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- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 5 years
- Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 5 years
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Life should be easy. All too often, electronics, especially computer peripherals, require excessive amounts of skull sweat to get everything to work right. Luckily, Seagate understands how to make it easy. When you need to back up your digital content, of any type, it doesn't get much easier than the Seagate Free Agent Desktop 500GB USB Portable Hard Drive.
Simply connect the USB cable to any computer, and you're ready to go. This hip-looking hard drive takes up less room on your desk than most office tools, but has the capacity to hold the files you need.
At this compact size, and with this high performance, you now have the ability to take your data with you anywhere you go, so your digital content finally has room to breathe. Seagate comes to the rescue of your accumulating library of data, and for a price that won't leave too big a hole in your wallet!
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solution for linux spindown
- Pros: n/a
- Cons: n/a
- Other Thoughts: for the user who is using the drive on linux who couldn't find a solution for the spindown problem, here is the solution:
make sure you have the sdparm package installed. as root, do :
# sdparm -al /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D
Direct access device specific parameters: WP=0 DPOFUA=0
Power condition [po] mode page:
IDLE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle timer active
STANDBY 1 [cha: y, def: 1, sav: 1] Standby timer active
ICT 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle condition timer (100 ms)
SCT 9000 [cha: y, def:9000, sav:9000] Standby condition timer (100 ms)
# sdparm --clear STANDBY -6 /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D
# sdparm -al /dev/sdd
/dev/sdd: Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 100D
Direct access device specific parameters: WP=0 DPOFUA=0
Power condition [po] mode page:
IDLE 0 [cha: n, def: 0, sav: 0] Idle timer active
STANDBY 0 [cha: n, def: 1, sav
- Pros: good price. Sleek design. Whisper quiet, can barely tell it's on. No power switch; turns on and off automatically with computer. Yellow activity light. 5yr warranty.
- Cons: Although the case design seems solid and sturdy, would not recommend this product for constant traveling needs. Not so much of a con if you use this predominately at one location.
| Model | ST305004FDA1E1-RK |
| Interface | USB 2.0 |
| Capacity | 500GB |
| RPM | 7200 RPM |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
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"Slim design" not exactly "slim"
- Pros: Looks good, eSATA or mini-USB connectivity, 7200RPM.
- Cons: "slim design" does not include the non-removable base, no power button.
- Other Thoughts: I bought this HD for dj'ing, which means it needs to be portable. I wish I had known that it had a gigantic base that is not removable, making it not fit very well into any sort of laptop bag. It would be a fantastic hard drive for me if it could just lay flat. I don't even care that it has no power button since I only allow the laptop to turn it on and off. It would be five eggs if it weren't for the base.
So far, so good
- Pros: Very sleek looking and smaller than I expected. Simple hookup with power usb cables. No drivers or software required, WinXP quickly recognized drive. Backed up just under 50gig of music and pictures in a little under an hour. Amazingly quiet!
- Cons: Yellow light that runs along the entire front of the drive when in use could be a con to some. Not a problem for me, but if your computer is in your bedroom this light may be annoying at night. Luckily you don't have to remove power from drive when not in use, just remove the drive using "safely remove hardware" on XP and the light will go out.
- Other Thoughts: Very happy with purchase so far (have only had item for a couple of days). As always, Newegg processing and shipping is the best. Ordered on Monday at 3pm and received hard drive Wednesday.
Good for the Price, but worth it?
- Pros: Easily and quickly configged to my Mac, easy to drag and drop, 1GB/min transfer speed. Received only two days after order. Quiet, somewhat cool, and nice, non-obtrusive orange LED light.
- Cons: 'Sleek' design does not allow to lie horizontal! Sure it looks alright, but if I can't take that stupid base off it's only a matter of time before I knock it over and scrape a nice ring through my HD!
- Other Thoughts: Is this not cross-compatible? It says it works for PC & Mac, but I found it works for PC OR Mac. Backed up my Mac no problem, but when I brought it over to my old Dell, it is recognized but will not allow to be opened in Explorer. Not even an option to reformat, wipe, and start fresh? When I formatted it on my Mac, it did erase all installer programs, does this mean it will only work with Mac OR PC? I mean I only opened it half hour ago but even my 256 MB jump drive is more cross-compatible than this. Am I missing something?!
| Model |
| Brand |
Seagate |
| Series |
FreeAgent Desktop |
| Model |
ST305004FDA1E1-RK |
| Performance |
| Interface |
USB 2.0 |
| Capacity |
500GB |
| RPM |
7200 RPM |
| Physical Spec |
| Form Factor |
3.5" |
| Dimensions |
7.5" x 1.6" x 6.4" |
| Features |
| Features |
Vast capacity with the footprint no bigger than a stapler
Just plug it in and you're ready to go |
| Manufacturer Warranty |
| Parts |
5 years limited |
| Labor |
5 years limited |
Introduction
Life should be easy. All too often, electronics, especially computer peripherals, require excessive amounts of skull sweat to get everything to work right. Luckily, Seagate understands how to make it easy. When you need to back up your digital content, of any type, it doesn't get much easier than the Seagate Free Agent Desktop 500GB USB Portable Hard Drive.
Simply connect the USB cable to any computer, and you're ready to go. This hip-looking hard drive takes up less room on your desk than most office tools, but has the capacity to hold the files you need.
At this compact size, and with this high performance, you now have the ability to take your data with you anywhere you go, so your digital content finally has room to breathe. Seagate comes to the rescue of your accumulating library of data, and for a price that won't leave too big a hole in your wallet!
Highlights
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High Performance Hard Drive
The Seagate FreeAgent ST305004FDA1E1-RK is equipped with a high performance 7200 RPM hard drive with a total capacity of 500 GB.
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USB 2.0 Interface
The Seagate FreeAgent ST305004FDA1E1-RK features USB 2.0 interface for fast-speed and plug-and-play connectivity.
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Quick Specs
| Capacity | 500GB |
| RPM | 7200 RPM |
| Interface | USB 2.0 |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
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Reviewed By: bbobbo on 5/18/2007
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
