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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 250 GB 3.5" USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | List Price: $149.99
Discount Price: $199.99
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Brand: Seagate
Binding: Electronics
Warranty: 5 years warranty
Features: - Vast capacity with a footprint no bigger than a stapler
- Transfer files quickly with USB 2.0
- Backup CDs, DVDs or store files and programs for on-the-go
- 250 glorious gigabytes of storage - compatible with Windows Vista
Great 'Til It Crashes ! [Posted on 2008-06-17]
This external hard drive has quality issues. Read the numerous bad posts. I had it 4 months until I plugged it in one day and my computer would not recognize it. I lost some music I hadn't backed up yet on my other hard drive. The power cord had issues from the start. That's too bad because this hard drive has good transfer rates and it looks cool. I had no problems getting a replacement and they did send me a Desktop Pro model. So far so good on that model. That is the only reason I rated the hard drive two stars instead of one. If you plan on buying a Seagate make sure you backup your files on another hard drive that isn't a Seagate.
BEWARE [Posted on 2008-06-24]
Seagate has attractive packaging, graphics, and web page, but it's product and customer service are very poor, in my opinion. I bought this external drive a year ago. It worked fine for 10 months, then reported errors on it like "file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." Also "File $Mft is corrupt and unreadable." I ran Seagate software and Chkdsk to repair the problems, but my efforts were not always successful, but always time-consuming. Seagate sent me a used replacement drive, and it has the same problems! This product seems unreliable, which is the problem you buy an external drive to avoid. Reliable backup is key. Customer service by phone with Seagate is almost impossible, real torture, huge waste of time. Rather than try a third drive, I have written off this purchase and will avoid Seagate in the future. BTW I have another external hard drive by a different manufacturer, and it works fine.
Worked for about a year [Posted on 2008-07-07]
I backed up my laptop about 4 or 5 times over the past year. Now the Seagate FreeAgent doesn't seem to power up at all. No lights. No action. It's just dead. (I must have gotten a bum unit. Apparently most others haven't had the same problem.)
Excellent Product [Posted on 2008-07-09]
Excellent Product. Got it for backing up a Mac. Took a few minutes to reset it for this use, but works exactly the way it should. Easy to set up and use.
hard drive review [Posted on 2008-07-14]
So far so good, but I've only had it for less than a month. It holds everything well and works quickly.
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