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product_id: 48152189
title: "Seagate Expansion Portable 1 TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop (STEA1000400)"
brand: "seagate"
price: "KD 39.20"
currency: KWD
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reviews_count: 8
category: "Seagate"
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# USB 3.0 high-speed interface 1TB storage capacity USB-powered, no external power needed Seagate Expansion Portable 1 TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop (STEA1000400)

**Brand:** seagate
**Price:** KD 39.20
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 💼 Expand your digital universe—fast, sleek, and always ready to go!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Seagate Expansion Portable 1 TB External Hard Drive HDD – USB 3.0 for PC Laptop (STEA1000400) by seagate
- **How much does it cost?** KD 39.20 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.kw](https://www.desertcart.com.kw/products/48152189-seagate-expansion-portable-1-tb-external-hard-drive-hdd-usb)

## Best For

- seagate enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted seagate brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Massive 1TB Storage:** Store your entire digital life with ease—photos, videos, work files, and more.
- • **Ultra-Portable Design:** Compact and lightweight, perfect for on-the-go professionals and gamers alike.
- • **Blazing USB 3.0 Speeds:** Experience rapid data transfers up to 5 Gb/s—cut downtime, boost productivity.
- • **Universal Compatibility:** Seamlessly works with PC, Mac, Xbox One, and PS4—your all-in-one storage solution.
- • **Plug-and-Play Simplicity:** No software, no hassle—just connect and expand your storage instantly.

## Overview

The Seagate Expansion Portable 1TB External Hard Drive offers a sleek, compact 2.5-inch form factor with USB 3.0 connectivity delivering up to 5 Gb/s transfer speeds. Powered solely via USB, it requires no external power source, making it ideal for professionals and gamers needing reliable, plug-and-play storage expansion for PCs, Macs, and consoles. Backed by a 2-year warranty and boasting a 4.7-star rating from over 138,000 users, it combines portability, speed, and ease of use in one affordable package.

## Description

Compact and portable 1TB external hard drive with USB 3.0 connectivity. Plug-and-play setup, no software required. Ideal for expanding storage on PCs, Xbox One, or PS4.

Review: Great price, easy to transport, even easier to use - I have been using an old 1TB drive for a few years now and felt it was time to upgrade. I could not believe how cheap this 2TB drive was and thought it must be cheaply made, I was very much mistaken. The drive is fantastic it comes with its own software on it but i never had to install anything, I simple plugged it in with the usb cable that came with it and boom it was straight there on my This PC page. I transferred over alot of material from the old TB and the speed it did it was great even tho my pc doesnt have usb 3 capability. I can only imagine how fast it would be at usb 3 speeds. Also the drive looks amazing, sleek and shiny black with a nice cube pattern on the top. The size is at least four times smaller than my old TB and this holds twice as much data. The usb cable isnt mega long which was no problem for me as i have the drive sitting on top of my tower so i have ample extra lead. The size makes it great for transporting and since it doesnt need to be charged as it gets its power from the PC you dont have to carry a plug charger around with you if you want to bring movies or data to another location. I have had no faults or any complaints with this product and maybe even buy a 4GB drive if I ever fill this one up. The drive also worked instantly didnt need time to charge up i just plugged it in and the blue light came on and i was good to go. All in all a great buy and at such a great price, well worth it
Review: Great little drive - I bought this drive to try and help salvage my ailing iMac (which in itself is a rare thing). The internal drive has started to fail, and I needed to get stuff off quickly. I used this drive to actually run the Mac OS on, based on a 1.1TB time machine imagine that I had taken a few days before. I have to say, I am pretty impressed The drive itself comes well packaged in a neat box, with only the required amount of materials (no wastage here). Inside the packaging is the drive itself, which has a nice look and feel to it, and a proprietary USB cable that provides both power and data transfer in 1. Keep this safe, its an unusual cable so not sure how easy it would be to replace. I connected the drive, and set about formatting it to the right volume type to be a bootable MAC HD. Formatting was done quickly and I was away - able to install the OS onto the drive from a time machine backup, and have been running off it since. The drive itself is not silent, but neither is it noisy - you know its working by the blinking blue light on the top of the drive - but that's about it. I plan to velcro it to the back of my Mac so that its up and out of the way Size wise its about 25% bigger than a deck of cards, but also about 25% slimmer. The drive gets warm through use, but not hot and nothing to worry about. Read and Write speeds seem pretty good, and i am able to make use of nearly all of the 2TB of storage. I plan to use the drive for extra storage on my Xbox One once I have finished using it to run the Mac OS. Really pleased, and would recommend a good drive at a great price.

## Features

- Ideal add-on storage for your PC, Xbox One or PS4
- Drag and drop file saving, right out of the box
- Powered by USB, no mains plug required
- 2 years warranty
- For storing precious or important files, also consider the Deluxe Edition, which offers additional protection for your data

