Seagate are awful!!!!!!!! Buy at your own risk

Groupon really do dislike existing customers don't they

There are only three HDD manufacturers - Samsung isn't one of them. Does this help?

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No the codes don't work anymore. Ones tried include: New25, celebrate, welcome, first... Dont know if you know of others??? The 4tb drive is sold out and the 3tb keeps changing between sold out and in stock. Bit weird. Hope this helps.

does this still work ?

of course, but at £1274 for 4tb i think i'll pass for now
4TB SSD

i've got exactly the same issue as above, codes NEW25 or FIRST don't seem to want to apply to the checkout. can anyone help?

I've tried to use the FIRST / CELEBRATE code at the end during check-out, however groupon says "Sorry, the code can't apply to this purchase. Check the code's rules." Any ideas?? :disappointed: (p.s I am a first time buyer on groupon/ new account)

ssd is future , RIP plate and head

Thanks, just got a 2TB, with TCB that's £40.89 delivered.

Sent Groupon an email to query anyway, they blamed it on stock issues but did offer to refund it if returned.. Any difference spec wise?

Same company. Seagate owns both now for the HDD division at least.

I cant believe I didn't see this earlier. My 2tb is full on the xbox one, replacing with a 4tb.

Received the 5TB today.

Ordered the Samsung D3 and received a Maxtor D3, is this normal?

and now for something more upto date;
Backblaze hard drive reliability for Q1 2016







Seagate had a big issue a couple of years back with their 3tb model; but they are not as awful as everyone likes to make out. the numbers speak for themselves; as of 2016 they are looking to be more reliable than WD on their 4TB and above range.

Those stats will be based on the 3.5" drives from couple of years back.

Subject to the prior caveat about Backblaze data and stats, I think it's not quite as clear cut as you think...

I had the 3tb version. Writing small files to it is painfully slow and it takes a good five or six seconds to spin up. Great price though if speed isn't an issue

mine 2tb came really quick，ordered tuesday night and received on saturday:)

2 x 4TB arrived separately, all good.

I ordered on the day this was posted, still no trace of mine.

Check you warranty here; http://support.seagate.com/customer/en-US/warranty_validation.jsp

Just received mine, Ordered Tuesday, received 4 days later...

Downloaded "SeaTools" (free) from seagate and running a few health check scans, 3 year limited warranty too :smiley:

Cool, just ordered - including quidco cashback will come in at £76.23 pretty good deal

It does state delivery can take 7 working days. I've ordered 2 x 3TB and both state the same (different accounts)

Just received delivery of 4TB.

Seal intact, seems brand new.

All good.



I did not receive any dispatch email or tracking information.

Nope, I'm in the same boat. I don't know what's going on, but had the same problem with eBuyer, took five days to dispatch.

Anyone's order done anything more than 'Order Received'?

The 4TB is back in stock.

Cheers, ordered the 4tb...

One is 2.5 inch. One is 3.5 inch.

One is powered by USB. One need power cable.

You are not comparing like for like.

i think i saw somewhere saying it will go up at the end.... But i dont know where i got that idea from

​move showing £5.67

The drive in this is the Samsung Spinpoint M10P, manufactured by Samsung. Your diagram actually shows that Seagate owns the business which is true.

Thank you :smiley:

Looking online at similar drives I think these have soldered on USB connectors.

You have 14 day Distance selling returns from groupon, warranty will be from hard-drive manufacturer. So typically 3 years I think

Topcashback prob won't pay out. T&c's say it can't be used with any promo codes

Anyone got any idea why my topcashback showing £4.81 pending instead of £10.50?

[img][/img] Samsung drives are very good but not necessarily better!

The Samsung D3 is a better drive in my opinion and is cheaper on groupon:
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/samsung-d3-external-hard-drive

Rubbish! - I have two Seagate 2TB external drives that have NEVER let me down. More than I can say about WD Western Digital stuff!

Great price, have some heat.

I'm tempted by the 6TB samsung. I've never used groupon before - are they reliable for buying electronics? can anyone comment on their experience, especially with returns? It would be very much appreciated :smiley:

There are only three HDD manufacturers - Samsung isn't one of them. Does this help?

It matters.... :wink:

Awesome prices!

I couldn't decide whether i wanted the 3TB drive or 4TB drive. At least the decision's now been made for me with the 4TB drive being sold out. Lol that'll keep me going on my Xbox One for a while longer with all of these games with gold that keep coming out. :wink: ha ha. Plus, my Top Cashback tracked as well. Success!

It doesn't matter if you like seagate or not because this drive is by Samsung

Got 2 WD ,9 and 10 years old.

Got 2 Seagates 2tb 3 and 4 years old.

all working fine,luck of the draw I guess :wink:

Damn 4TB sold out!

