Expansion Portable Hard Drive

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Simple add-on storage that goes with you.

The Seagate® Expansion™ Portable hard drive offers an easy-to-use solution when you need to instantly add storage to your computer and take files on the go.

  • Drag and drop file saving right out of the box
  • USB powered
  • Fast data transfer with USB 3.0 connectivity
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  • Windows 8 Compatible

    Windows 8 32 and 64-Bit

     
  • Windows 7 Compatible

    Windows 7 32 and 64-Bit

     
  • Windows Vista Icon

    Windows Vista 32 and 64-Bit

     
  • Windows XP Icon

    Windows XP

     

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The easy-to-use storage solution.

The Expansion portable hard drive installs easily by plugging in a single USB cord. You can start saving your digital files to this external hard drive within seconds of removing it from the box.

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Instantly adds storage capacity.

Digital photos, video and music files can tax your computer's storage, causing performance to decline as its internal hard drive fills to capacity. The Expansion portable hard drive helps remedy this situation by enabling you to free up storage space on your computer's hard drive.

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Trusted Seagate quality and support.

Seagate has delivered proven, reliable storage solutions for more than 30 years.

With more than one billion hard drives shipped, Seagate continues to stand behind its quality by including a limited warranty with every Expansion drive. Additionally, Seagate support is always available should you have questions or need assistance using your Expansion portable hard drive.

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Features

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Installs in seconds.

Seagate® Expansion™ portable hard drive features like these make it incredibly easy to use this drive right from the box.

  • Simply plug the included USB cable into your computer–no external power supply needed
  • The drive is automatically recognized by Windows operating system–no software to install and nothing to configure.
  • Drag and drop to save files to the Expansion portable drive.
  • Built-in power management automatically ensures energy-efficient operation

 

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Expands your computer's storage capacity.

The Expansion portable hard drive comes in a range of capacities, with the 1.5TB model offering enough data storage for:

  • Up to 1,500 hours of digital video
  • Up to 362 2-hour DVD movies
  • Up to 480,000 digital photos
  • Up to 24,990 hours of digital music
System Requirements
  • Windows® 8, 7, Windows Vista®, Windows XP SP3 (32-bit and 64-bit) operating system
  • SuperSpeed USB 3.0 port (required for USB 3.0 transfer speeds or backwards compatible with USB 2.0 ports at USB 2.0 transfer speeds)

Specifications

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Capacity 1TB 500GB
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Interface Options USB 3.0 USB 3.0
Physical    
Height (in/mm) (maximum) 0.69/17.6, 0.61/15.5 0.69/17.6
Width (in/mm) (maximum) 3.15/80.01, 3.19/81.1 3.15/80.01
Length (in/mm) (maximum) 5.56/141.29, 4.81/122.3 5.56/141.29
Weight (lb/g) .35/160, .37/170 .35/160
Model Number Capacity Product Interfaces Warranty
STBX1000101 1TB USB 3.0 1 year
STBX1000100 1TB USB 3.0 1 year
STBX500100 500GB USB 3.0 1 year