Avolusion PRO-Z Series 12TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for WindowsOS Desktop PC/Laptop (White)

This is a great drive, and is fast and has never caused me any issues.

I bought this to backup my backup drives from all portable and SSD Drives to a steady HDD. Turns out I trusted this device to store 5tb of data as long term. But kept my other 20tb of data on my SSD drives, but the low storage space wasn't worth it. Bought this 12tb drive to keep 2 to 3 SSD spaces available. I backed up 10tb and another 5TB onto my online storages(I have 20tb in total online space) but was limited in space(I do movies and porductions) usually a raid Drive is the best storage. But I have no space or time for that. Wanted convenient and fast storage options. Big mistake. My drive died 8 months into operations and I lost 5tb worth of data. I sent this off to a HDD disk repair service and they are charging me an arm and a leg. The drive suddenly stopped operations after a quick light on and failure to stay awake options as I was trying to back up the backup drive back onto my portable storage when I noticed it sound like failures and constantly turning off access via PC. I check health of all my devices daily. Daily, there was no Checksum errors of faulty hard drive, health was at 90% so I knew it was hardware motors that were soon to fail. I'm within warranty I'll check on the company for a refund. No need to replace it. It's done.

Easy install. Worked right out of the box. Transfer speed was very good. Great backup drive.

So i decided to take a chance on this hard drive, so far have had it for 1 day.STORAGE = 5 STARS.its great storage, 12 terabytes is phenomenal especially for the price, considering you would spend the same amount for less than half the storage for a Seagate.SPEED = 5 STARS.the transfer speed is 35-37 MB/s, which is pretty good i guess, im not an expert but i havent seen much difference in any of the other drives i have.EASE OF USE = 5 STARS.its simple and easy, just plug and play, my computer recognizes it right away and poof, thats it.ASTHETICS = 5 STARS.this looks really nice, its not just a solid black box, but actually looks decent, although it looks cheap, its just a couple of extra plastic pieces glued to the sides, its at least a little better than just a black box sitting there. although i wish there was some other color choices for it, thats the only downside.HARDWARE = 3 STARS.the only problem i have is with the cods for this, they are too short, the USB cord is 1 foot long, maybe 1.5 foot long, and the power cord is also short, for example, if you have a desk with shelves above the desk, the cords are not long enough to put this on your shelf above your laptop and connect it to your laptop sitting on your desk, at least a 3 foot USB cord would be better, and the power cord should be a bit longer too.

So far so good. I read the negative reviews after I purchased the 12 tb and then I got nervous. BUT, I have had none of those problems.I’ve used 5 tb of the storage so far and it worked right out of the box and didn’t make any noise. It looked slick, stands up nicely on its own, so far.I’m not familiar with Avolusion but I haven’t had any bad experience with this one, at all. For the price, the 10.9 tb of storage, after consumption, is awesome and working great.

The Avolusion PRO-Z Series 12TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for Windows works relatively fast & is hastle free once the computer finds the device. Make sure your plugs are tight on both ends. I have over 1TB of data to back up & it took about 8 hours. I also like the on-off switch on the device. I keep it off when it is not backing up data.I switched to the Avolusion PRO-Z Series 12TB USB 3.0 External Hard Drive for Windows because the Seagate ToolKit developed a bug & would not back-up after an update & had to buy a whole new back-up device. I was also locked out of back-ups due to the Seagate ToolKit bug. Highly inconvenient. Beware.

Stopped working. I have a lot of data that is lost and is important. Was working when I went to eat, came home and it doesn't get recognized.

I doubt this sooooo much, but I decided to give a try. For the price, I can't say anything but, amazing.Transfer speed very good, didn't expect at all.I use it mainly for storage of pictures and videos, not daily use.