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| Seagate ST305004FDA1E1-RK FreeAgent Desktop 500 GB 3.5" USB 2.0 External Hard Drive | 
 enlarge | Brand: Seagate
Category: CE
List Price: $209.99
Buy New: $89.99
You Save: $120.00 (57%)
New (46) Used (2) from $89.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  212 reviews
Sales Rank: 71
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Hard Drive Size: 500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 6
Dimensions (in): 6.4 x 3.2 x 7.5
nv:Capacity (GB): 500
Interface: USB 2.0
Spindle Speed (RPM): 7200
Data Transfer Rate on USB 2.0: Up to 480 Mb/sec
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: ST305004FDA1E1-RK
Model: ST305004FDA1E1-RK
UPC: 763649003008
EAN: 0763649003008
ASIN: B000ND75C0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 As easy to use as a thumbdrive July 30, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I couldn't pass up the sale price in today's Circuit City ad. I needed a backup for my other backup which is a SimpleTech 250GB hard drive I bought a couple of years ago. It sure is nice to see cost per gig drop from what used be $1/gigabyte to less than $0.30/gigabyte.
I bought this solely on impressions of other reviewers. Compared to Western Digital and Maxtor reviewers, this one seemed to be as close to hassle free as my SimpleTech.
So far so good. I made the circuit starting with my Gateway then to my Mac G5, Dell, and IBM laptop and am happy to report that all 4 units recognized the hardware promptly and permitted me to import/export files easily.
Unlike other hard disc drive users, I use mine for simple back up archival purposes. I plug in, click and drag My Docs, unplug, and put the drive away in a fire safe until the next time I feel like backing up. Sure beats the stacks of CDs and eventually DVDs I used to have to store.
There is one little hang up. After I am done, when I am trying to invoke the Eject hardware feature on any of my units, I kept getting the "unable to eject at this time message" that I sometimes get with thumbdrives. I unplugged anyway and didn't seem to affect any of my files when I checked later.
This is the way all electronic products should be. Simple and ready to use right out of the box.
Seagate FreeAgent External Hard Drive July 29, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
In this age of digital photography, hard drives are filling up faster than ever before. Even a 100 gigabyte hard drive which,only a few years ago,would have been considered huge,fills up with amazing rapidity. CD's and DVD's,although useful to an exent for storage do have their limitations. The optimal solution,to date,for the storage dilemma is the external hard drive. Organization of data (including photos) is a breeze and the Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB External Hard Drive not only fills the bill for now, but for many years to come as well. If they do have their problems, I have not experienced them as of yet. I can wholeheartedly recommend this problem as a viable solution to anybody's data,including photo,storage needs.
Dave
SUPER Excellent!! Awesome! July 29, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I bought this external hard drive, and guess what? IT'S AWESOME! Everything works perfect. Stores millions of files, and is very reliable. It's quiet, and really nice looking. I would say that Seagate Free Agent 500 GB is better than the Western Digital My Book 500GB. It's size and design, is nicer than WB My Book. ONE THING, is that it isn't exactly 500 GB, it IS 465 GB (on all of them). I found that out, and checked on others. Western Digital My book (500), is also 465 GB. IT'S ON ALL OF THEM. So that's good. That's actually because they count 1,000,000 Kb as 1 Gb.. Anyways, by the way, It has No on/off button, but that is actually good, cause it's always ON. It doesn't run out of power, because it has power supply. ALSO, when not using it for like 15 mins. it becomes idle. And when continuing your work on it, it quickly comes back to normal mode. And as somebody said already: No power off switch, so it powers on/off with the PC (the USB connection triggers this). REALLY NICE!
Excellent, fast and easy July 26, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The FreeAgent 500GB External Hard Drive is massive. It is extremely easy to set up and runs seamlessly with the Vista Backup system.
Very happy with Pro and Go July 18, 2007
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
I have the 500 gig USB FreeAgent PRO and the 120 gig FreeAgent GO. The Pro and Go worked right out of the box on XP home. I would prefer an overview of capabilities that was not written by a Marketing person, perhaps a video. I was looking for a backup device that required no input on my part, both do this. The menu walks you through the set up, but I would have preferred an overview that told me what to expect, but this is not a show stopper. There is no instruction on how to properly disable the device. You will find your hard drive unexpectedly spinning for long, long intervals. Is this a virus wiping my hard drive? No, it is Free Agent doing something. Open the Memeo backup and restore software (supplied) tray icon and it gives you an idea what it is doing. But is it safe to turn off my computer?
While the drive is spinning, other apps may appear to hang. Don't do anything, leave it alone. Don't frantically push keys or buttons. The back up software is turning over processing power to the new app or whatever you are trying to execute. The software monitors your drive and does automatic backups, even saving several changed versions of the same file for restoration choices. There is a tiny pop up window that tells you when files are being backed up.
My issue happened recently. I use a UPS but the battery is apparently failing and I had several power dips. This disconnected the PRO drive momentarily. After several disconnects, the backup indexing file(?) was corrupted and the backup folder is no longer recognized for backup or global restore purposes. The data is not corrupted and is accessible as would happen with a straight external drive but new data will not back up to that folder. The backup utilities will not recognize the backup plan and the instructions on where to find the plan are cryptic at best. "look for a folder named Memeo" Where? On the E drive, the C drive, in Program Files? I plan to be more careful in the future, always use a UPS (back up power supply) and determine the most gentle way of turning the thing off without corrupting the back up index, or whatever is wrong. Note, the initial backup may take two solid days. I am not sure what the effect computer hibernation may have on the process.
Enter FreeAgent Go, much, much smaller in size, 120 gigs. Importantly, runs off USB port for power so no crashes or outside power or UPS. Same software, FreeAgent and Memeo, plus Creedo. It is marketed as a device that holds your files and portable applications. Plug it in to any computer and you have your apps and data. Comes with Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook Express, IE, and will accept apps written for Creedo. (Google it). There are plenty of apps that don't need to be installed by Windows and will run by clicking on the .exe file. Look for portable USB flash drive apps like KeePass, OpenOffice, AVG, SpyBot, Firefox, and Thunderbird. The Creedo software imports the software and creates it's own tiny "desktop" with app. icons. Cute. Non Creedo apps can be placed in a separate directory on the GO drive or better yet, include them in your backup files so the data/passwords/browser favorites are always in sync.
I am not sure if you can back up to GO and PRO on the same machine since they share the same software. GO and PRO have slightly different purposes. Does it make sense to carry primary backup files with you instead of locking them up in a secure area? Not sure, but it makes sense that Memeo software will sync new files to your hard drive if GO was used on a different computer and new files created.
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