Mac computers for simple setup (Reformatting required for use with Time Machine)
Enjoy peace of mind with the included limited warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Services

Editor's Notes

Written by jimmytx | Staff

About this Store:
- Refer to Best Buy's Return & Exchange policy.
Additional Information:
- This offer matches our recent and very popular front page deal from July 2025 which earned 70 thumbs up.
- Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars on Best Buy based on over 35 customer reviews.
- Please see the original post for additional details and/or view the Wiki and forum comments for further helpful discussion if available.

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Written by coldcircle

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Model: Seagate - Expansion 20TB External USB 3.0 Desktop Hard Drive with Rescue Data Recovery Services - Black

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djmiggy

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You can order through door dash and if you link your cash app you get two orders with 40 percent off up to 20 dollars off. Not sure if it's slick but it's an option.

gamingdroid

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Sorry if it came across as me being negative or un-nice. I was just adding that people use it for a lot of different things, not just NAS. Even some NAS don't need to run 24/7.
It's hard to interpret emotions through a post, so I suggest assuming positive intent first. 👍🏽

edge929

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If these were confirmed Exos drives I would get 4 for the NAS.

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VolatileVolition

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VolatileVolitionYesterday 12:28 AM

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Been hoping for those enterprise 28TB recerts/refurbs to go on sale, but I am just completely out of space with every family and friend finally cutting the cord with the rising costs, ads, and fragmented availability of any series across multiple platforms. These will have to do, and honestly for the price/TB this is pretty amazing, picked up 2 today from BB. I have 20x8TB External Seagates from 2016, still chugging along via USB on an older 2016 era PC. Currently as the main plex/media server. Nearly 10yrs of off/on service, providing media all hours of the day and night. They really did their job. I have plans for a DIY NAS on a 24 bay JBOD, but until then, I think my own anecdotal experience gave me enough confidence to grab 2 of these. I'll run it through 1 weeks worth of endurance testing to run through that bath tub curve of breaking it in, if I get 5yrs out of it, i'll be satisfied, 10yrs with my 8TBs have been pretty amazing. Thanks for posting the deal! repped.

GoGo98102

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GoGo98102Yesterday 12:57 AM

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Quote from elefante72

If you read the OP comment, it said to rebuild a NAS, not cold storage. My response was to the NAS comment, but it still stands and the information is correct and this is helpful for people to know the duty cycle expectations are not for 24x7.You are correct this will work for cold storage, but that is not what I was responding to. Perhaps you could have made a positive comment, think about being nice to fellow humans!

I'm going to rebuild my NAS too but not the way you do it. I just need a couple large external drives to off load my 60tb of data so I can replace the smaller drives in my NAS now with much bigger ones. I assume that's what he meant as well.

dohturdima

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dohturdimaYesterday 03:42 AM

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I have been using 8 of these in a TrueNAS setup for the past 3 months with no issues. While not as fast as Exos or other enterprise drives, CMR Barracudas (these -are- CMR) offer acceptable throughput (often >250MB/s sequential), which scales nicely in multi-drive pools. My case is a Supermicro based TrueNAS Mini XL case (got one used on fleabay) so has decent cooling and vibration dampening and the load is fairly low. For home/small office NAS use (media server, backups, etc.), they're usually fast enough. They aren't loud (my backup NAS is a 4-bay QNAP TS-X53BE with 4 8TB shucked WD white (enterprise grade) drives, and while the QNAP isn't loud it is louder than TrueNAS) and the temps are similar between the and rarely exceed 40C (average 33/35C). Enterprise drive setup for drives this size I wouldn't be able to afford at twice the price.

Last edited by dohturdima August 2, 2025 at 08:57 PM.

littlemaui

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littlemauiYesterday 03:56 AM

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Quote from Blitzmob

Bought 2 of these at BB a week ago. Just price matched online. Couldnt have been easier. Thank you for posting this.

What did you price match? For me, the price is the same at my local BB.

Citizen

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CitizenYesterday 05:51 AM

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Quote from edge929

If these were confirmed Exos drives I would get 4 for the NAS.

Any good exos on the market for decent price? I'm looking to backup my livestreams from my business. Its not mission critical, but it gives a great amount of content for marketing down the line but takes huge storage in 4K.

hqh51

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hqh51Yesterday 06:56 AM

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Dang, earlier this year I picked up a 24 TB version for $280. Now 26 TB for $250. What will Black Friday bring, 28 TB for $250?

Blitzmob

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BlitzmobYesterday 07:15 AM

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Quote from littlemaui

What did you price match? For me, the price is the same at my local BB.

When I purchased them at BB a little over a week ago they were $300.

Shin0bi

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Shin0biYesterday 11:20 AM

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Quote from Samysen

I really need an external drive of this kind, despite the high cost of today and no real deals in a long time... but all the hard drives die, unfortunately, some of them and some specific brands, much faster and often than others.
No Regret and PASS.

I've had one of these for 4 years and it's fine... I guess if like anything else if you don't take care of your things then,.yeah they won't last....

smartdeals

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smartdealsYesterday 12:12 PM

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bara or exos? 7200 or 5400rpm?

Last edited by smartdeals August 3, 2025 at 05:30 AM.

nevesaj

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nevesajYesterday 01:58 PM

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Quote from edge929

If these were confirmed Exos drives I would get 4 for the NAS.

Bought and shucked one last night and mine was Seagate Barracuda

Ride_The_Sky

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Ride_The_SkyYesterday 03:32 PM

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Is this reliable for backup, not 24/7.

jbwhite99

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jbwhite99Yesterday 05:50 PM

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Problem is that there are only 2.5 HDD vendors left anymore - the rest have been consolidated. Samsung was bought by Seagate, and HGST (old IBM) was swallowed by WD. These 2 and Toshiba (much smaller than the others) are all there is - and based on what I have seen, we will see more price increases this year - there won't be anything that makes these drastically cheaper for now. Note that 30TB is now out - and the promise of 50TB coming soon might increase density. But Seagate and WD have no reason to drop prices - only people using spinning rust are data centers - everything else has gone to SSD.

The one thing we need more than anything else is cheap backup - like LTO tape or something,,,

bobharris_1

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bobharris_1Yesterday 07:01 PM

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Quote from djmiggy

You can order through door dash and if you link your cash app you get two orders with 40 percent off up to 20 dollars off. Not sure if it's slick but it's an option.

Can you shed more method on this? I'd like to try. I appreciate the info.

I think this would be through the door dash website.....but your local best buy has to have stock of this item. I think that's the path.

Last edited by bobharris_1 August 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM.

littlemaui

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littlemauiYesterday 11:06 PM

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Quote from bobharris_1

Can you shed more method on this? I'd like to try. I appreciate the info.I think this would be through the door dash website.....but your local best buy has to have stock of this item. I think that's the path.

I was curious about the door dash option; however, there is a $7.74 service fee and $12.50 suggested driver tip. So any dollars off won't do much.

vertical2394

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Quote from elnino2783

Not even a full dvd worth 😝

gary busey does his best ok 😂

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