Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB Portable Hard Drive

Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB is a portable external hard drive for Mac and Windows computers. Using this hard drive, you can easily back up your files and access all your photos, videos, and music. In case you’re planning to use the Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB portable hard drive on your computer, you need to complete the setup process. To do so, follow the steps provided below carefully.

Formatting Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB (Windows)

• Make sure to connect the Seagate Expansion Plus hard drive to your Windows computer.
• Click on the Windows icon at the bottom-left corner of the computer’s home screen and launch Computer Management.
• Select Disk Management below the Storage section.
• Right-click on the Seagate 5TB hard drive and select Initialize Disk from the list.



• Next, choose the partition style and click on the OK button.
• After initializing the disk, the partition status will become Unallocated.
• You’ll have to right-click on the Unallocated partition and choose New Simple Volume. Perform the on-screen instructions and click the Next button.
• Here, pick the partition size and click the Next button.
• Select the drive letter from the drop-down list and click Next.
• Go to Format this volume with the following settings section and set the File system and Volume label from the respective drop-down menus. Click Next to proceed.
• Go ahead and confirm that the selected options are correct.
• Click on the Finish button.
• After the formatting process is completed, you can use the Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB external hard drive on your computer.

Backup Your Computer Using Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB

• First, connect the Seagate Expansion Plus hard drive to your computer, in case it is not connected yet.
• Next, navigate to the Control Panel window and choose System and Security.
• Here, go to the Backup and Restore option and select it from the list.
• In the left panel of the displayed window, choose the Create a system image option.
• Now, you’ll find the Create a system image pop-up window.
• Choose your external hard drive from the drop-down list under the “On a hard disk” option.
• Here, you will see the list of items going to be backed up on your Seagate hard drive. Click the Start backup button to begin the backup process.



• Now, wait for some time to complete backing up your system.

How To Backup Windows 10 Using Expansion Plus 5TB

You can now set up and use the Seagate Expansion Plus 5TB portable hard drive on your computer by following the above procedures.

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