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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive

#492

★★★☆☆
2.8

based on 88 reviews  

 

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★★★★☆
4.1

$141.95 - $172.00

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  • Quiet (5)
  • Attractive design (4)
  • Easy to use (3)
  • Large capacity (3)
  • Easy setup (2)
  • Fast connectivity (2)
  • Compact (1)
  • Reliable (1)
  • Small (1)
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  • Constant light (1)

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  • Additional storage (3)
  • Back-up (3)
  • Large projects (2)
  • Multimedia (2)
  • File transfer (1)
  • Laptops (1)
  • Photo storage (1)
  • Video (1)
 
 
 

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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive

BizRate Rating Outstanding 9.6

$141.95

No Tax Outside NY
BizRate Rating Outstanding 9.1

$146.99

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Product Reviews

Last update: Oct 22, 2009

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive Reviews

 
 
 

Most helpful positive review

[53 of 57 customers found this review helpful]

Most helpful negative review

[33 of 33 customers found this review helpful]

 
★★★★★
5.0
Wonderful Drive!

"Pros 1)quite, very quite! can even hardly tell if it is working; 2) pre-formatted NTFS, gives 1.39TB available space; 3) compatible very well with my XP and Vista. computer picked-up the drive right away at first time, took even shorter time than recognize a thumb drive. 4) nice design. even though looks a little awkward from picture, but real drive is very remarkable, especial when indicator LED is on. can be..." Read Full Review »

Jan 23, 2009 by Neil123

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★☆☆☆☆
1.0
How to bake a hardrive:

"Pros:Music & Movies Review After using this HDD for over an hour, it got so hot that I could not touch the plastic case with my old rough hands for more than 5 or 6 seconds. I figured that my data was worth more than the warranty (replace HDD but not your data of course), so I opened the enclosure, the HDD was very, very hot. Even with two dozen 1" air holes (and many smaller ones) that I drilled it was still t..." Read Full Review »

Jun 28, 2009 by RecheCanyonMan

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[53 of 57 customers found this review helpful]

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive Review

Wonderful Drive!

★★★★★
5.0

"Pros

1)quite, very quite! can even hardly tell if it is working;

2) pre-formatted NTFS, gives 1.39TB available space;

3) compatible very well with my XP and Vista. computer picked-up the drive right away at first time, took even shorter time than recognize a thumb drive.

4) nice design. even though …"  Read Full Review »

Jan 23 2009
Neil123
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Price: $149.99
 
 

[33 of 33 customers found this review helpful]

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive Review

How to bake a hardrive:

★☆☆☆☆
1.0

"Pros:Music & Movies



Review

After using this HDD for over an hour, it got so hot that I could not touch the plastic case with my old rough hands for more than 5 or 6 seconds.

I figured that my data was worth more than the warranty (replace HDD but not your data of course), so I opened the enclosure, …"  Read Full Review »

Jun 28 2009
RecheCanyonMan
southern CA
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Price: $149.99
 
 

[53 of 54 customers found this review helpful]

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive Review

Seagate FreeAgent Desk

★★☆☆☆
2.0

"Cons

WARNING - Before buying this, make sure that you are running 32 bit XP or 32 bit Vista. The Seagate Manager software is not compatible with 64 bit Vista!~ "

Mar 18 2009
Tomcat1956
USA
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Price: $149.99
 
 

[11 of 11 customers found this review helpful]

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive Review

This is absolute Junk.

★☆☆☆☆
1.0

"Pros:Connecting with Friends, Music & Movies, Finances



Review

This thing broke 2 days after i started using it. Then after 3 days of intensive troubleshooting, finally confirmed that the switch to turn the hard drive was broken.



Wasted a lot of time on this junk. Only saving grace was that Seagate …"  Read Full Review »

Jun 24 2009
vinodrulz
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Price: $149.99
 
 

[13 of 13 customers found this review helpful]

Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive Review

Junk

★☆☆☆☆
1.0

"Review

Do not buy this. I had mine for a month and it locked up. I called Seagate and they quoted me $300-$3000 to fix it or I could return it and get a new one with ALL the data trapped in my old one. I took it to a local person to get a second opinion and they mentioned this happens alot with this …"  Read Full Review »

May 22 2009
ChadH
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Price: $149.99
 
 
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Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive

BizRate Rating Outstanding 9.6

$141.95

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$146.99

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$146.99

$1.99 Shipping on Orders Over $75
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