Seagate FreeAgent Go 250 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST902503FGA1E1-RK

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	Price: $129.99
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Features - 250 GB portable hard drive connects to your computer via USB cable - 5400 RPM spindle speed for speedy performance - Protect against unauthorized use with encryption for sensitive files; Leave no trace of your last session on a borrowed computer - Keep your most current data with you - synchronize data from your most frequented PCs - Includes portable drive, Free Agent software (preloaded) and electronic documentation, USB 2.0 cable, and a quick start guide; 5-year limited warranty Product Description Ideal for letting you carry your desktop environment and your files anytime, anywhere, FreeAgent Go allows you to take your web browser, favorites, passwords, IM client and contacts, email client, cookies, settings and files with you. Save all your private information on FreeAgent, not on the computer you're using! Amazon.com Product Description Amazon.com Product Description If you find yourself working from multiple computers but needing constant access to your own software, e-mail and digital files, the Seagate Free Agent Go Portable Hard Drive is for you. More than a simple portable back-up and storage solution, the Seagate Free Agent Go lets you take your favorite software, Web browser, IM client and contacts, email, cookies, and personalization settings wherever you go--safely and securely. Not only does this portable hard drive synchronize your data with just about any computer you want to work from, more importantly it features the latest encryption software to protect your content, leaving no trace of your last session on the borrowed computer. With the Seagate Free Agent Go, you have the best of all worlds--a convenient portable back-up solution and a virtual desktop in a pocket-size package. Powerful storage device with a sleek new design. Compact size makes it great for on-the-go travel. Take your favorite music, photos, or programs with you anywhere you go. It's all about having your desktop environment and latest files with you - when and where you need them. Designed for mobility, the sleek compact design easily fits into your shirt pocket, briefcase or backpack. We provide the USB cable that's not only the interface connection, but the power source – no additional power cords are needed. And the unique espresso brown finish with molten amber illumination is just icing on the cake. High-Speed Synchronization and Security Whether you have vital company data or personal files and programs that you need to access, the Seagate Free Agent Go protects your most valuable information via drive-level encryption that provides a more robust solution than most software encryption on the market today. Delivering high-end protection against unauthorized use with encryption for sensitive files, this device keeps your data safe while you're on the go. And not to worry, your Free Agent Go portable hard drive saves all of your private information on itself, not on the computer you're using. That means there's no trace of your last session to tempt the next person on a borrowed computer. It also provides strong file encryption to protect your content, and lets you sync your files from several PCs. With the Seagate Free Agent Go, virtually any computer can temporarily become yours. The software/drive combination allows you to move files or other content quickly via USB 2.0, allowing transfer rate of up to 480 MB/sec for USB. The drive's high-performance spindle speed of 5400 RPM gives you the high-speed performance you need to back your data up quickly and safely. The sleek and slim design of this hard drive--only 0.7 x 3.9 x 4.8-inches (H x D x W)--and a weight of less than four pounds means that you can carry practically your entire desktop with you as you make your rounds from computer to computer. The Free Agent Go software and drive is formatted to work out of the box with Windows operating systems--including Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000--but the drive can easily be made Mac-ready in a few minutes with Mac OS X's Disk Utility. The unit features a sophisticated touch point power on/off switch. Plug in the USB 2.0 cable to a PC and your personal desktop environment launches automatically. To help eliminate even the slightest bit of worry, we've included technical support and a five-year limited warranty. What's in the Box Free Agent Go portable drive, Free Agent software (preloaded) and electronic documentation, USB 2.0 cable, and a quick start guide. Customer Reviews Seagate engineers have made it! Date: 2008-03-17 | Rating: 5 Having previously used the 120GB version of this portable HD, I had an hesitation or two before buying this Seagate "Go" 250GB: The 120GB Seagate "Go" harddisk had a very obvious noise problem: It had simply louder turning sound and more vibration than its brand equivalents like Western Digital or Toshiba 2,5" harddisks. Considering that I used it with my laptop on the bed, it was usual for me to put it on the bed and feel its vibration noise even if I closed my ears! That noise and vibration issue was often at the forefront so I could hardly think of the other good virtues like the durable and rugged design, handy configuration abilites like the adjustable HD shut-down settings, trouble-free USB connection and disk operation at everyday use and the big and bright activity LED. But still, I needed a 250GB