5TB in your pocket for only €139: Seagate's portable hard drive price collapses on Amazon and now costs only €28 per terabyte

The Seagate Portable Drive 5TB is currently on sale on Amazon Italy for €139.99. It is one of the most appreciated portable external hard drives: five terabytes of storage space packed into a compact 2.5-inch body, measuring only 117 × 80 × 20 mm and weighing just 224 grams. It fits in a pocket, is easy to carry everywhere, and works immediately.

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Seagate Portable Drive 5TB, External Portable Hard Disk, 2.5", PC, Laptops, USB 3.0, Black, Data Rescue Service (STGX5000400)
€166.99
€139.99
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The connection is made via USB 3.0 (Micro-B) with an internal SATA III (SATA 600) bus, offering data transfer speeds of up to 5 Gbps, sufficient to copy a full HD movie in seconds or back up hundreds of GB in just a few minutes. The 46 cm USB cable is included in the package, and power is drawn directly from the USB port, with no need for additional power adapters or cables.

Installation is completely plug-and-play: just connect the cable and the drive is immediately recognized by both Windows and Mac, with no need for driver installation or dedicated software. For Windows, it is already formatted in NTFS and ready to use; for Mac, a simple reformat to exFAT or APFS is all that’s needed for full compatibility. The design is entirely in black plastic with a matte finish and includes a small notification LED to indicate ongoing read/write activity.

The exclusive added value of the Amazon version is the 2-year Seagate Data Rescue Service: in the event of accidental disk damage or data loss for any reason, Seagate provides a professional recovery plan that can rescue files, photos, videos, and documents. This service, usually paid, is included here at no additional cost, which alone is worth a significant portion of the product's price. The hardware warranty is 2 years.

The Seagate Portable Drive 5TB is compatible with desktop PCs, laptops, gaming consoles (with adapter), and any device with a USB port. The internal SATA III bus is backward compatible with USB 2.0, although transfer speeds will be lower. This external storage drive offers the best capacity/price/portability ratio currently available on Amazon, confirmed by thousands of positive reviews. At €139.99 for 5TB, the cost per terabyte drops to just €28/TB: a value hard to beat in the 2.5" external hard drive segment without external power.