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Seagate FreeAgent 500GB External Hard Drive USB2.0 7200RPM 8MB Retail Box
Seagate FreeAgent 500GB External Hard Drive USB2.0 7200RPM 8MB Retail Box

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24270
   Shipping Weight:   3 lbs
   Part #: ST305004FDA1E1-RK

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 Features

FreeAgentTM Desktop Drive

Now your digital content has room to breathe.

Computers come and go, but your content should always be nearby. It will be, with up to 500 glorious gigabytes, the FreeAgent desktop drive is the best place to gather and access all of your important photos, movies, music, games and documents. Simply plug in the power and the USB cable and you’re ready to go.

Designed to live peacefully in your home or office, the FreeAgent Desktop Drive is extra quiet and takes up less room on your desk than a stapler. Even the cable ports are base-mounted to help keep your desk free of clutter. We even add a little bit of sophistication to your desktop with the unique espresso brown finish and molten amber illumination.

To eliminate the slightest bit of worry, we’ve even included technical support and a five-year limited warranty.

FreeAgent Desktop Drive. Because your digital content should always be nearby.

  • Up to 500 glorious gigabytes
  • Footprint is no bigger than a stapler
  • 5-year limited warranty
  • Just plug it in and you’re ready to go
  • USB 2.0 interface
  • PC and Mac compatible



 Specifications

Ideal for Allowing your digital content room to breathe.
Technical Specs Interface Capacity Model number  Limited Warranty
USB 2.0/1.1 500 GB ST305004FDA1E1-RK 5-year

Operating System

PC: Windows XP Home, Professional Edition or Windows 2000 Pro

MAC: Power PC G3, G4, or G5 processor OS X 10.3.9 (or higher), or

Intel Core Duo or Core Solo processor OS X 10.4.6 (or higher)

Drive is formatted NTFS, reformat for Mac using Disk Utility

Performance Specs USB 2.0 Spindle speed
480 MB/sec 7200 RPM
Physical Specs Product dimensions Product weight
7.5" tall x 1.6" thin (without 3.2" wide base) x 6.4" deep 2 lbs
190mm tall x 40mm thin (without 81mm wide base) x 162 mm 0.9 kg

Inside the box

FreeAgent desktop drive

USB 2.0 cable

AC power adapter

Quick start guide

Support  seagate.com 1.800.SEAGATE


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Messages about Seagate FreeAgent 500GB External Hard Drive USB2.0 7200RPM 8MB Retail Box

What to do when not using external HD (Kun_G- Jun 25, 08, 2 Replies) Read this message
What drive? (CSD- Jun 15, 08, 8 Replies) Read this message
Not compatable with PS3 (Mazaki- May 21, 08, 2 Replies) Read this message
Does this drive have an eSATA connector? (Bebert- Apr 13, 08, 1 Replies) Read this message
A pretty good drive, but one drawback (Paul_V- Mar 31, 08, 1 Replies) Read this message
Backup Software included? (Jose Luis C- Mar 06, 08, 1 Replies) Read this message
Whats inside? (Thomas_B- Feb 19, 08, 5 Replies) Read this message
** STAY AWAY ** (Lucas_P- Jan 21, 08, 16 Replies) Read this message
AC Adapter any USB cable to provide power? (Keyhunt- Dec 17, 07, 1 Replies) Read this message
use? (Aradiar- Nov 08, 07, 3 Replies) Read this message
Don't be fooled, not 500gb (Ryan_F- Nov 06, 07, 64 Replies) Read this message
Seagate 500GB or Acom 500GB External Drive? (iced man- Oct 31, 07, 5 Replies) Read this message
Help drive stopped working (Flodel_A- Oct 30, 07, 1 Replies) Read this message
Connecting wirelessly (gdek- Oct 10, 07, 2 Replies) Read this message

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 Reviews from the Web

Below are reviews found on other web sites for this product submitted by customers.

URL: http://www.sync-blog.com/sync/2007/08/deal-of-the-d-3.html
Comment: It's the guy from TV reviewing this seagate 500GB Agent external HD
Posted by: Polaris @09/21/07
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 Rated by Louis-Philippe_G, July 11, 2008

I wanted something for my backup and storing more and more files !       » READ MORE

 Rated by igolhcet, June 20, 2008

Really good drive for the price, and also looks nice when it lights up. Would definitely recommend.       » READ MORE

 Rated by Alistair_K, June 13, 2008

Once it's setup it works without any interruptions. Very good and easy to use product to automatically back up your important data.      » READ MORE

 Rated by Angelo_S, April 20, 2008

My old external backup drive, an ancient 40GB IBM drive in a USB enclosure, finally crapped out. So, being the diligent backup guy that I am, I picked up a 500GB Seagate FreeAgent Desktop to replace it.       » READ MORE

 Rated by Craig_F, April 14, 2008

I would recommend this product to anyone willing to expand their external hard drive space, I use it so that I can go to a friends house and I have everything on the drive.       » READ MORE

 Rated by Timothy_T, April 8, 2008

So far so good, nice data transfer rates, looks very cool, remains very cool. Definitely a good buy, easy to hook up and stores all the data I require of it      » READ MORE

 Rated by marvin_m, March 27, 2008

I like this external drive, and I hope it works fine for a long time, but the negative reports concern me. At this point tho this drive is wonderful.      » READ MORE

 Rated by Alexandru_L, January 21, 2008

Bought this drive a while back, and I am still impressed with it. It's very silent (almost inaudible) and transfer rates are good.       » READ MORE

 Rated by Airborneforest, January 15, 2008

Overall a nice hard drive! Quiet, cool to the touch and a very nice design. Very happy with the purchase. Using it to backup important files daily. I also have a Comstar Platinum 500GB external and I prefer the Freeagent to it any day. Can't go wrong with this price, especially when its on sale.      » READ MORE

 Rated by Jordan_P, December 8, 2007

I've had the Seagate Freeagent 500Gb drive for about 5 months now. I strongly recommend it.       » READ MORE


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