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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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    • This offer matches our very popular front page deals over the last 2 months which consistently earned over 40+ thumbs up at this price.
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars on Best Buy based on over 55 customer reviews.
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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.
  • 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:
  • Additional Information:
    • This offer matches our very popular front page deals over the last 2 months which consistently earned over 40+ thumbs up at this price.
    • Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars on Best Buy based on over 55 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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schmide
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USB A is the large conector we are used to. USB 3.0 is the standard that adds an 2 extra superspeed channels using 8 or 9 wires to achieve 5 Gbits. USB C is the new small conector. USB 3.2 gen 1 is the higher speed version of USB 3.0 using higher speed switching to achieve 10 Gbits. USB 3.2 gen 2 uses the extra wires in USB C to achieve 10 - 20 Gbits (18 wires, 24 pins) There are others B, micro, mini, micro B, too many to list.
portezbie
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You can share the drive on your home network, or use an OTP adapter for your phone I believe (at least on Android).
ryan.arnold
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Not exactly what you're asking for, but I use an android app called FolderSync (the free version) to back up to a mini PC I have always on at home. I set up an ssh key to do it securely. Every night when I plug in my phone, it backs up any new photos I've taken automatically. It takes some setup, but I thought I would share that in case you find it useful. Automatic backup is a little more convenient.

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Aug 30, 2025 07:32 PM
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lennonstAug 30, 2025 07:32 PM
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AquaGalley8616Aug 30, 2025 07:32 PM
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Quote from lennonst :
Joking? Wtf are you on about?

It's basic manufacturing. Externals are always overstock, overruns and binned out of spec drives. They always use the lowest quality drives for externals and slap short warranties on them. Look at the new Baracuda labeled drives in these things, they look like Exos drives not the off the shelf Baracudas. I have four Exos drives taken out of externals from years ago, I doubt they were up to Exos specs or they'd have sold them for 2x as much to a server farm.

Buy whatever you want, I don't need to "provide pictures" because I could give two Fs if you buy this or not. Use your brain.
maybe go back a page and read what the guy said. He said the got EXOS , non-hamr! I was referring to that post.

p.s. it was the post from riffdex.
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Aug 30, 2025 07:36 PM
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lennonstAug 30, 2025 07:36 PM
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Quote from AquaGalley8616 :
maybe go back a page and read what the guy said. He said the got EXOS , non-hamr! I was referring to that post.
There's no chance he got an exos in the 26tb. He got one in a 16 or 18 like everyone else.
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AquaGalley8616Aug 30, 2025 07:39 PM
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Quote from lennonst :
There's no chance he got an exos in the 26tb. He got one in a 16 or 18 like everyone else.
gee, guy, calm down, I agreed with what you said, and was also doubting what riffdex said in his post. I do make plenty of mistakes, but I think you might have got me confused with someone else. It's all cool.

p.s. although it would have been nice if we did get 26TB exos for 250 dollars. So his comment did make me HOPE ...
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Aug 31, 2025 01:40 AM
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riffdexAug 31, 2025 01:40 AM
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Quote from AquaGalley8616 :
are you sure, when do you buy this 26TB drive? You are the very first person who reported that. Now lower TB Seagates did have EXOS in them, but not 26TB model. How did you know it was exos. Do you have screen shot?

We do have some users that "love" joking/horsing around in these threads ... so can you confirm it, or provide link, that others also got 26tb seagates that were Exos!

p.s. A few pages back in this thread, I did post a screen shot of my Seagate 26 TB hard drive, and it showed the SMART info. What does your's look like. If you took it out of enclosure , can you take a picture of the drive showing all the data. This really is the first we heard there were EXOS and non-hamr. again.... many of us "want to believe", but we need to verify! Smilie
Sorry, I didn't mean to say I had received a 26TB EXOS (all of these have labeled Barracuda drives inside). I thought you were trying to say that all of the externals that have EXOS inside are HAMR, and I was clarifying that I purchased two Seagate externals this year that both had non-HAMR EXOS inside.

