Seagate Expansion Portable Hard Drive 2.5" STEA4000400 4 TB

Boring Disk

Seagate Expansion Portable is hidden in a patterned protective cover made of dark plastic. The embossed surface gives originality to the appearance, this is not just a three-dimensional pattern, as you might think at first glance, there is really a relief in the form of small, repeating pyramids. Four rubber feet are glued on the bottom edge to reduce vibration. Despite the discreet appearance, during operation, the drive behaves quite violently — it makes noise, heats up under prolonged load and vibrates, even when standing on rubber feet. And if heating up to 46 degrees Celsius during prolonged use is quite normal, then the level of noise emitted seems quite high.

Seagate Dashboard Proprietary Software

However, this shortcoming is compensated by the Seagate Dashboard software package, which is already installed on the disk. That is, you do not need to download and install anything. In terms of sophistication, usability and functionality, Dashboard leaves behind most software from other manufacturers. In addition to standard utilities for archiving, backing up and protecting data, you can set up time windows for automatic backups, and then additionally send these copies to the cloud storage provided by the company. Plus, Seagate Dashboard has a mobile app that can back up system data from smartphones and tablets.

As for the drive itself, it's quite a standard laptop HDD from Segate with a capacity of 4 TB, an average read speed of 116.9 Mb/s and an average write speed of 111.7 Mb/s.