Seagate FreeAgent Desktop 1.5 TB Hi Speed USB External Hard Drive

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★★★★☆
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  • Attractive design (4)
  • Easy to use (3)
  • Large capacity / good size (3)
  • Easy setup (2)
  • Fast connectivity (2)
  • Compact (1)
  • Reliable (1)
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  • Additional storage (3)
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  • Large projects (2)
  • Multimedia (2)
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  • Photo storage (1)
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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. Count on the FreeAgent Desk storage solution to store and safeguard everything on your PC - and to look really good doing it.

Specification Description
Model 15TBDESK, ST315005FDA, ST315005FDA2E1-RK, ST315005FDA2E1RK
UPC 763649010525
Buffer 32MB
Computer Compatibility PC
Connection External
Data Transfer Rate 480Mbps Maximum External
Drive Capacity 1500GB 1.5TB
Hard Drive Capacity 1.5 TB
Interface USB 2.0 USB
Package Type Retail
Port Compatibility USB
Power USB
Rotational Speed 7200 rpm
Select Portable Drives
Select Interface USB
Select Platform Windows
Storage Capacity 1.5TB
Type of Drive Hard Drive

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Product Reviews

Last update: Oct 26, 2009

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

 
 
 

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[53 of 57 customers found this review helpful]

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[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 »

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Jan 23 2009
Neil123
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[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 »

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Jun 28 2009
RecheCanyonMan
southern CA
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[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!~ "

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Mar 18 2009
Tomcat1956
USA
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[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 »

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Jun 24 2009
vinodrulz
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[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 »

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May 22 2009
ChadH
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