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Seagate FreeAgent™ (ST305004FDA1E1-RK) 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive

 
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  • Capacity: 500 GB
  • Interface: USB
  • Enclosure: External
  • Spindle Speed: 7200 RPM
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Seagate FreeAgent™ (ST305004FDA1E1-RK) 500 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive
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Review Summary

Average Rating: 3.5
 
Based on 18 reviews
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Rating Distribution
Pros
  • Simple Setup (5)
  • Large Capacity (5)
  • Reliable Performance (3)
  • Easy to Use (3)
  • Portable (2)
  • Versatile (1)
  • Quiet (1)
Cons
  • Slow (2)
  • Unreliable Performance (1)
It's Good For
  • Desktops (5)
  • Travel (5)
  • Laptops (5)
  • Everyday use (4)
  • Backup (4)
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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful.

500 Gigabytes of Naked Celebrity Photos!

Date of Review:  Jul 26, 2008
The Bottom Line: This external hard drive offers plenty of inexpensive easy storage whatever you use it for.
Review: You can store whatever you want on this Seagate 500 Gigabyte External Hardrive. My computer only has 120 gigabyte harddrive, which by today's standards is pretty small. It fills up fast.

What's in the Box?

500 gigabytes of naked...
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  5.0

by: shopaholic_man
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
lots of space
Cons
transferring large files takes up time.
 
32 out of 33 people found this review helpful.

Sweet Affordable Storage From A Trusted Name

Date of Review:  Apr 5, 2008
The Bottom Line: If you want a small footprint, high capacity, affordable external hard drive from a name you can trust, look no further than the Seagate FreeAgent 500GB HHD.
Review: Can one ever have enough storage space? I say no, one can always find a use for space and with the prices for hard drive the only thing that seems to be dropping these days, it s easy to grab an affordable external hard drive for not a lot of green...
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  5.0

by: vemartin
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Great performance, attractive slim...
Cons
None
 
24 out of 25 people found this review helpful.

Only as an External

Date of Review:  Dec 9, 2007
The Bottom Line: Run away from the Seagate FreeAgent external hard drives!
Review: The Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB hard drive was on sale at Best Buy one day for $99 so I decided to pick it up. I actually needed 2 internal hard drives, but the external ones were on sale for the same price as an internal drive, so I decided to...
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  1.0

by: nad_masters
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
None
Cons
Slow, firmware update failed, cannot...
 
11 out of 11 people found this review helpful.

A reliable and sturdy product

Date of Review:  Jan 11, 2008
The Bottom Line: After dropping this and slamming it, it still works... So I recommend this product. Study, Dependable, and a trusted brand.
Review: In the world of portable media, it's important to have the storage for whatever files you have. In this particular case, I upgraded from an old Seagate 40GB drive to this newer FreeAgent 500GB. So far, I haven't been disappointed.

First,...
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  5.0

by: xenoranger
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Sturdy
Reliable
Lots of Storage
Cons
Don't like the Power Supply
 
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Questionable Reliability

Date of Review:  Nov 9, 2007
The Bottom Line: Very unstable hard drive; avoid it if you can.
Review: I bought the Seagate Free Agent Desktop 500GB external hard drive approximately two months ago. It originally comes formatted in the NTFS file format, which is not really conducive to transferring large chunks of files. FAT32 is a much better file...
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  1.0

by: japperific
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
5 year warranty, Elegant design
Cons
Unstable, Slow transfer speed, Lack of...
 
9 out of 9 people found this review helpful.

Never had a problem and Great Price

Date of Review:  May 25, 2008
The Bottom Line: I have used my drive for over 6 months without a hiccup. The drive capacity is large. Transfer speed is quick.
Review: I have been using my Seagate FreeAgent 500 GB Hard drive with the USB 2.0 interface for over 6 months and have not had a bit of problem with it. My computer sees it immediately upon inserting the USB cable and transfers are very quick.

The...
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  5.0

by: wmcot
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Works great, fast USB 2.0 transfers,...
Cons
Like all external hard drives, requires...
 
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Good Drive As a Backup Device

Date of Review:  Jan 14, 2008
The Bottom Line: Buy this if you want a decent backup storage drive.
Review: Even after reading about some of the bad experiences some fellow users have had on this product, I still decided to get one as I needed a drive to backup all my documents/music/videos etc, and the price was decent ($125). Connecting the drive was a...
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  4.0

by: uhda
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Easy to setup and use.
Cons
Need to improve the provided backup...
 
7 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

No problems so far...

Date of Review:  Jan 5, 2008
The Bottom Line: The performance of the drive so far hasn't disappointed me. If you want a reliable, already built external drive, I recommend this FreeAgent drive.
Review: Even though I am usually an external drive builder rather than a buyer of the drive itself, after seeing very good deals on the drive and the trust I have on Seagate brand, I decided to try the Seagate FreeAgent Drive.

I was able to...
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  5.0

by: akazgea
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Quick installation, cool running,...
Cons
One-way positioning
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Fast, quite, dependable

Date of Review:  Aug 17, 2008
The Bottom Line: Looking for an inexpensive but dependable external hard drive. Look no further.
Review: The Seagate FreeAgent 500GB external hard drive is perfect for doing backups as well as using it for additional file storage.

I purchased my FreeAgent from newegg.com about a month ago. The software installation started right up the first...
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  5.0

by: baileyblum
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Fast, quiet easy to use.
Cons
Have not found any yet
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Excellent Runs in Background, no hassles

Date of Review:  Mar 21, 2008
Review: I got mine from buy.com about three months ago, I set it to run every morning at 5am, so I don't have to mess with it. I check to see if it has been doing it's job and it does it. It is great to have it.
I will note that if you keep a lot of...
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  4.0

by: dragondoodle
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Small, works in the background, easy...
Cons
Does not automatically backup desktop...
 

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