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Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB External Hard Drive EU & UK 3,5" 7200RPM 8MB USB2.0

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB External Hard Drive EU & UK 3,5
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Our Price: £58.61
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Manufacturer: SEAGATE
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5Average rating of 3.5/5

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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Seagate
EAN: 7636490001765
Feature: Hard drive - external
Hard Disk Size: 500
Is Fragile: 0
Label: SEAGATE
Manufacturer: SEAGATE
Model: ST305004FDD1E1-RK
Publisher: SEAGATE
Release Date: 2008-02-04
Studio: SEAGATE
Features
Hard drive - external
3.5"
4 cm x 16.2 cm x 19 cm
500 GB
Hi-Speed USB
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Summary: Well I am a happy customer
Comment: Plug and play device at a very good price.
Compare the price you would have to pay for an 8G Memory stick and then work out how much extra storage capacity the seagate drive has.....there is no doubts in my mind which would be the right direction to head in when making the choices.
When it comes to any kind of important files always follow my lead. Back up to disc....Back up to Pen drives........Back up to the old spare computer..........Yes back up on the Seagate Freeagent drive as well...... Share all your photos on disc with your families.........Dont rely on any one single form of back up .
This Seagate drive has given me no problems.....YET! Unlike other people who have reviewed it .
So for now I give it a thumbs up.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5Average rating of 2/5
Summary: Good Drive but very poor disk controller
Comment: I kept getting multiple problems with sections of files (.avi) missing when copied to this drive. Very strange I thought as the disk is a highly reliable one from the "Barracuda" series.

Conclusion is that the disk controller is not man enough for the job.

Opened the case, removed the drive (it's a standard sata type), installed it in my pc and it's working perfectly.

My advice is to buy an sata drive and install it in an ici-box or similar if you want an external hard drive.




Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Bad bad seagate drives
Comment: I had a 500Gb and a 750Gb Seagate FreeAgent drive. They were both full and then crashed within a month of each other. Seagate will replace the drive, but i loose all the data on them. I will never buy a Seagate product again. I will try anything else, but never this product again.
Customer Rating: Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5Average rating of 4/5
Summary: Good Product
Comment: Its a quite good product for money.. But little bulky though. Should be Ok for stationery users
Customer Rating: Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5Average rating of 1/5
Summary: Get the info right!!
Comment: This got a good review in Which? so I bought one. The blurb here said it was ok for my G5 Mac but I couldn't get it to work. 2 calls to the Seagate help-desk in Colorado didn't help. I accidentally discovered (can't remember how) that it wouldn't work with Panther, my OS, but would with the later Leopard OS. In that case it's NOT Mac compatible. Why say it is?
The helpful thing was being able to print the return label & the instant refund from Amazon. A1 service there!! They exchanged it for a Freecom which connected to my G5 & worked right away.
Editorial Reviews:
Easily store and automatically copy your content for safekeeping and quick access.

Computers come and go, but your content should always be nearby. With up to 500 glorious gigabytes, the FreeAgent 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.

Designed to live peacefully in your home or office, the FreeAgent 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.

To eliminate the slightest bit of worry, we’ve even included technical support and a five-year limited warranty.

FreeAgent — because your digital content should always be nearby.
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