Seagate FreeAgent ST305004FDA1E1-RK (500 GB)

Pros: Great performance, attractive slim design; affordable; loads of space.

Cons: None

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. ...

Pros: lots of space

Cons: transferring large files takes up time.

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 celebrity ...

Pros: Sturdy
Reliable
Lots of Storage

Cons: Don't like the Power Supply

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, I've shot ...

Pros: Works great, fast USB 2.0 transfers, runs cool, low price

Cons: Like all external hard drives, requires careful handling.

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 drive uses ...

Pros: Quick installation, cool running, reliable connections and data transfers, and good warranty conditions

Cons: One-way positioning

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 install the drive ...

Pros: Fast, quiet easy to use.

Cons: Have not found any yet

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 time I ...

Pros: It's very, very small!

Cons: None.

Review: I've had my Seagate FreeAgent for several months now and have had no problems whatever. I'm running Vista Home Premium a new Dell Dimension E521 and the drive set itself up so fast I never even saw it set itself up. The unit sits on my desk and is ...

Pros: works fine on XP for 6month+ always power on, cool outlook

Cons: not sound yet

Review: I used to use other ext drives, IOMega one is too hot and cannot work after four hours. I use this one for 6months+ and never down. I leave power connected and it has auto power on/off. I think the internal is a PATA drive. Sometimes you may want not ...

Pros: Easy to setup and use.

Cons: Need to improve the provided backup software.

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 ...

Pros: Small, works in the background, easy usb connect, easy drag and drop to add files.

Cons: Does not automatically backup desktop files only from "My Documents" file.

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 your ...