Product Specifications
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| Brand: | Seagate |
| Item Height : | 8 centimetres |
| Item Width: | 12.5 centimetres |
| Processor | |
| Processor Count: | 1 |
| Memory | |
| RAM Size: | 2000 MB |
| Computer Memory Type: | SDRAM |
| Hard Drive | |
| Hard Drive Interface: | USB 2.0 |
Technical Details
- Easily store your photos, music, and other files
- Carry your data while you travel, or to and from work and home
- Quickly sync and back up at your desktop without having to search for cables
- Keep important files and folders private
- Get your storage solution up and running quickly
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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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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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.
33 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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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.
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.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
I travel a lot between two locations and I have a desktop computer in both places. I used to carry around a USB-Data-Stick, which was fine for a while to carry around files so I could work on them in both locations.
The space I've needed for data has been getting slowly bigger and bigger and I finally out-grew my USB-Data-Stick.
I decided to shop for something with a much bigger storage capacity so I could carry round all those other files I used to wish I had enough storage for, like: my whole music collection. Now I'm able to constantly update my MP4 player no matter where I am.
As portable hard-drives go, this for me has to be the best. It only costs a little bit more than the next model down, but has twice the storage and is actually smaller.
The space I've needed for data has been getting slowly bigger and bigger and I finally out-grew my USB-Data-Stick.
I decided to shop for something with a much bigger storage capacity so I could carry round all those other files I used to wish I had enough storage for, like: my whole music collection. Now I'm able to constantly update my MP4 player no matter where I am.
As portable hard-drives go, this for me has to be the best. It only costs a little bit more than the next model down, but has twice the storage and is actually smaller.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Published 13 months ago by JW
Mac? PC? Both?
Great product as I have purchased one before. However this one has a different/smaller design to my previous one and also works differently as this time round I had to go through a... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Stef
Excellent product
Just what it says on the tin - plug and play, easy as you please. It is small and lightweight, so I'm very happy. Read more
Published 16 months ago by S. Amitay
Good little drives
Bought these to back up work data and carry files around. Drives are fine, nice sturdy case, useful little USB cable. The preloaded software was a nightmare. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Martin Simpson
Does what it's supposed to.
Works as it should, no fuss. Had a few "unable to stop device" messages in windows the first few times I used it but don't get them any more (probably a windows isssue rather than... Read more
Published 19 months ago by M Evans
Seagate 500GB Drive
Really pleased with the product, just plug in and ready to use. The initial programs on the HD kicks in but these can be diasbaled so it doesn't start everytime you plug it in. Read more
Published 19 months ago by VinayS
Good Product - Not Sure about seagate's technical support
Seagate technical support is bad - I can't make head or tail of their web-site
Published 19 months ago by Baba Ijebu
Super Product
There is little to add to what all the other positive reviews of this great product have said. I just want to signal my satisfaction at the functional ease and stylish finish of... Read more
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