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Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1.5TB USB 2.0 Silver External Hard Drive ST315005FDA2E1-RK - Retail

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OverviewCustomer ReviewSpecificationsProduct Tour
Remember when a machine that offered a Terabyte of storage took up an entire room? Well, today, the Seagate FreeAgent Desk offers 1.5TB of storage in a package smaller than a hardback novel! The sleek and modern design means that you can take advantage of its flexibility to lie on its side or stand upright to complement your desktop environment.

This 1.5TB drive offers the speed and reliability of USB 2.0, and works as a Plug n Play device with contemporary operating systems. The 7200RPM spindle speed ensures that the drive can keep up with the data flow across the bus. The included easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe and private with automatic backup and encryption of your important files and folders. Environmentally smart utilities put your FreeAgent drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes to save energy.

If you want a drive that does a lot, but asks little … the FreeAgent Desk is just for you.

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Total Reviews: 171

DO NOT BUY - Keep looking

white Reviewed By: Fester on 1/23/2009
Rating + 1
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Nice size. Good name. Great warranty.
Cons: Simple: not reliable. Here is my story: I own several (smaller) Seagate FreeAgent drives and have been 100% satisfied. The Seagate FreeAgent 1.5tb has the same 5 year warranty which is far more than most other brand external drives. What could go wrong? After placing my order, I read the other reviews and noticed a high failure rate. Uh-oh. Upon receiving the drive, I immediately put it to the test filling it to about 98% capacity. It ran just fine. So, I deleted everything and began consolidating my other drives. After letting it run for nearly a week, I came in to discover a Windows ‘delayed write error’. I rebooted my computer and drive and continued backing my data up. Things seemed OK for a couple of hours but, sure enough, another write error. I immediately downloaded the SeaTools from Seagate and ran the diagnostics. No problem found. A quick search of the internet revealed MANY people with similar issues and Seagate seems to be in denial about a real problem.
Other Thoughts: Further testing has revealed the following: The drive seems to run great for several days of reading and writing. Eventually, it just stops writing develops write errors. If left to cool down, it will run for several more days until it develops the problem again. Each time, it seems to happen sooner and sooner. It doesn’t seem to be when the drive is full. The first time happened at about 900gb (about 60% capacity). I have been able to fill the drive completely (within about 10 gb of free space) and it still will read and write just fine. But if left on and running for several days, it simply stops working.
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Defective Product

white Reviewed By: Ktulu on 1/15/2009
Rating + 1
Tech Level Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Large Capacity, Nice Looks, Low Price
Cons: Failure after three days
Other Thoughts: This drive is the epitome of "you get what you pay for." I was suckered in by the great price and name brand, and initially everything was great. Drive comes with some software taking up space, but that's easy to delete. Space as advertised, 1.36TB binary. However, after three days of use, Windows started losing contact with the drive, citing "delayed write error." Attempts to reconnect the drive led to the wondrous death clicks mentioned by others. Luckily, I was able to pull my data off the drive in dribs and drabs during the short times the connection (and drive) would stay alive, and then returned it for what refund I could get. Just remember, what looks too good to be true probably is. Avoid this product.
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Quick Specs (view all30)

ModelST315005FDA2E1-RK
InterfaceUSB 2.0
Capacity1.5TB
RPM7200 RPM
Form Factor3.5"

Review Summary (read all 171 Reviews, write a review)

5
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27%
4
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14%
3
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8%
2
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1
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Product Rating:
Total Reviews: 171

DO NOT BUY

white Reviewed By: on 11/18/2009
Rating + 1
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Worked for a few months just fine until one day it started beeping at me. Which usually means, hardware failure. AWESOME!
Cons: It was 100% unreliable
Other Thoughts: DO NOT BUY
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good item

white Reviewed By: on 11/15/2009
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Works great and easy to use.
Cons: None
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I dont trust this model

white Reviewed By: ai on 10/25/2009
Rating + 2
Tech Level Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: nice looking
Cons: Well I have been using this drive a lot to store video files ,it does get pretty hot and now it is started to make clicking sound.It is making me nervous.My other drives never behave this way before and from all the horror stories I have read, I dont trust this one anymore.
I am not going to turn on that drive until I have another to transfer all the files to.
Other Thoughts: I had the older smaller model 750/500 for over 3-4 years without any problems at all.
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Model
Brand Seagate
Series FreeAgent Desk
Model ST315005FDA2E1-RK
Performance
Color Silver
Interface USB 2.0
Capacity 1.5TB
RPM 7200 RPM
Physical Spec
Form Factor 3.5"

Introduction

Remember when a machine that offered a Terabyte of storage took up an entire room? Well, today, the Seagate FreeAgent Desk offers 1.5TB of storage in a package smaller than a hardback novel! The sleek and modern design means that you can take advantage of its flexibility to lie on its side or stand upright to complement your desktop environment.

This 1.5TB drive offers the speed and reliability of USB 2.0, and works as a Plug n Play device with contemporary operating systems. The 7200RPM spindle speed ensures that the drive can keep up with the data flow across the bus. The included easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe and private with automatic backup and encryption of your important files and folders. Environmentally smart utilities put your FreeAgent drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes to save energy.

If you want a drive that does a lot, but asks little … the FreeAgent Desk is just for you.

Highlights

newegg Stylish, Space-saving Storage Solution
Enclosed in a compact, stylish brushed aluminum shell, the Seagate FreeAgent Desk (Model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) provides the flexibility to sit horizontally or stand vertically to maximize your desktop space.
newegg Store Everything in One Place
With an excessive 1.5TB storage capacity, the Seagate FreeAgent Desk (Model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) provides enough room to store libraries of your photos, music, video and more.
newegg USB 2.0 Interface
The Seagate FreeAgent Desk (Model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) features a USB 2.0 interface for fast data transfer speeds and plug-and-play connectivity.
newegg Easy-to-use Software Included
The Seagate FreeAgent Desk (Model ST315005FDA2E1-RK) helps keep your information safe and private with software-based AES-256bit encryption, Seagate DrivePass password protection, and Seagate Manager software that provides scheduled automated back-ups and multi-computer synchronization. The environmentally smart utilities help save energy by putting the drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes.

Quick Specs

BrandSeagate
Form Factor3.5"
Capacity1.5TB
RPM7200 RPM
InterfaceUSB 2.0
ColorSilver
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