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Seagate FreeAgent Desk 2 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive ST320005FDA2E1-RK (Silver) | 
| Brand: Seagate
Category: CE
List Price: $165.99
Buy New: $139.99
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New (28) Used (2) from $123.98
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  393 reviews
Sales Rank: 773
Format: CD
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: N/A
System Memory: 32
Hard Drive Size: 2
Size: 2 TB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 7.8 x 5
nv:Drive Type: External
Capacity: 2TB
Interface: USB 2.0
Interface Type: USB
Spindle Speed (RPM): 5900
Warranty: 5 years warranty
MPN: ST320005FDA2E1-RK
Model: ST320005FDA2E1-RK
UPC: 763649010587
EAN: 0763649010587
ASIN: B002BH4OY8
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 2 TB, USB 2.0: up to 480 Mb/s | | • | Rotational Speed: 7200 RPM | | • | Simple software, energy efficient, and encryption | | • | Experience fast data transfer with a USB 2.0 interface | | • | Enjoy a sleek, modern design that offers the choice of horizontal or vertical orientation to complement your desktop environment. |
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Product Description
Smart, sleek desktop solution for storage and safekeeping of all your photos, music, videos, and more.Store all your photos, music, videos and documents with the powerful yet simple Seagate® FreeAgent Desk storage solution. The FreeAgent Desk storage solution includes easy-to-use software that helps keep your information safe and private with automatic backup and encryption of your important files and folders. Environmentally smart utilities help save energy by putting your FreeAgent drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes. Its design is sleek and modern, so you can take advantage of its flexibility to lie on its side or stand upright to maximize your workspace. Conveniently store all your photos, music, videos and documents in one place thanks to large storage capacities of 500 GB, 1 TB, 1.5 TB and 2 TB.Enjoy a sleek, modern design that offers the choice of horizontal or vertical orientation to complement your desktop environment.Easily protect your data with automatic backup software.Keep your important files and folders private with powerful software encryption technology.Sync content between your FreeAgent Desk drive and other portable drives so you'll always have your current file versions wherever you are.Experience fast data transfer with a USB 2.0 interface.Get started quickly with pre-loaded software. No CDs!Save energy with an environmentally smart utility that can put your drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes.Enjoy peace of mind with a 5-year limited warranty from the worldwide leader in storage solutions.Perfect for when you need to: Easily store and protect all your photos, music, videos and other files in one convenient place.Automatically back up your data.Keep your important files and folders private.Sync your content between the FreeAgent Desk drive and other portable drives.So much storage never looked so good.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 393
 Mac OS X 10.5 and your external drive... December 26, 2008
Charles E. Paulsen (Clio, MI USA)
183 out of 202 found this review helpful
I ordered this drive because of the capacity and the price figuring that when it arrived I would simply reformat it as HFS+ and plug it into my Macintosh Network. The problem was that every time I tried to use Disk Utility to reformat it I kept getting an error (I forget the exact verbiage). Not only that but when I attached it to my PC running XP Home it wouldn't even recognize it as a hard drive - it thought it was a DVD drive.
I poked around on the Seagate website and found this troubleshooting procedure which solved my issue:
1. Open Finder > Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility
2. Click on the Partition tab
3. Click on the Current Volume Scheme drop-down menu and select One (1) partition.
4. Click Options. From the Partition Schemes provided:
5. Click on the GUID Partition Table radio button
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Click on the Apple Partition Map radio button
6. Click OK. Select other options as desired (e.g., Volume Name, Format, etc.).
7. Click Apply. The Partition Disk screen opens.
8. Click Partition. At this point, the volume dismounts from the desktop and the drive is partitioned and formatted.
Note: When Volumes are created, Time Machine may open asking if you would like to use the volume for backups. Click Cancel to proceed.
When finished, select the Disk Utility from the Apple Menu and choose Quit Disk Utility
I can't blame Seagate, the box clearly said the drive was for an XP or Vista PC, so that's why I am giving it 5 stars. I am anticipating that this drive will perform as well as the 300 gb external Seagate I have been using for the last three years
Works perfectly; a pleasure to use and own November 21, 2008
Roger J. Buffington (Huntington Beach, CA United States)
107 out of 119 found this review helpful
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 this unit to back up my home office and digital photograph library.
I bought two of the earlier (black finish) versions of this unit, and they too are very nice, and the installation is identical and as far as I can tell, so is the backup software.
The unit is very nicely built. It has a nice silver finish, and is designed to either mount horizontally or vertically, so most users will have no difficulty finding a place on even the busiest desktop for this compact unit. The nice finish combined with the attractive LED lighting make this an appropriate addition to any desktop. Minor quibble: could they not have mounted the little rubber feet rather than forcing the user to do it?
The unit installed effortlessly. You simply plug it into the power supply, and attach the USB (or firewire) connector to the computer. On my Windows XP 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. The software enabled me to schedule a nightly backup for 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. For my needs, and I imagine for most users, this unit is speedy enough.
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.
Could not be easier October 1, 2008
E. Mack (Seattle, WA USA)
32 out of 36 found this review helpful
What can I say? I am very impressed. It took me more time to figure out what USB slot to plug the thing into than it did to set up the hard drive and start my first back up. The quick start up guide is the only paper documentation that is included in the box and that is more than what is necessary.
All I had to do was plug in the power and then connect with the supplied USB cable and the control system self installed and directed me to set up using the drive for general storage as well as creating a custom back-up plan.
If I had to be picky, I would say that the "feet" that they include (you can choose between a tower or desktop set up that requires that you attach a tower base or 4 plastic "feet") are pretty cheap. Besides that, this was a perfect experience right from opening the box to just now when it finished my first (20GB) back up.
But simply put, using this device could not be any easier.
Fancy, but simple October 29, 2008
H. Liang (Philadelphia, Pa)
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
This Seagate 1Tb HD is replacing my 250gb WD HD that I bought a few years ago because it was getting full.
I agree completely with the other reviewers in that this hard drive is extremely simple to operate. Plug in the power, plug in the USB and it goes by itself. I found that the automatic back-up is easy to use and is a very convenient feature that my old HD didn't have. This unit is also very nicely designed and looks great. It's quite unobtrusive and a lot quieter than my old HD. In fact, I haven't even noticed any noises coming from it, but I hear my old WD going on and off whenever it is in use.
My only complaint is that it runs a little warmer than my old HD, but it's not incredibly hot...it's just a little warmer.
nice to look at, easy to use. November 4, 2008
H. Hahn
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
to put it simply this is a very nice external hard drive. it's got a sleek design with neat light effects and it's extremely easy to use. just plug the thing in and you're off and running. i usually never use the provided back up software with this external drives, but i decided to try it this once. i must say the software is very easy to use. you install it and you choose which drives or folders that you want to back up and it does it for you. you can also schedule when you want the backup to occur. very handy and a set it and forget it deal.
i would like to mention that this drive does not have a fan, which is what i hated about another external drive that i had. the lack of fan makes it very quiet. the drive also turns on/off automatically which is a mixed bag, but not enough of an annoyance to really give it a lower score. overall this is a great buy and would recommend it to anybody.
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