SEAGATE 8TB External Hard Drive Speed Test and Review! Best value for backup storage in 2023!

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The Seagate One Touch hard drive is a great value for both quality and speed in the external hard drive market!
I cover the read/write speed of this hard drive, and will compare it with another hard drive, the LaCie Porsche Design 1TB drive. This drive is available at retailers such as Costco and Amazon (although I personally would recommend purchasing from Costco for the best service in case of any early issues). In this video I will cover my 1 month of experiences with this.
I will also walk though how to setup the Seagate Toolkit Encryption software so your data is protected against unwanted use.
There are also a few accessories that are worth noting that come with this drive, including it's data cable, dc power adapter, and international power duckheads.
#techreview #harddrive #seagate

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@goticogordo День назад

i am looking to buy this next month, i have ALOT of games on my hard drive, like retro games and stuff, so i wanted a HUB to preserve ALL THE GAMES, for the good of emulation, and your video sold me the ONE i need, thank you very much, and on my amazon its 195 euros atm, def a steal for 8TB

@reiniere2017 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for this review, had a blast watching it! I will be buying the 8tb as well

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Great to hear! Hope it works out well too!

@tomadaniel6713 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for the infos! Watched the video and ordered one!

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Glad that this helped, hope it works out!

@drkdncr 8 месяцев назад

Great review!! Love your sweater! 😊

@AbrahamLeanin 4 месяца назад

You sound like the host of The Action Lab channel.

@SamanthaRoseKing 8 месяцев назад

I also have a starbucks mug just like yours! (Paris, Berlin and London!)

@davidnewman690 4 месяца назад

I have been hunting around for an appropriate back up drive as some of my others are getting old and this video was a great help. Thanks very much for a fantastic tutorial.

@NwoRun 2 месяца назад

Thanks for this review. Cheers!

@alpinewonders 7 месяцев назад

A very comprehensive review. Thanks. To save time I`d like an external hard drive connected to my computer to automatically send the same data to a second external hard drive through the first`s usb hub., giving a second back-up as I work throughout the day. Can the One Touch drive do this? (presumably through the Toolkit software?)

@Filmlove 7 месяцев назад

Glad that you could watch! Yes the Seagate’s USB-A and USB-C ports do support data, so you can daisy-chain if you’d like another hard drive connected for another backup. As far as automatic backups go, I use MacOS, in which Time Machine is the built-in ultility for automatically backing up to an external drive

@jedwardoo 13 дней назад

Do you advise on reformatting the drive to APFS from the stock format that it comes with?

@Filmlove 13 дней назад

ExFAT runs pretty smooth on my Mac, I had no reason to reformat

@SamanthaRoseKing 8 месяцев назад

Great video! I am looking for a solution to archive my finished RU-vid video workflow... which I assume is what you are also using it for (I use the T7 for editing workflow). Did you need to reformat for mac? I have the 2019 macbook pro with the same 4 USB-C ports (why!). How is it going for you now?

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Hi, thanks! Thankfully I did not need to reformat to start writing to the drive with MacOS, however I did need to change security settings in Recovery Mode to install the Seagate encryption software (you probably saw towards the end of video). So far both the drive and M2 MacBook Pro are working smoothly in concert! If you’re considering upgrading that 2019 Mac, the M-series will make your workflow so much more enjoyable

@mkamka111 Месяц назад

Great video! How did you get your drive to transfer so fast? I have the same one and for some reason it says the the speed of transferring in around 25mb/s! do you happen to know what might be the reason? Is it something I need to use my warranty for? could it be because of my computer for some reason? Thank you!!

@Filmlove Месяц назад

Hi, thanks for connecting! The only thing that I can think to cause a slow transfer will be if you are transferring while using the drive for another task (maybe background backup activity, opening a file?). Also my current setup is using the USB-C port on the computer with the USB-A converter

@mkamka111 Месяц назад

@@Filmlove thank you for your answer:) I was only using it for a normal backup, nothing else in the background.. I will test it also with a usb-c port to see if that resolves the situation 🙏

@junpei78 8 месяцев назад

I like video, You helped me because I was thinking of buying an equal 12gb one 😅

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Happy to help!

@tonyemil928 8 месяцев назад

Thanks for the effort, I have a little question, Does it make a difference using the Sandisk ssd connected to the hub itself than connecting to the Macbook? I mean does it help with the speed of backup?

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Good question, this one will require some research (or do my own use-case testing on this unit when I get an opportunity) because I’m not sure if the data still needs to go thru the Mac before it writes to the Seagate hub. If so, it may be better to connect the Sandisk directly to the Mac if you can, since the read speed of the Sandisk will be faster anyway than what the Seagate can write

@panzerflank 3 месяца назад

thx great advice

@Media_Gamer_Nation 8 месяцев назад

Thinking of getting one now from amazon for £160

@hackhackandaway4060 3 месяца назад

Nice review! :) Is the toolkit necessary or can I still use it without installing the toolkit? And, can I use this with different laptops?

