Affiliates Work - Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 Hard Drive ST305004FDA1E1-RK

List Price: $129.99
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Manufacturer: Seagate

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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Seagate
EAN: 0763649003008
Feature: 500 GB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable
Hard Disk Size: 500
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Label: Seagate
Manufacturer: Seagate
Model: ST305004FDA1E1-RK
Publisher: Seagate
Studio: Seagate
Warranty: 5 years warranty

Features

500 GB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable
7200 RPM spindle speed and 8MB buffer memory for high-speed performance and fast read times
Footprint is no bigger than a stapler; Just plug it in and you're ready to go
Backup CDs, DVDs or store files and programs for on-the-go
Includes external drive, USB 2.0 cable, AC power adapter, and quick start guide; 5-year limited warranty

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Editorial Reviews:

With a footprint no bigger than a stapler, the Seagate FreeAgent is an external desktop hard drive that can fit anywhere. The FreeAgent is designed to conveniently hold all of your digital content in one place. This drive can hold 500GB worth of data and is ready to go as soon as you plug it in. Mac Compatibility - Power PC G3, G4, or G5 running OS X 10.3.9 (or higher), or Intel Core Duo or Core Solo running OS X 10.4.6 (or higher) (drive is formatted NTFS, you will need to reformat for Mac using Disk Utility) 5-Year Limited Manufacturer Warranty Unit Dimensions - 7.5 (h) x 1.6 (w) (w/o 3.2 base) x 6.4 (d)

Spotlight customer reviews:

Customer Rating:

Summary: Good product for small price
Comment: I needed external HDD as data storage (rare usage, I do not use it as "big flash drive").
It was best value for this price.
Only thing - it requires AC power adapter (some external drives can work on USB power), but for home use it is not a big problem.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Absolute Garbage!
Comment: I have returned no less than 4 of these under warranty. Every single replacement unit I've received has been DOA. What good does the 5-year warranty do if Seagate won't send me a replacement that works? I have given up on trying to get a replacement that actually works. I spent over $30 on postage for warranty returns. I ended up taking apart the most recent one they sent and put the hard drive in a case I bought on ebay for $12 and it worked fine. There seems to be some major power management issues with the enclosures. I will probably never buy a Seagate product again. From now on, I will stick with what has worked for me in the past (Western Digital).

Customer Rating:

Summary: Very Unstable Design
Comment: This drive has a very poor, bulky, and unstable design. The pictured base does NOT come off and you are forced to stand it precariously on end, which is a big tipping hazard. And lo and behold, if tipped, of course it encounters mechanical hard drive failure which would cost $1000 for data recovery.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Not reliable at all. Please dont waste your money.
Comment: I had this drive for 6 months and kept backing up data periodically. But the drive stopped working after 6 months and I had to format it entirely to make it work. I lost personal pics and a lot of stuff because of this drive.

My recommendation is to never purchase it and if you already have it, don't use it to backup your data. You will be greatly disappointed.

Customer Rating:

Summary: Avoid This Product
Comment: Please avoid this product. This past week, I dropped the drive about two feet ONTO A CARPET FLOOR as I was rearranging wires. Now it gives off a periodic beep and a constant hard-drive type hum, is not recognizeable by the PC at all, and is essentially dead. The problem is that I recently downloaded many, many GBs of irreplaceable data onto this drive. I suppose the mistake was mine to think I could count on such a simple product to be that reliable, but I guess the point is if you are planning to use this device to store data you can live without, by all means, go ahead. However, if like me, you would be virtually devestated at the loss of the data you might store on this, please avoid at all cost. I have no bone to pick with Seagate/Maxtor- I am just basically numb right now to think one tiny drop onto carpet would erase months of work in the blink of an eye. It's gone.

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