Seagate FreeAgent Pro 500 GB Hard drive
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- Manufacturer:Seagate
- Part Number: st305004fpa1e3rk
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125 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 07, 2008 Type: User Review |
Think Twice- service is evil
The drive worked fine until a mechanical failure. Seagate would not stand by the drive, and wanted $1800 to recover the data. It was 45 days past the warrantee and they were very cold and unhelpful. It turned out that it was just the arm reader...
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 27, 2008 Type: User Review |
Quiet, Quiet, Quiet, Quiet, Quiet, Quiet, Quiet,
I was VERY pleased with this hard drive! It is virtually silent which was one of the most important considerations for me and the subdued orange glow was a nice change from the brilliant blue fad of recent years. I listen to my music at night from...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: Kjellolseke Posted: Jun 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Excelent equipment but bad instruction."
In your test opinion it is written:"but in the models that include FireWire 400 connectivity, you can remove the USB/eSATA module from the bottom of the base and replace it with the dual-connector FireWire module". Thats outdated!!! Today all connect
PROS: It runs without problem.
CONS: Please update info.
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 3.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: millergcwc Posted: Jun 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Excellent Product"
After trying to get the "My Book" drives that wouldn't work on Vista. The Seagate Drive worked perfect, what a relief!!! So easy to use and a great looking product..... Perfect!!! Thanks for this product!
PROS: Works Perfect and Great Looking drive
CONS: I have none
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 4.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: Kjellolseke Posted: Jun 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Excelent equipment but bad instruction."
In your test opinion it is written:"but in the models that include FireWire 400 connectivity, you can remove the USB/eSATA module from the bottom of the base and replace it with the dual-connector FireWire module". Thats outdated!!! Today all connect
PROS: It runs without problem.
CONS: Please update info.
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3.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: millergcwc Posted: Jun 23, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Excellent Product"
After trying to get the "My Book" drives that wouldn't work on Vista. The Seagate Drive worked perfect, what a relief!!! So easy to use and a great looking product..... Perfect!!! Thanks for this product!
PROS: Works Perfect and Great Looking drive
CONS: I have none
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4.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: kindawacky Posted: Jun 19, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Disaster-Complete failure"
Should have known better than to load data on this lemon. Power would go off for no apparent reason. Still loaded over 35gig of data on the device when it completely failed. Contacted Seagate who were happy to tell me they will replace the equipmen
PROS: None offered
CONS: Complete Failure
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 0.50/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: kindawacky Posted: Jun 19, 2008 Type: User Review |
"Disaster-Complete failure"
Should have known better than to load data on this lemon. Power would go off for no apparent reason. Still loaded over 35gig of data on the device when it completely failed. Contacted Seagate who were happy to tell me they will replace the equipmen
PROS: None offered
CONS: Complete Failure
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0.50/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Top Of The Line Quality
Get ready to be spoiled! This drive is very quiet and extremely fast, especially through firewire. I'm using it as my startup disk now, since it's so much faster and smoother than my internal laptop drive, which itself is extremely quiet. It has...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: CNET Reviewed by: cyberlawprof Posted: Jun 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
"extremely flawed product"
I had this drive for more than half a year only and from the start I knew it was trouble. The Autobackup software is buggy and had installation issues. When I solved that problem, it then started to over heat and the aluminium is extremely hot to the
PROS: absolutely no redeeming virtue save for its design
CONS: overheating, hangs and disconnects, buggy software
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0.50/5 |
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