@Filmlove 3 месяца назад

Hi, yes the drive will work just fine without Toolkit, as long as you don’t need to encrypt the drive. I haven’t tried it with multiple devices yet

@hackhackandaway4060 3 месяца назад

Thanks for your reply!

@AndrewP666 8 месяцев назад

Is this shuckable ? What is the model of the drive inside of this hub?

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Hi, I actually haven’t taken this one apart so I’m not sure what’s inside

@yaelbieber7667 25 дней назад

Hi, I understand that the hard disk comes with different power adapters. Is it also suitable for an electrical voltage of 220 volts?

@Filmlove 24 дня назад

Hi, I’m currently on holiday, but I can check the power adapter when I return to confirm the supported voltage range

@yaelbieber7667 24 дня назад

@@Filmlove Thank you, I keep looking for answers. I would be happy if you write when you return from vacation. It seems to me that the transformer is also suitable for a voltage of 220, but I'm not sure enough about that.

@Filmlove 15 дней назад

Hi thanks for your patience, I confirmed the power adapter can handle 100-240V, 50/60Hz

@yaelbieber7667 15 дней назад

@@Filmlove Thank you 😍

@ZenInnovations 8 месяцев назад

Aren't you having any overheating issues that these drives are infamous for?

@Filmlove 8 месяцев назад

Hi, I haven’t experienced overheating with the Seagate yet, but I only use this for backing up occasionally. For daily use I use SSD

@marsh84722 5 месяцев назад

does this encryption use up a lot more space and affect performance?

@Filmlove 4 месяца назад

Hi, I haven’t found that speed has changed since using encryption and the capacity of the drive is the same

@marsh84722 4 месяца назад

@@Filmlove I got one and was able to verify that space might get taken up a little bit more with encryption depending on what's being encrypted. One folder of mine that had a lot of tiny files in it which is normally 173GB ended up being 192GB once it was encrypted. But another folder with lots of large files in it is 108GB unencrypted and only maybe 170mb larger when it's encrypted but about 108GB also.

@Filmlove 4 месяца назад

Good to know, thanks for verifying! I’ve only been using this drive encrypted and with larger video files, so it’s good to see the impact of a high volume of small files

@rashidboolay4258 4 месяца назад

Can you use this with a chromebook?

@Filmlove 4 месяца назад

From the Seagate tech specs webpage: “Compatible with most Windows, macOS, and Chrome OS systems. Visit seagate.com/os for details.” So hopefully your Chromebook is compatible too

@S1rEv1l Месяц назад

You dont think there are many devices that support USB A? What? Most devices use usb A. And You can get an adapter for those few devices that do not have usb A. Changing to usb c would decrease out of box compatibility and without any added performance.

@konsul2006 2 месяца назад

Out of the box exfat I get horrible write speed, 10MB/s???

@Filmlove 2 месяца назад

@@konsul2006 interesting, it shouldn’t be that slow, as long as the USB port supports the bandwidth. I’m curious if you can swap the unit if it’s a bad drive.

@konsul2006 2 месяца назад

The drive inside: Baracuda Compute, 5400rpm, SMR - buyers be warned, it is quite slow, but very quiet.

@konsul2006 Месяц назад

I have discovered that the software installed by Western Digital runs a service called "WDDriveService" and it makes the One Touch Hub run super slow! When I stop or disable that service I get the full speed of the Seagate drive! (This is on Windows 11)

@GuiFan 4 месяца назад

So you used USB3.0 cables because you can't find type-c to type-c? Is it even work with macbook via type-c cable?

@Filmlove 4 месяца назад

The Seagate hub comes with USB-B to USB-A cable. Which seems to be fine though because the read/write speeds of 130Mb/s is well within what USB 3.0 supports. And yes with a usb-a adapter it will work with Mac

@GuiFan 4 месяца назад

@@Filmlove There is usb-c hole in this drive. So it's logical to use one cable type-c to type-c. Without any adapters. Can it be used like this?

@gedelicious 4 месяца назад

Hi, I'm from Indonesia. Thanks for the comprehensive review. I enjoyed watching it. I also have the same question though. Are we limited accesing data in the hdd from USB B on the back only? Or can we access the data in the harddisk using the front type C port? Hope for your prompt response.

@Filmlove 4 месяца назад

@@gedelicious hi, good question, the usb-c port on the front is only used for additional accessories, not the HDD

@GuiFan 4 месяца назад

@@Filmlove Why do you answer to this good question of user @gedelicious and don't answer to my same bad question?