Product Description

Seagate FREEAGENT GO 54002 500GB 25IN 5400RPM USB20 BLACK IN ST905003FAD2E1RK Storage External Hard Drives

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #455 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Seagate
• Model: ST905003FAD2E1-RK
• Released on: 2008-08-26
• Dimensions: .70" h x 4.80" w x 3.90" l, .35 pounds
• Hard Disk: 500GB

Features

• Garantie: 60

Manufacturer's Description
The FreeAgent Go drive offers up to 500 GB of capacity, so you can comfortably store all your files. It includes easy-to-use software that lets you automatically back up your data, synchronize files, and encrypt important files and folders. Plus, it's the world's first portable hard drive with a convenient desktop dock accessory. Simply pop your drive into the FreeAgent dock whenever you want to access your files - no more fumbling for cables!

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Customer Reviews

A very well designed portable HDD
Seagate have produced an absolute stunner of a portable Hard disk drive here, the transfer speeds are good, the size is O.K. and build quality is just what you would expect from such a reputable manufacturer. All these factors would make this drive good, what makes it outstanding are the optional extras, a multimedia dock (Seagate Freeagent Theater 1080p Multimedia Hard Drive Player including Portable Hard Drive) for viewing movies and pictures on your TV, including full 1080p HD as well as a simple desktop dock (Seagate FreeAgent Go Accessory Pack - Hard Drive Case & USB Docking Station). These extras make this range standout from the crowd.
Back to the actual drive, data transfer rates are consistently high just over 30MB per second meaning a 1.7GB file transfers in just under a minute. This kind of transfer rate is good enough to run a virtual PC image from, making this a superb option for just about everybody.

The Perfect Portable Hard Drive
This is the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB portable hard drive and features a USB 2.0 connection, a compact sleek design and useful encryption software.

While the hard drive is ideal for the transport of large or multiple files between different locations, it can also be used for backing up the contents of your computers hard drive. My life is on my hard drive, with gigabytes upon gigabytes of photographs, music, personal documents, videos and everything else, I would be lost without them, and being able to backup everything to this hard drive helps me sleep at night.

The transfer speed of files to and from the hard drive is perfectly acceptable and moving large files presented no problems. The storage space of 500 GB is perfect for my own use, and I imagine that unless you deal with a large amount of huge video files then it should be perfect for most users. The hard drive also doesn't produce much use when in use which helps keep the drive within healthy.

The hard drive is small and light requiring no external power adaptor to carried along side it. Thanks to the plug and play abilities of USB, no additional software or driver discs are required for the installation of the drive, thus making the hard drive both user friendly and again portable.

The provided USB cable is a bit short for my taste. While its short size makes it perfect for the portability aspect of the hard drive (not having a huge cable to carry with you) it is too short for most computer desks. I would have personally preferred to have seen two cables included in the packaging the short one, and a longer one.

An impressive five year warranty is a welcome bonus and offers additional peace of mind. If you're looking for a stylish and effective backup solution for you computer, or a method of transporting files then this hard drive is the ideal method of doing so.

Absolutely Satisfied
I am a heavy computer user working with multiple systems at home and office. Having my data portable and backed up is of utmost importance to me.

Six months ago, I wanted to buy a 500GB Seagate Portable HDD. But back then, the prices were high and I didn't quite find a portable one.

Thankfully, my wait paid off. I now own this ultra sleek, portable 500GB HDD. Data transfer speeds are very high. I often get close to 30MB/s data transfer speed for common files such as movies, pictures, documents etc. The technical specifications say that it can support up to 480 Mb/s (60MB/s) which is very good.

The design is very slim (1/2 inch thick) with futuristic white LED indicators that appear to "breathe" as data is being transferred. The bottom side has a rubbery surface which keeps the HDD from slipping away. I appreciate this handy feature.

Having said all that, 500GB is a lot of storage! But with increasing megapixels for cameras, faster processors and HD camcorders available, the file sizes keep on increasing.

If you've decided to go for this, don't think twice. It is a great buy and a must have for everyday computing.