Others say...

"Great 'Til It Crashes !"
This external hard drive has quality issues. Read the numerous bad posts. I had it 4 months until I plugged it in one day and my computer would not recognize it. I lost some music I hadn't backed up yet on my other hard drive. The power cord had issues from the start. That's too bad because this hard drive has good transfer rates and it looks cool. I had no problems getting a replacement and they did send me a Desktop Pro model. So far so good on that model. That is the only reason I rated the hard drive two stars instead of one. If you plan on buying a Seagate make sure you backup your files on another hard drive that isn't a Seagate.

"Seagate FreeAgent"
This is a must have for anybody concerned about data security. Plug into any USB ports and back up all your harddrives - desktops or laptops. Great for storing large volumes of pictures, music, videos, etc....

"It worked for only 1 week"
It worked for only 1 week. Now none of my computers will recognize it. I wasted hours of my time backing up my computers. If it's not reliable then what is the point?


"For all of the hype, this harddrive is nothing more than a glorified paperweight"
I bought this hard drive to help back-up my parents computer in prepartion for getting a new machine. They complained of having issues accessing the drive and initially thought it was user error, however, after taking the hard drive home and working with it, I immediately saw that the computer would only recognize the hard drive and allow me to access it occasionally, and even if it did, after returning to it later that day or in the morning, it might show it in "My Computer", but if i tried to open it, i would receive a message stating it was unaccessible, along with the files, etc. stored on it.
After trying to format it several times and scan it with anti-virus software, it continues to be relatively worthless.

Extremely dissapointing given my otherwise superb experience with Seagate, but i would think twice before buying another seagate drive again -

"Seagate ST302504FDA1E1-RK"
This product was purchased over four months ago and I'm glad to report that it has performed as hoped. I had read reviews that say this drive performed badly but I had purchased Seagate hard drives before and felt comfortable with them.
I'm using this hard drive as part of my security system to record seven days of surveillance of two cameras that are connected to my business PC. This means that this hard drive is operating 24-7. It is located away from the PC in an area where there is not much ventilation. You might ask why I have it set up like this? Simple, I'm afraid that if I have a break in thieves would easily steal the PC and all the surveillance information inside it's hard drive. This set up would allow the PC to be stolen but I would still keep the information and the thieve's identity in the hidden external drive. I also have scheduled back ups of my important data.
In a nutshell....I don't think you can do any better than this.