Seagate FireCuda Gaming Hub 8TB External USB 3.2 Gen 1 Hard Drive with RGB LED Lighting

This is for those that dont know about technical details. The firecuda model name is misleading, seagate is calling it like that but there is a barracuda SMR HDD instead. Thus it is ok for WORM use and not large files writes like backup, and not suitable for RAID setup at all. Finally , once the HDD fills close to limit, dont try to defragmenting, instead copy whole thing into another backup and restore it from the to restore performance, thats the reality of Barracuda SMR HDD. Now about walmart part in this, the warranty starts on delivery from seagate , not delivered to you, since mine was 2025, both HDD warranty and data recovery is gone , over. If it is clear from description this fact would help many users, falsely expecting warranty as new items. if this HDD dies in 3 months, you are out of luck. Also , having a new item like HDD in hot warehouse , can mess with lubricants so that's you taking chances with it. 8TB should be plenty for most users, except doing large backups but the SMR limitations with large files writes and also running hot , hotter than similar HDD makes is a complicated and risky proposition. If you did buy it already, keep it vertical and with good airflow, horizontal is not good enough and HDD inside overheated just idling. that is sure way to kill the HDD in 3 months or less

The reason for my rating is because I ended up needing to purchase 3 external hard drives. I had just bought a new Window 11 laptop %26 a used XBOX One X (not the latest Series X console), %26 I wanted an external hard drive for both devices. The 1st Firecuda I bought was dead on arrival. It powered up, but my XBOX %26 Dell laptop wouldn't recognize it. After a couple hours of troubleshooting, I realized it was defective. Thankfully, the 3rd external hard drive I bought worked; otherwise my review would be 2 stars. I've read multiple reviews of other people having the same problem with this particular external hard drive. That's almost unheard of, because Seagate has been 1 of the top %26 most reliable hard drive manufacturers for the past 30 years. Most negative reviews for this model are because XBOX Series X %26 PlayStation 5 don't support it. Microsoft %26 Sony inform customers of specific drives they need to purchase, because they decided not to support regular hard drives with their latest consoles. That doesn't have anything to do with this hard drive not working, unless it also didn't work on a Windows device. The hard drive, Seagate's website, %26 I believe Walmart inform customers about the compatibility. I'm glad it's working now. It was on clearance %26 a great price for an 8 TB 7200 RPM drive; it is the older technology that's phasing out, but it does exactly what I needed it for. My main reason I bought it was because it's Seagate, the size, speed, %26 the price. Comparable external hard drives would've cost me $250 to $300, so overall it's a good buy. I just ranked it low because of the frustrating issues with the 1st drive %26 reading several reviews across the Internet with it being dead on arrival, too.

Do not purchase. The drive says no media and will not install no matter what I do. Worst of all, it's passed the 30 days Walmart return AND Seagate is saying on their website the warranty expired December 2024 when I bought it in January 2026. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

BUYER BEWARE! These drives are not just used, they're outright deceptive. In my case, the “8TB” drive I purchased had been swapped with a 150GB drive, and now I see I'm not the only one this has happened to. I wish I had read the reviews beforehand before going through the due diligence of this discovery the hard and technical way. This kind of misrepresentation is extremely dishonest, and consumers deserve better. I strongly recommend avoiding this listing altogether.

Product was tampered with despite shrink wrap. USB ports were bent and misaligned. Upon opening the shell, I discovered that instead of a 8tb Seagate drive, there was a 300gb HP drive. Walmart requiring me to drive to the store to refund. Absolutely ridiculous considering that I was scammed by a product sold and shipped by Walmart. Do better.

I got two of these drives. The first one failed and caused my PC to start deleting all my files after about a week. I had to power it down to stop it. I've never seen anything like it, I just noticed my icons disappeared and then my files. I lost so many files. I got another one but refused to connect it to my PC this time. it worked for about 2 months and died. Seagte says my warentee expired but I've only had it for 4 months. I'll never buy a seagte again, they used to be so good.

The item delivered was already opened. It ended up being a 1 tb drive as whoever returned it stole the 8tb drive and swapped it out with a smaller one. the people who took the return didn't look at it very well. the USB and power ports were all misaligned. now I have to try and return it and hope they take it back from me. I can't believe they just put it right back on the shelf with out really looking at it. beware buying electronics make sure you get a factory sealed boxs.

I bought this hard drive brand new in shrink wrap at the Walmart store in Parker AZ. It looked brand new in the box but there were clues it might be a problem. The first clue was the DOM. The date of manufacture was almost 4 years ago. A serial number lookup at Seagate's website said the warranty expired 2.5 years ago! Next clue. It literally took over 5 minutes for Windows 11 to recognize the drive every time it was plugged in. Accessing the drive took 30 seconds every single time and the whole computer would be unusable during that time. Next clue. My 20 year old drives were significantly faster. Next clue. The serial numbers on the box and on the drive enclosure matched. However the CrystalDiskInfo App told me the drive inside the enclosure had a different serial number. I traced both serial numbers on Seagate's website I discovered a lower quality 5400 RPM STKK8000400 SMR Barracuda drive inside my high end Firecuda 7200 RPM gaming enclosure. AI says it was common for Seagate to do that. Do a Google or AI search for " barracuda hard drives inside Firecuda enclosures ". There was no problem returning the drive to Walmart and the employees at the store in Parker are awesome. Really good people. 5 Stars to Walmart. I purchased a new WD_Black drive from Walmart.com to replace this one. My recommendation is avoid Seagate hard drives.

Broke after a month and the drive was sold as new, but with no warranty. I had to fight seagate by speaking to 3 supervisors at seagate before they adjusted the warranty. Ill never buy from seagate again, and walmart shouldnt sell things as new with no warranty registered in whatever system

I, like the reviewer Ken, looked up external HDD for PS5 and this came up and I bought it for 160 and it flipper doesn't mother potatoes work for PS5. I'm absolutely not happy whatsoever because it's pretty expensive and it's VERY MISLEADING! apparently it doesn't work for ps4 either according to other reviewers.