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Seagate FreeAgent™ (ST305004FDA1E1-RK) 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive
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Price Range $100 - $164 Product Description When its time to back up and protect your digital content--photos, music, documents, and more--it doesn't get much easier than the Seagate Free Agent Desktop 500GB USB Portable Hard Drive. Simply plug it in to any power source, connect the USB cable to any computer, and you're ready to go. This hip-looking hard drive takes up less room on your desk than an ordinary stapler, giving you more space for your other desktop items, but with the capacity to hold the files you need protected. Access to the items on the drive is password-protected, so you can give permissions to whomever you choose without compromising your personal data.
Only as an External
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Written By nad_masters Date Written Dec 09 2007 Summary The Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB hard drive was on sale at Best Buy one day for $99 so I decided to pick it up. I actually needed 2 internal hard drives, but the external ones were on sale for the same price as an internal drive, so I decided to purchase 2... Strength None Weakness Slow, firmware update failed, cannot use as enclosure Bottom Line Run away from the Seagate FreeAgent external hard drives! Sweet Affordable Storage From A Trusted Name
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Written By vemartin Date Written Apr 05 2008 Summary Can one ever have enough storage space? I say no, one can always find a use for space and with the prices for hard drive the only thing that seems to be dropping these days, it’s easy to grab an affordable external hard drive for not a lot of green... Strength Great performance, attractive slim design; affordable; loads of space. Weakness None Bottom Line If you want a small footprint, high capacity, affordable external hard drive from a name you can trust, look no further than the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB HHD. A reliable and sturdy product
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Written By xenoranger Date Written Jan 11 2008 Summary In the world of portable media, it's important to have the storage for whatever files you have. In this particular case, I upgraded from an old Seagate 40GB drive to this newer FreeAgent 500GB. So far, I haven't been disappointed. First, I've shot... Strength Sturdy Weakness Don't like the Power Supply Bottom Line After dropping this and slamming it, it still works... So I recommend this product. Study, Dependable, and a trusted brand. Never had a problem and Great Price
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Written By wmcot Date Written May 25 2008 Summary I have been using my Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB Hard drive with the USB 2.0 interface for over 6 months and have not had a bit of problem with it. My computer sees it immediately upon inserting the USB cable and transfers are very quick. The drive uses... Strength Works great, fast USB 2.0 transfers, runs cool, low price Weakness Like all external hard drives, requires careful handling. Bottom Line I have used my drive for over 6 months without a hiccup. The drive capacity is large. Transfer speed is quick. No problems so far...
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Written By akazgea Date Written Jan 05 2008 Summary Even though I am usually an external drive builder rather than a buyer of the drive itself, after seeing very good deals on the drive and the trust I have on Seagate brand, I decided to try the Seagate FreeAgent Drive. I was able to install the drive... Strength Quick installation, cool running, reliable connections and data transfers, and good warranty conditions Weakness One-way positioning Bottom Line The performance of the drive so far hasn't disappointed me. If you want a reliable, already built external drive, I recommend this FreeAgent drive. Excellent Runs in Background, no hassles
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Written By dragondoodle Date Written Mar 21 2008 Summary I got mine from buy.com about three months ago, I set it to run every morning at 5am, so I don't have to mess with it. I check to see if it has been doing it's job and it does it. It is great to have it. I will note that if you keep a lot of your... Strength Small, works in the background, easy usb connect, easy drag and drop to add files. Weakness Does not automatically backup desktop files only from "My Documents" file. Seagate FreeAgent not very reliable
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Written By randomizer Date Written Oct 06 2007 Summary I've had this Seagate FreeAgent for three months. Initially, it worked fine, but lately has been having an intermittant fault where the $Mft file doesn't write properly. That blocks access to all the files on the drive, but I haven't lost any data... Strength Nice price, good support Weakness unreliable Seagate Free Agent Failure
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Written By jjirwinq Date Written Jun 26 2007 Summary My 500 GB Free Agent also failed about a week after I first got it. My problem was with the interface controller, it would periodically shutdown and then restart. I also had corrupted data, lost a few GB of data. I arranged to send it back to Seagate,... Strength Excellent customer service. Weakness Initial failure leaves a lasting impression. unhappy
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Written By photobuff777 Date Written Aug 20 2007 Summary Just bought it, got home , plugged it in and nothing! dead as a dodo! should have read the reviews here first... won't be getting another - freecom instead I... Strength had it worked, I am sure it would have looked great with the yellow led Weakness lesson to be learned, buy cheap and live to regret Buyer Beware
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Written By rwwk Date Written May 27 2007 Summary After I backed up 250GB of data, the power supply failed. I have had this drive for less than a week. Seagate's podcast site also lists a customer who had the same failure. This is still a new drive to the market, so I don't think this problem is being... Strength Great drive in theory. Weakness Power supply fails quickly.  |
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