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Seagate ST310005FDA1E1-RK Freeagent Desktop 1 TB 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
 
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Technical Details

  • 1 TB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable
  • 7200 RPM spindle speed 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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Product Details

  • Product Dimensions: 6 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B001AHSNB0
  • Item model number: ST310005FDA1E1-RK
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (37 customer reviews)
  • Date first available at Amazon.com: May 30, 2008

Product Description

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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 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.



Powerful storage device with a sleek new design.


Takes up less room on your desk than a stapler.


Keep all your digital content in a safe and secure location.
Portable Performance and Security
If you're still relying on your personal computer or back-up CDs or DVDs to store your digital content or vital personal or family documents, you're running an unnecessary risk. Your computer can only hold so many files and can crash at any time, leaving you helpless to access your content. DVDs and CDs have a place in archiving, but they get easily scratched and lost. It's too risky to store everything in your computer, and too time-consuming and cumbersome to have a drawer full of CDs or DVDs.

Computers come and go, but your content should always be nearby. With up to 1000 glorious gigabytes, the Free Agent external hard drive is the best place to gather and access all of your important photos, movies, music, games and documents. Simply plug in the power and the USB cable and you’re ready to go.

The Seagate Free Agent is big enough to store a huge portion of your digital content in a safe and secure environment, but small enough to let you take that content with you wherever you go. In other words, having the Seagate Free Agent is like having your entire computer with you at all times, but in a package that's a small fraction of the space and weight of your computer.

Designed to live peacefully in your home or office, the Free Agent external hard drive is extra quiet and takes up less room on your desk than a stapler. Even the cable ports are base-mounted to help keep your desk free of clutter. We even add a little bit of sophistication to your desktop with the unique espresso brown finish and molten amber illumination.

The sleek and slim design of this hard drive--only measures 7.5 x 1.6 x 6.4-inches (H x D x W)--and a weight of less than four pounds. The Seagate Free Agent lets you transfer files seamlessly from your computer via its USB 2.0 connection at a brisk transfer rate of up to 480Mb/sec. The drive delivers a spindle speed of 7,200 RPM, giving you the high-speed performance you need to back your data up quickly and safely.

The Seagate Free Agent is ready to use out of the box with a PC, but it can be made Mac-ready in a matter of minutes with Mac OS X's Disk Utility. This portable hard drive is already compatible with Windows Vista (as well as Windows XP and Windows 2000), allowing you to backup your content regardless of operating system upgrades.

At this compact size, and with this high performance, you now have the ability to take your data with you anywhere you go, so your digital content finally has room to breathe. A five-year warranty is also included, giving you complete peace of mind.


What's in the Box
FreeAgent Desktop drive, USB 2.0 cable, AC power adapter, and quick start guide.



Product Description
Ideal for allowing your digital content room to breathe, FreeAgent Desktop Drive features a vast capacity with the footprint no bigger than a stapler - just plug it in and you're ready to go!


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131 of 137 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Big storage, some frills, external power, September 26, 2008
By A. Dent "Aragorn" (USA) - See all my reviews
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I've had this for about 3 weeks now* because I wanted yet another backup for my family pictures and some of the more interesting videos (I always back up the stuff that I really care about on several drives kept reasonably apart from each other). I can't think of any major issues and the only minor ones are the orange light that glows every time the disk is accessed - yes, we know, data is being read or written to the disk by the computer - and the external power supply.

Overall impressions: easy to install. I just plugged it in and... that was it on my Windows machine. The unit comes with some backup software but I like to be in control myself so I can't say that I bothered testing it. It's good to know it's there though. The size is reasonable - not the smallest external hard drive you can think of but it's not enormous either.

Oh, and the price is great. In fact, my only regret is not buying it from Amazon because, it turns out, I paid too much for it elsewhere back then. It's also possible that the price went down since I ordered it.

To conclude: if you have a relatively large amount of data to back up, or if you want to store pictures AND some videos, then this is what you need. If all you need is to back up your 10,000 pictures family album, you can get away with a smaller drive but, given the price... why would you not buy this one? I am sure, it will be viewed as a 'relatively small drive' 5 years from now but, until then, all the data that you need keeping will be backed up.

Oh, I forgot, you get a 'free' USB 2.0 wire in the box.

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*(Oct. 9, 2008) - While my experience with this product continues to be positive, I suggest that you read the other not-so-positive reviews before deciding whether you should purchase this unit or not. Also, I left a note to this review which describes how I am using this drive.


 
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great for basic needs, October 12, 2008
By B. Evans (McGuire AFB, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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I've had this drive for 2 weeks now. It's got ALOT of storage. It's fast enough for copying large amounts of files. It's not incredibly fast, but I don't know how fast you can expect a 1TB to be. The warranty is backed by Seagate, so I am not too worried about it dying on me. I've only ever owned Seagate drives and never had any problems. I got this for a great deal, and am loving it. For every negative, there's a positive to go with it!


 
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Practically DOA, October 6, 2008
By DF (Honolulu, HI United States) - See all my reviews
The drive initially came online, but after copying a few files to it, the drive started to generate write errors. Tested it on another system with the same results. Was barely able to do a "secure erase" (due to the repeated write errors) of the few files that I did copy to it so I could return the drive. The drive was also doing the classic repeated clicking and reseeking that you typically get with a drive with bad sectors.

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