portable HD and I had to decide eventually on a model. Among alternatives, there were Western Digital, LaCie with their more shiny and attractive designs at one side and capable but bulky desktop external hard drives at other side. The attractive designs are good at the start but what I need is absolute reliability and usefullnes. Also the huge capacity of a desktop external hard drive is also tempting but I just didn't want to carry a power-adaptor not because its difficult to carry it around, rather because the number of electric plugs available is limited both at home and office! So I bought the 250GB version without testing its noise conditions and hoping that they (the Seagate engineers) must have done something about it. And when I got it anyway, wow! Most of the noise and all the vibration were gone! The seagate engineers had surely retouched the harddisk and fixed it up. Even the Y-type USB cable was retouched!(It's somewhat more elastic than the previous one) Now it's a perfect harddisk with its 250GB capacity and its decent price tag. I recommend it to everyone. The best portable drive out in the market Date: 2008-07-18 | Rating: 5 Note: If you want to skip the long review, you can go to the last paragraph of this review where I have some useful tips on how best to use your portable drive and how to keep ideal data backup. It is a given fact that any portable drive you buy in the market today is going to perform good in the short term - maybe 3 months, 6 months or even a year. But when you are buying a portable drive - you have to look beyond 3-5 years because thats how long you are probably going to keep your drive. You have to look at the reliability of the drive - to not lose any data because of hard disk failures. I have used various drives - Seagate, Western Digital, Hitachi, Samsung .., but I can vouch for the fact that Seagate is the numero uno when it comes to drive reliability. I have had many laptop & portable drives give up on me, but Seagate has never let me down. Seagate is usually bit more expensive than others - but very reliable. About this particular drive: + It is light weight, has a dim light indicator on one of the sides which tells that the drive is plugged in + Neat sleek casing which makes it look good + Thick and flexible USB cable which makes it easy to plug the drive without any fear of breaking/twiching the cable + Very light weight drive + Comes with the Ceedo software which will make your desktop applications portable (I have never used it myself, but there are good reviews about this software on the internet) What I do not like about the drive: - I wish if it was packed with some better backup software like SecondCopy Tip #1: Backup software ======================= Ok, now that you have a backup drive, how do you plan to use it to backup your data on your laptop/desktop ? I use a software called SecondCopy - which I found to be very addictive to use: - Once you have this software installed, you can select all the folders on your desktop/laptop that you want to backup and also select the destination where you want to backup - You can configure the backup profile in such a way that either automatically or manually, the software will find the differences between the 2 drives and display the differences to you and let you backup data from your laptop/desktop on to your drive. Tip #2: Secondary Backup ========================= + Now, that you have all your backup setup and you throw in your drive in your laptop bag and unfortunately you leave your laptop bag in your car and your laptop along with your backup drive is stolen, what do you do in this case where you have lost your primary data as well as your backup data - there are 2 options - Do not keep your portable drive in the same bag in which you carry your laptop, which is a bit of an inconvinience - Or, you buy another drive - you can either buy a similar drive or buy a 3.5" big hard drive(which needs external power supply) and keep it at home and keep your backups on both the portable drive as well as the big drive which you have at your home - this way even if you lose your laptop bag or even if you lose your big hard drive at home, there is another backup from which you can retrieve your dear data - your photos, your projects, your movies, music ... Tip #3: Network drive ====================== This is the ultimate nirvana of any drive. Basically you will have to buy a network drive device and connect this to your hard disk, once you do that and do some additional configuration, you can let your drive be available on your home network - this way, you can listen to your music/watch movies that are there on your hard disk from any computer in your home/from an Apple TV .... Or you can even leave your hard disk at home and access the data from outside of your home(from office/anywhere else there is internet). The network drive comes with its own security settings etc, so you do not have to worry about a hacker accessing your drive. Perfect! Date: 2008-08-26 | Rating: 5 Plug and Play, Really! This HD took a couple of minutes to gain recognition during the first connection, but works quickly every time after that. Great product! nice Date: 2008-07-24 | Rating: 5 i use it pretty lightly but its very portable and the software features are easy to use. works as advertised Date: 2008-08-22 | Rating: 5 It came early, plugs in and works right away, the sync program works, but not every time( maybe I set something wrong). I bought it for extra storage space, it's fast, small, holds a lot. not complaining.