Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500 GB USB External Hard Drive Reviews

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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500 GB USB External Hard Drive Review Summary

Seagate Technologies is a well respected name in the computer hard drive business and together with Western Digital dominates the retail market for hard drives. The company’s FreeAgent 500GB Desktop Portable Hard Drive is one of its premiere offerings. Most of our reviewers agree that the sleek black/red-encased hard drive is “affordable, useful, and stylish,” and is just what the computer doctor ordered to cure their storage needs. One reviewer said of the FreeAgent 500GB Desktop Portable Hard Drive: “I have recommended these professionally to numerous customers of mine,” while another reviewer simply stated “it's a great device.” This small portable hard drive with a rated capacity of 500GB can be used with either a PC or MAC, and can be connected to your computer via a high-speed USB 2.0 cable. Our reviewers highly recommend this portable hard drive for its reliability, performance, versatility and affordable price-point. Read what our reviews have to say about this product as well as the Seagate FreeAgent 250GB Hard Drive and Seagate 750GB USB/Firewire hard drives.

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Affordable storage from THE in name storage

comfortable with technology, a IT Professional, a Windows System Engineer, a huge fan of Seagate drives

APR

2008

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. 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. Such is the case with the Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 500GB Hard Drive. With an average (on-line and… read full review »

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TheBard
Aurora, IL

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Finally. An (affordable) place for all my files to co-habitate.

value conscious, a new parent, a computer junkie, a gadget geek, an avid photographer

SEP

2007

My photos and videos have been living astranged for quite some time, spread across a half-dozen different hard drives -- and then put in a second location on said drives, for fear of a hard drive crash. The problem was bad enough, but about to get a lot worse with the arrival of my first child. — — Initially, I was planning to get a NAS (network-attached-storage). The initial idea is compelling -- just throw the box of harddrives off into a corner of your home office, and live in peace while everyone in the family gets to access your files. But there are problems. They are… read full review »

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Jace
Chicago, IL

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USEFUL and necessary

value conscious, comfortable with technology, a long-time comptuer user, in favor of LOTS of storage, Mac user

NOV

2007

With computers - especially laptops - it's not a matter of if your computer will crash and burn, but when, so it's really unwise not to have an external hard drive. As a Mac user (pre-Leopard OS), it is unfortunate that you need to buy a program to use this external drive (for PC-users, it's just plug and play), but other than that, it's a great… read full review »

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icon23
New York, NY

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Easy storage

a techie

MAY

2008

Well, since I bought this external drive back during the summer of 2007, I have had no problems whatsoever and have also found that the quality of the drive is nothing to be looked down on. I have my computer and external drive running about 18-24 hours a day 7 days a week and have not noticed any problems or changes in the external drives run time, transfer speeds, or failure. The unit remains completely cool even after running for these long periods of time. This is a definite must have for backing up data and… read full review »

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bullethiro
Seattle, WA

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5 Year warranty and all this space - how can you not love it?

a techie

MAR

2008

I have recommended these professionally to numerous customers of mine. Prior to Seagate the best warranty was a year. They build a very reliable product so you may never need to use the warranty. — — At these prices I can purchase another for redundancy. Most people don't have a redundant disk in the first place on their computer, this would become their redundant disk. — — One a gamer note: these can be plugged right into a PS3 for Plug and Play upgrade. —… read full review »

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scottmage
Clearfield, UT

regret to have bought this

SEP

2008

I got this on sale at fry's and it was a mistake. It was working okay at home. When I had to go back to school and ground ship this along with many other things it stop workng when it arrived. My other external hard drive from maxtor worked fine. Both were shipped in the same condition. Yet the seagate decided not to even turn on. I called for tech support and it wasn't helpful at all so I asked my friend and he just replaced the casing.… read full review »

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calgirl06
Berkeley, CA

Fast and stylish external harddrive!

value conscious, a computer junkie, a long-time comptuer user, a huge fan of Seagate drives, budget-conscious

NOV

2007

The Seagate FreeAgent external drive is perhaps the best drive I have ever owned. It is so quiet that I cannot hear any sounds from it unless I put my ear right up to it. It does not run hot, like I was afraid it would. It is fast!! Best of all, it is inexpensive and comes with a 5-year… read full review »

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hotrod77
Camby, IN

An essential piece of equipment for ANY computer user

an avid photographer, value conscious

NOV

2007

I am not a computer techno-geek but love this piece of equipment. It provides me with reassurance that my kids pictures will be there if my hard-drive crashes. It is easy to use and reliable thus far. It is small enough not to be obtrusive and quiet in operation.… read full review »

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mom22ninos
Chapel Hill, NC

Some trouble with the system crashes without cause

long-time computer user

JAN

2008

Check out this posting at arewold.wordpress.com/2007/08/27/having-problems-with-the-seagate-freeagent-500-gb-external-disk-drive — Some issues with the drive suddenly stops working - I lost 300GB of data..... —… read full review »

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geiro
Abbott, TX

typical external hard drive

always online, a techie

JUL

2008

This hard drive runs a little hot. It is just as noisy as the rest of the market. I would like the cache to be a litle larger, but you get what you paid for. Software is horrible, and I can't even use… read full review »

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tonyhart
San Diego, CA

Great hard drive. I highly recommend it

FEB

2008

I've owned this product for over a year and don't have any problems with it so far. It also comes with a 5 year warranty so I'm safe if it does crash. The drive is pretty quiet and the price is affordable. — —… read full review »

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rin
Ontario, CA

To Good To Resist

long-time computer user

MAR

2008

It is excellent and useful and best to keep your data… read full review »

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Sanjeev
Parsippany, NJ

Do NOT buy this drive!

a PC User, long-time computer user, always online, a techie

APR

2008

The backup software, Free Agent, that comes with this drive is below 21st century standards. It cannot see either "Documents and Settings" or "Program Files". What gives? Yes it can see "My Documents", but that's it. What, I don't have data from Quicken, Money, or other software? Do I ONLY have data in the root of "C:" or "My Documents". — Their tech support site also leaves much to be desired. Old style forums that Seagate doesn't even seem to monitor. — Bottom line - If you want a backup solution, buy something else! —… read full review »

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jaxjohnny
Jacksonville, FL


Key Features	Capacity 500 GB Interface USB Enclosure External Spindle Speed 7200 RPM
Technical Features	External Data Transfer Rate 60 MBps Average Latency 4.17 ms Interface (Detailed) USB 2.0 Buffer Size 8 MB Hot Swap Yes
Miscellaneous	Product ID 40697222 UPC 763649003008
Other Features	Compliant Standards Plug and Play Platform PC, Mac Package Qty. 1
Dimensions	Height 1.6 in. Width 7.5 in. Depth 6.4 in. Weight 2 lb.
Warranty	Warranty 5 Years
Product MPN	MPN ST305004FDA1E1-RK

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