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00TKFEEAS |
| Best Sellers Rank | 4,433 in Computers & Accessories ( See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories ) 32 in External Hard Drives |
| Box Contents | Expansion Portable 1TB, USB cable, The actual capacity may vary. |
| Brand | Seagate |
| Brand Name | Seagate |
| Cache Memory Installed Size | 1 |
| Color | zwart |
| Compatible Devices | Desktop, Laptop |
| Connectivity technology | USB |
| Customer Package Type | Standard Packaging |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 138,146 Reviews |
| Digital Storage Capacity | 1 TB |
| Digital storage capacity | 1 TB |
| Form Factor | 2.5-inch |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00763649064870 |
| Hard Disk Description | Mechanical Hard Disk |
| Hard Disk Form Factor | 1 Inches |
| Hard Disk Interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard Disk Rotational Speed | 5400 |
| Hard disk form factor | 1 Inches |
| Hard disk interface | USB 3.0 |
| Hard-Drive Size | 1 TB |
| Hardware Connectivity | USB 3.0 |
| Installation Type | External Hard Drive |
| Item Dimensions L x W x Thickness | 14.8L x 10.4W x 3.4Th centimetres |
| Item Type Name | Seagate Expansion Portable |
| Item Weight | 0.17 Kilograms |
| Item height | 3.4 centimetres |
| Manufacturer | SEAGATE |
| Media Speed | ≤ 5 Gb/s |
| Model Name | Expansion Portable 1TB |
| Model Number | STEA1000400 |
| Network Connectivity Technology | USB |
| Number of Items | 1 |
| Product Features | USB powered^Yes |
| Product Warranty | 2 Years |
| Special feature | USB powered^Yes |
| Specific Uses For Product | Gaming, Personal |
| UPC | 723856366129 780411008580 758399118522 667649378657 763649064870 724627318743 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Seagate
- **Colour:** zwart
- **Compatible devices:** Desktop, Laptop
- **Connectivity technology:** USB
- **Digital storage capacity:** 1 TB
- **Hard disk description:** Mechanical Hard Disk
- **Hard disk form factor:** 1 Inches
- **Hard disk interface:** USB 3.0
- **Installation type:** External Hard Drive
- **Special feature:** USB powered^Yes

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## Available Options

This product comes in different **Size, Style** options.

## Questions & Answers

**Q: how noisy is this harddrive if it needs to be on 24/7?**
A: I don’t know what the others are on about I have 3 of these and all next to one another and it’s absolute rubbish that they make “so much noise”, in fact they are quite the opposite. Yes you get the typical “spinning” noise when the hard drive is in use but nothing too disturbing like the sound of pots and pans being bashed about. Literally some people over exaggerate noise like wth I mean you must have one dodgy hard drive the way you make it out to be when all 3 of mine are quieter than a sleeping hamster. Hope that helps solve your question.

**Q: Can this be used on both PC and Mac?**
A: I would recommend exFAT over FAT32 or NTFS; while NTFS can be written to on OS X it has never been well supported, and FAT32 has significant limitations. Even ExFAT isn't ideal, but it can handle bigger files, copy more efficiently and is supported on Mac, Linux and Windows as standard. You can format drives as ExFat in OS X's Disk Utility.

**Q: Does this product come with a USB cable, or do you have to buy the cable separately?**
A: Yes it comes with the usb cable

**Q: Does it work for Mac laptop owners?**
A: Out of the box it won't but if u format it will read.How to Erase an internal or external drive that is 500 GB or larger and has already been setup with NTFSOpen the Disk Utility.Select the drive.Click Partition.Under Volume Scheme, choose 1 Partition.Choose Options.Choose Apple Partition Map.Click OK.Click Apply.Click the Partition button.The drive will Erase. When it completes, the drive will mount on the Desktop.Takes less than 30 seconds. Job done.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great price, easy to transport, even easier to use
*by C***E on 26 February 2016*

I have been using an old 1TB drive for a few years now and felt it was time to upgrade. I could not believe how cheap this 2TB drive was and thought it must be cheaply made, I was very much mistaken. The drive is fantastic it comes with its own software on it but i never had to install anything, I simple plugged it in with the usb cable that came with it and boom it was straight there on my This PC page. I transferred over alot of material from the old TB and the speed it did it was great even tho my pc doesnt have usb 3 capability. I can only imagine how fast it would be at usb 3 speeds. Also the drive looks amazing, sleek and shiny black with a nice cube pattern on the top. The size is at least four times smaller than my old TB and this holds twice as much data. The usb cable isnt mega long which was no problem for me as i have the drive sitting on top of my tower so i have ample extra lead. The size makes it great for transporting and since it doesnt need to be charged as it gets its power from the PC you dont have to carry a plug charger around with you if you want to bring movies or data to another location. I have had no faults or any complaints with this product and maybe even buy a 4GB drive if I ever fill this one up. The drive also worked instantly didnt need time to charge up i just plugged it in and the blue light came on and i was good to go. All in all a great buy and at such a great price, well worth it

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great little drive
*by A***X on 1 October 2020*

I bought this drive to try and help salvage my ailing iMac (which in itself is a rare thing). The internal drive has started to fail, and I needed to get stuff off quickly. I used this drive to actually run the Mac OS on, based on a 1.1TB time machine imagine that I had taken a few days before. I have to say, I am pretty impressed The drive itself comes well packaged in a neat box, with only the required amount of materials (no wastage here). Inside the packaging is the drive itself, which has a nice look and feel to it, and a proprietary USB cable that provides both power and data transfer in 1. Keep this safe, its an unusual cable so not sure how easy it would be to replace. I connected the drive, and set about formatting it to the right volume type to be a bootable MAC HD. Formatting was done quickly and I was away - able to install the OS onto the drive from a time machine backup, and have been running off it since. The drive itself is not silent, but neither is it noisy - you know its working by the blinking blue light on the top of the drive - but that's about it. I plan to velcro it to the back of my Mac so that its up and out of the way Size wise its about 25% bigger than a deck of cards, but also about 25% slimmer. The drive gets warm through use, but not hot and nothing to worry about. Read and Write speeds seem pretty good, and i am able to make use of nearly all of the 2TB of storage. I plan to use the drive for extra storage on my Xbox One once I have finished using it to run the Mac OS. Really pleased, and would recommend a good drive at a great price.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ No comment
*by I***N on 24 December 2025*

Very useful.A good quality.

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