I purchased a USB 3. 0 drive so I ...
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I purchased a USB 3.0 drive so I could quickly move files between work and home and the performance of this drive is abysmal when on a usb 3.0 port reading from a Samsung SSD. Completely unsatisfied.
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fyi does not work at 3.0 speed for my 4t external drive.  works fine when plugged directly into usb.
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64GB USB 3.0 worked fine for Mac backup.  Thanks.
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I got this drive to store media for my 2012 Macbook Air, which is USB 3.0 compatible. The drive worked fine for a few days, then ceased to be recognized by my computer. I did some research and ultimately decided that it must be a problem with the USB 3.0 adapter build into the bottom of the enclosure. I bought a USB 2.0 external enclosure, tore the drive out of the Seagate, put the bare drive in the new enclosure, and it worked like a charm. I'm a little bothered that I had to spend more money to get this to work, but even for a bare drive it's still a great price. The drive hasn't had any problems since then (going on two weeks now). Overall this is a fine hard drive which is spoiled by hit-and-miss connectivity with the USB 3.0 adapter. For what it's worth, I never had any problems hooking this drive up to any windows machines. It was just the Mac ports that it didn't like.
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Works good.  Just slightly disappointed that it's not USB 3.0.
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I brought his because I need a new flash drive with more space. It's my first usb 3.0 so I was surprise to see the speed for myself. The manufacturer is great in most of he products so it was a no brainer.
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I bought this for a decent price (compared to other similar offerings) and am impressed with it so far.  My computer only has USB 2.0 though, so I do not see any difference in speed when compared to my other flash drives.  I hope to try it with a USB 3.0 port sometime though.
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USB 3.0 use fails constantly in Window 7 64 bit.  The drives disappear.  No word from Thermaltake.  Others experience the same problem.  Do a Google search first before you buy if you plan to use the USB 3 feature.
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I just purchased the 7-Port Hub.  I dutifully plugged it into a USB 3.0 Port on my Gigabyte I7 motherboard.  Here's the results:

When I plug in my Western Digital 2.0 Hard drives into the 7-Port Hub - they are detected fine, success.

When I plug in my Seagate USB 3.0 Hard drive into the 7-Port Hub... I get failure.  The Seagate USB 3.0 External Drive works fine by itself.  It works when plugged directly into the motherboard and even works through a very long USB 3.0 extension cable I use.  However, when I unplug the Seagate from either the extension cable or USB motherboard port and then plug it directly into the 7-Port Hub I get nothing.  No detection at all.  I tried this 3-4 times and the drive works only when I avoid the 7-Port Hub.  I switched ports on the motherboard for the 7-Port Hub and same story...my working Seagate drive is just not detected.

The 7-Port Hub seems to detect my Flash drives fine too ....but I am disappointed.  The only reason I purchased this was for the USB 3.0 ports.  I need a few more 3.0 ports and this isn't supplying me with them at this time.  Guess I'll have to keep looking.

I Hope this is a glitch and that I'll figure this out.  I'll change my review if I get it to work.  Right now I'd say this simply does not do the advertised job.  Drop a hint if you are reading this Mr. Manufacturer...does this work with Seagate USB 3.0 EXTERNAL HARD drives or is it only for USB 2.0 and 3.0 Flash drives?
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I have an Origin  EON15-X Pro Laptop which I ordered back in January running Windows 10 x64 Pro.  The system sees something plugged into the USB 3.1 port but it doesn't recognize the drive so I am forced to use it on the USB 3.0 port.  The USB 3.0 performance is fair.  Requests for support from them has been unanswered so far,  The SanDisk website lists the systems that the drive works on but only for USB 3.0.  I should have known.

Unless you know 100% that it will work on your USB 3.1, I would look elsewhere for a drive.
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I have a few old USB drives and a few new ones. I don't know why, but it appears as though when I plug in the new ones, the usb doesn't get detected until I pull it out just a little. After that I can leave it just a titch out or push it back in and it doesn't lose connection, but for whatever reason, unless I do that it does not detect the drives. All other devices work fine on it. It appears as though it happens with drives that are 3.0 capable that I have this issue.
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Great! As an added bonus, the hubs are USB 3.0 compatible (assuming you've plugged the drive into a USB 3,0 capable slot)
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I am very happy to have a good deal when buying this external hard drive from seagate. I own total 3 of them, the last one I bought from Amazon (USB 3.0 ), the first 2 were USB 2.0. I like them and I will recommend everyone that I know to buy seagate expansion only.
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(JUNK)  Drive does not work in USB 2.0 ports.  W7Pro both on my desktop & Lenovo laptop reads error 43 unknown device.  I tried everything to to get it to load the drive in USB 2.0 mode.  It would not work.  My desktop has usb 3.0 & it loads fine, but not with USB 2.0.  I have the older version Labeled Hitachi 750GB & it works perfect.  Glad Amazon has a great return policy!  Buy at your own risk!  Good Luck.
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USB 3.0 is a big deal; enough to consider upgrading my computer. Copying files at 1/10 the speed of an internal drive can be tedious. Now they zip right along, when I make safer places to store pics, music, etc. If you have a lot of data to protect and even tuck away, then a usb 3.0 external drive is the best way to do that, that I've found. Opened the side of my desktop, and one of the rear card covers; pushed the card in (after a slight bending of the lower metal tab); plugged in the power; closed; and let windows update the drivers. It's a small price to pay for high speed data transfer.
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It is fast for my needs to download documents, small videos. I currently don't have USB 3.0 in my computer but I ready when I upgrade.
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I ordered this to go with my USB 3.0 backup drives. It was simple to install, and the mini disk loaded all the software necessary. After the reboot and setup was finished I ran my speed tests. I was amazed at the boost in speed I got from my tests on the old 1.0 connections. I was 3.5 times faster reading and writing with my new 3.0 USB. I'm very pleased.