Seagate Expansion 2TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive

Pros: Great!

Cons: none

Overall Review: None

Pros: Didn't work long enough to find Pros

Cons: Failed during the first backup job! The first drive to ever die on me during first use.

I plugged it and it was recognized normally by Windows. Dragged 4 folders to be backed up, between 5 and 10 Gb each, and went away for an hour or so. When I came back, the drive was making a cyclic clicking noise, non-stop. Windows showed a Disk write failure message at the bottom of the screen. 2 of the four folders had been backed up and the drive was stuck on the third one.

Very very slow response after that. Tried to reformat the drive but the formatting stopped after about 15 percent. The thing is dead.

Overall Review: I would almost not care too much except that the drive was purchased 33 days ago as a Christmas present, just past the 30 days return window. Now I will have to deal with the manufacturer directly, and will have no other choice but to get a refurbish version of the same model (for which I've lost all confidence).

BTW, this drive has only 2 years warranty, the lowest I have ever seen. Seagate used to warranty five years.