I have got a Seagate 1TB external that I have had for roughly 5 years and it is still running well, no strange sounds, and reliable backups to it every month. Last year I purchased a 3TB WD external drive and last week it failed (fortunately it only hosted backups of files I have on the PC)

Do you see what I am trying to say here?

All the stats in the world do not mean one drive will last longer than the other - and the sooner people work that one out and always have backups the better. Every thing I have that I care about is backed up to at least one other place, and my docs and photos are backed-up to two places in the cloud also

For the past 20 odd years I have had more Seagate drives fail on me than any other brand. Recently got a Seagate 2TB external and this thing was faulty. Family videos will stop during playback, transferring files and all of sudden LED light is solid rather blinking and stopped file transfer. Drive made a strange sort of clicking noise too.

Never again will I purchase a Segate drive. Heck even a WD re-certified will last longer LOL
I rather pay slightly more and get either;
WD or HGST drives. Far superior.

Thanks for your idea of different browser! I was using the phone, then I tried chrome which didn't work too, then i tried IE! Good £10.50 saved!

Got a 1tb western digital ultra for around £60 on Amazon. Under £100 for 3TB too. Always liked their drives personally. HTHS

I have to disagree. My seagates including some incredibly old ones have been excellent. Luck of the draw with hard drives tbh!

3TB portable is still a great price per tb :smile:

thanks i went for the 5TB which came to £92.50 delivered using the code...... shame the 4TB Maxtor sold out....

4TB sold out

4 TB sold.

I have just purchased 2TB version, topcashback worked fine for me, I used Firefox.

​This has been exactly my experience and it will take much more than a cheap price to convince me to try a seagate again.

same happened to me，and there is a 5% deal for quidco，the link does NOT work either……

Anyone used the 4tb model? Currently using a 2tb and looking to upgrade for my Xbox One.

I have used seagates for over 30 years and they are a good brand with low failure rates. They are all basically made in the same ol factories these days and its hardly a risk now is it. 80 quid for all that storage

Seagate are awful!!!!!!!! Buy at your own risk

Oh balls. I ordered a Toshiba 4TB drive from eBuyer for just shy of £90 last week, it's been processing for the last five days now.

Great price though. Heat added!

Now the question is should I go for a 2TB or 3TB for my new Xbox One S lol
2TB works out as £40.50 after topcashback and 25% off, while 3TB is £49.50...

Correct link please

Anyone know if these would be soldered in? Or could I break one open for some extra storage in my desktop? Bought a 2tb 850 evo but decided that a hard drive worth about 50% of my PC cost was just a terrible idea haha.

It wasn't all seagate drives that were unreliable, it was just the 3TB ST3000DM. I should know, I had 5 die on me over a 3 year period.

Been looking for a 2TB portable drive for aggggges， thanks for the post！

bought with different email address.

same here. had often problems with several seagate drives in the past....but this price is nice :smiley: heat added anyway :wink:

As i know usb only internal drive.

Does anyone know for sure you can get the internal drive out of these, and that they don't have USB-only (no SATA) control boards?

Can I take this out and use in PS4?

4tb 2.5" drives were introduced in June 2015, so they do exist, and this is clearly 2.5" going by the look/size of the case and the fact that it's described as 'portable' (meaning USB powered) rather than 'external' (which would be a 3.5" drive requiring mains power).



Going by the dimensions, and from a quick Google search, I believe the hard drive in this is 15mm thick, which would be too big for the PS4's drive bay, which I think is 9.5mm.




Buy any hard drive at your own risk - they all have failure rates. You could buy a drive with a 10% failure rate and be in the other 90%, or buy a drive with a 1% failure rate and be in that 1%. The important thing is not to get the drive with the lowest failure rate but rather to make sure that any data you care about is backed up on at least one other drive or cloud storage.

Its all good and well saying Seagate aren't very good, and I don't doubt that if Groupon have a deal on them, but any suggestions on a decent priced more reliable alternative? I'm in the market for either 1tb or 2tb.

This is not a 3.5" desktop drive. It's a portable 2.5" one

Backblaze stats hold no weight in my opinion. They have no control group, they dont have the same number of drives of all brands, their hard drives are externals that have been shucked and used in their storage pods, which the drives are not designed for. I don't agree that Seagate are "awful" but buyers should do their own research instead of being misinformed by dodgy stats.

Just got a 4TB portable from Sainsburys for £99 :disappointed:

Code does work for a new account & hopefully topcashback tracks too
I posted it as a new deal, you can keep an eye on the comments here

Can you get the extra 25% for joining groupon along with the topcasback?

Becareful ordering. Received my drive the other day. Delivered to an incorrect address. No return address to sender on parcel.

can also use on a 6tb samsung drive
https://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/samsung-d3-external-hard-drive
+£10.50 topcashback

Groupon really do dislike existing customers don't they

And it's Groupoff :wink:

register new account should do the job

So only for new customers :/