Seagate FreeAgent 250 GB External Hard Drive - Retail

Whether using a computer at work, school, a business center, an Internet cafe or library, have your desktop environment and latest files with you. And not to worry, your FreeAgent Go data mover saves all of your private information on itself, not on the computer you're using. That means there's no trace of your last session to tempt the next user on a borrowed computer. It also provides strong file encryption to protect your content and lets you sync your files from several PCs.

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• Reviewed by: PDigirolamo

  09-13-08

  Duration of ownership: 60 Days

  Strengths: Size and capacity for the money

  Weaknesses:none

  Overall Evaluation: This is a great product for the size and the money. It has great capacity. The soft ware is very user friendly, even for someone like me that is not well versed in computer products.

• Reviewed by: xmliu92

  08-01-08

  Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

  Strengths: Great quality, compact design, low noise operation, easy to setup & use, look great

  Weaknesses:None

  Overall Evaluation: This portable HD is really great with performance and looking. The quality is great with 5 years manufacturer warranty. The unit is compact with low operation noise and low operating temperature. The price is reasonable now, I paid $80 only at OfficeMax (compare with the 100GB version that I paid for $200 two years ago).

• Reviewed by: raswanson51

  06-13-08

  Duration of ownership: 4 Days

  Strengths: Small size, fast data transfer rate, 5-year warranty, Seagate's reputation

  Weaknesses:None

  Overall Evaluation: It's small and lightweight and great for carrying in a backpack. I like the matte finish as it doesn't show fingerprints. I only needed to use the single USB "power+data" plug for my Dell 1520. It's very quiet and has no vibration. It gets warm, but not hot. I find the transfer rate is quite fast for a 5400 rpm drive. I considered the WD Passport, but didn't like the glossy finish, and it only had a 1-year warranty. I think SG's 5-year warranty says something about the build quality and their confidence about the drive.

• Reviewed by: hvfusioncl

  06-07-08

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  Strengths: Good price $90.Cool Orange Glow.QuietDoes the job.250gb size is good.

  Weaknesses:none, usb cable could be longer.

  Overall Evaluation: I'm happy with the purchase,there is a 5 year warranty.I hope it lasts that time frame at least.The instructions state if the drive were to fail.the drive will be repaired/replaced and you will have a new 90day warranty, so that sucks.Their is no sticker to prevent you from opening the case.And voiding the warranty like on the simpletech's drives. Which are only 3year warranty.I opened it, just pull up on the sides of the case, but be careful not to break any thing.The 2.5 drive is a SATA type.All in All, GOod Buy.

• Reviewed by: borysr

  06-05-08

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  Strengths: Small, pretty fast, "roomy", adjustable sleep time.

  Weaknesses:weird shape

  Overall Evaluation: I had portable Maxtor before and totally hated it. Slow, noisy, running hot and breaking connection with the computer. This one is completly opposite. Quiet, fast, running not hot just warm. The only issue is that when it goes "asleep" there is no way to wake it up except physically disconnect it from the computer and connect it again. But this is issue with all external USB drives. To help with this, Seagate gives you easy way to set sleep time for the drive from one minute to Never which is good.Another thing I don't really like is shape with that angle, it could be a half inch smaller. Excellent product from Seagate.

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