I bought a 24TB in January (this was the B&H Photo sale for $280 when they were briefing shipping with EXOS drives inside before they switched to Barracuda) and a 14TB external last month which has a non-HAMR EXOS. It is apparent they are non-HAMR because there is no laser warning label on either after shucked. The 18TB external also appear to be shipping with non-HAMR EXOS inside.

Didn't mean for my post to make anyone think this 26TB increment could be an EXOS, I just meant that some of these externals actually appear to be shipping with what I consider to be superior non-HAMR EXOS drives inside.
Last edited by riffdex August 30, 2025 at 07:52 PM.
Aug 31, 2025 07:25 AM
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tgpowellAug 31, 2025 07:25 AM
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Looks like the deal is dead. eBay is OOS, Best Buy is showing a price of $299, is OOS in my area and won't ship.

Meh.

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Aug 31, 2025 09:47 AM
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lennonstAug 31, 2025 09:47 AM
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Quote from AquaGalley8616 :
gee, guy, calm down, I agreed with what you said, and was also doubting what riffdex said in his post. I do make plenty of mistakes, but I think you might have got me confused with someone else. It's all cool.

p.s. although it would have been nice if we did get 26TB exos for 250 dollars. So his comment did make me HOPE ...
All good. I'm just saying his "I got an Exos" has zero chance about being the 26tb. The in stock 18s are still Exos (labeled) if you can get them off the seagate site directly.

But I don't think it really matters because the 26tb baracuda labeled drive looks exacly like their Exos and Firehawk labeled 26tb drives. And you can't even buy a 26tb baracuda. My speculation (original post) is that they just changed the labeling policy and not the actual quality of drive.

They're still all overrun/overstock/bstock drives that get slapped inside the externals.
Aug 31, 2025 04:56 PM
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riffdexAug 31, 2025 04:56 PM
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Quote from lennonst :
All good. I'm just saying his "I got an Exos" has zero chance about being the 26tb. The in stock 18s are still Exos (labeled) if you can get them off the seagate site directly.

But I don't think it really matters because the 26tb baracuda labeled drive looks exacly like their Exos and Firehawk labeled 26tb drives. And you can't even buy a 26tb baracuda. My speculation (original post) is that they just changed the labeling policy and not the actual quality of drive.

They're still all overrun/overstock/bstock drives that get slapped inside the externals.
The remaining externals with EXOS units inside (notably the 18TB, 16TB, and some of the 14TB) are markedly different from the Barracudas because they are not HAMR. It's an important distinction.
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MWinkAug 31, 2025 06:54 PM
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Quote from AquaGalley8616 :
are you sure, when do you buy this 26TB drive? You are the very first person who reported that. Now lower TB Seagates did have EXOS in them, but not 26TB model. How did you know it was exos. Do you have screen shot?

We do have some users that "love" joking/horsing around in these threads ... so can you confirm it, or provide link, that others also got 26tb seagates that were Exos!

p.s. A few pages back in this thread, I did post a screen shot of my Seagate 26 TB hard drive, and it showed the SMART info. What does your's look like. If you took it out of enclosure , can you take a picture of the drive showing all the data. This really is the first we heard there were EXOS and non-hamr. again.... many of us "want to believe", but we need to verify! Smilie
While I see he's already corrected the misunderstanding, I want to point out that there was absolutely zero chance he got a 26TB non-HAMR Exos. The largest non-HAMR CMR drive Seagate makes is 24TB (from the Exos X24 line). Any 26TB CMR drive from them is guaranteed to be HAMR.
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AquaGalley8616Sep 01, 2025 04:29 AM
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Quote from MWink :
While I see he's already corrected the misunderstanding, I want to point out that there was absolutely zero chance he got a 26TB non-HAMR Exos. The largest non-HAMR CMR drive Seagate makes is 24TB (from the Exos X24 line). Any 26TB CMR drive from them is guaranteed to be HAMR.
it is cool hanging with you guys. It is nice thread, ... and we can discuss stuff without "bombing" people we disagree with. Everybody enjoy your hard drives. Till we meet again, in other threads.

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