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Seagate ST310005FDA1E1-RK Freeagent Desktop 1 TB 3.5-Inch USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
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List Price:
$353.93
Bugarin.info Price:
$137.99
Your Savings: $ 215.94 ( 61% )
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Manufacturer: Seagate
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Binding: Electronics
Brand: Seagate
EAN: 0763649007945
Feature: 1 TB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable
Hard Disk Size: 1
Is Autographed: 0
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Label: Seagate
Manufacturer: Seagate
Model: ST310005FDA1E1-RK
Publisher: Seagate
Special Features: nv:Capacity (GB)^1000|Interface^USB 2.0|Spindle Speed (RPM)^7200|Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0^Up to 480 Mb/sec
Studio: Seagate
Warranty: 5 years warranty
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Features
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1 TB external hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable
7200 RPM spindle speed for high-speed performance and fast read times
Footprint is no bigger than a stapler; Just plug it in and you're ready to go
Backup CDs, DVDs or store files and programs for on-the-go
Includes external drive, USB 2.0 cable, AC power adapter, and quick start guide; 5-year limited warranty
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Editorial Reviews:
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Ideal for allowing your digital content room to breathe, FreeAgent Desktop Drive features a vast capacity with the footprint no bigger than a stapler - just plug it in and you're ready to go!
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great drive if only it would work
Comment: I bought this drive because of its warrenty and I have 3 other Seagate drives. This drive works great when it is working. However it will not recover from sleep. I have to unplug it and plug it back in to get it to restart. I returned the drive and the replacement does the same thing.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Seagate USB 2.0 External Hard Drive
Comment: I was very satisfied with this product. Everything was as described and that it this low cost.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Awesome product
Comment: This hard drive works perfectly! It is as quiet as can be, is super easy to navigate, and looks really sleek. I thought about getting an external hard drive with less space, but once I actually started storing things on here, I was glad I got the 1TB version. Plus I got the most memory per dollar, so it was definitely worth it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Seagate 1TB Hard Drive External
Comment: This drive works like a charm, just plug n play, currently using Windows Vista. I previously had an external casing & a Western Digiatal Hardrive 250 GB that was noisy & also the casing used to get heated, but this is the best i have ever used:
1. Completely silent Operation
2. Doesn't heats up
3. Plug & play no separate drivers needed.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A very nice backup system well-built and well-designed
Comment: I have been a PC nut since the Apple II and original IBM PC, and backup technology is just now getting good for us small office and home users. I have tried tape backup units, DVDs, and other classic solutions, never with real confidence that my data was stored safely. This 1TB HDD from Seagate really is a superb backup unit. On the competent advice of my IT professional, I bought two of these, one for my business, one for my home office.
The unit is very nicely built, with an attractive black finish and it stands vertically. It has a large orange vertical LED the brightness of which indicates whether the unit is working or on standby. The unit is very compact. If you need more than one later, you can stand them next to one another without taking up much space. But 1TB is enough storage for a LOT of files. Of course, in a year or two no doubt there will be units of the same physical size that store multiple terabytes. Nevertheless, for now, 1TB is a lot!
The unit installed effortlessly. You simply plug it into the power supply, and attach the USB (or firewire) connector to the computer. On my Vista Premium Home Edition machine, a menu came right up asking me if I wanted to install the backup software with which the unit comes equipped. I let it do so, and in a minute or so the software was installed and the 1TB HDD was shown in my Computer directory as ready to go. No need for reading anything; true plug and play. The unit is quiet and unobtrusive; it just does its job without annoying the user in any way. Nice!
I did install the backup software, and it seems to be very nice. In fact, this is the first time in years that I have seen backup software that I thought was better than just doing the backups manually. One complaint (minor) is that the backup software makes you specify each directory on a drive by checking a box. I would prefer an option that just lets me back up an entire drive. No big deal. The software enabled me to schedule a nightly backup every night, and that is an absolute first for me for my home office. A very nice feeling to know that one has one's files safely backed up. And one can easily view the contents of the unit to actually see the backed-up files.
This is a USB2 unit, so transfer speeds are not as fast as a SCSI drive would be, but usually this is not an issue with the type of use I plan, as routine backups and storage in increments does not take long. It did take roughly 1 hour twenty-five minutes to move about 34 GB of photo files from my little USB HDD to this unit; that is one USB2 unit to another, so it was bound not to be real speedy.
Incidentally, the unit is formated NTFS, so no need to reformat it to get rid of FAT32 format as is the case with some drives. It truly was ready to go for my Vista system.
So far I am extremely pleased with this unit. It is a fast, well-built, well-designed and cost-effective solution to mass storage of data.
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