Seagate FreeAgent Pro Desktop 250 GB External Hard Drive - Retail

Excellent 250GB Hard Drive from Seagate!

Strengths: A lot of room runs fast and quite, great warranty, affordable backup solution, easy to run and install, plug and play.

Weakness: Does not have any.

This drive is the excellent solution for those who need extra space to store their files. It has plenty of space and runs very cool and very fast. So far I did not have any problems or issues with this drive. Installation was a breeze and did not consume a whole lot of time. I was up and running in the matter of minutes. I am very happy with my purchase, it was money well spent. A+ Seagate!

It's alive, it's alive!

Strengths: Five Year Warranty; small form factor; quiet; dissipates heat well; pre-formatted NTFS; powers down with computer

Weakness: Non-stackable; annoying light; no power-switch

My strengths & weaknesses pretty much summarize the unit. Like all Hard-Drives, you don't actually get 250gb, you get less, as reported by Windows. The drive is pre-formatted with NTFS, with is also good for windows. You just plug-it-in and it works. In order to keep the size of the base small, they use a mini-USB connector. Since they supply the cable, this is no big deal, but it might be if you...

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The best choice available

Strengths: Five year warranty, pretty silent, nice design, passive cooling (heatsink) built into design, speedy and consistent (so far)

Weakness: No external on/off switch, not meant to be laid on its side, uses mini USB cable, unable to turn off activity light, no software provided

The strongest strength of this drive is easily Seagate's five year warranty. Most external drives only offer a one year warranty and tend to fail soon after, so this is good peace of mind. The construction of the unit incorporates a heatsink into the base, and oddly enough, this unit runs quieter than most current internal Seagate drives. The drive is able to maintain a pretty good speed as I am...

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Very sleek design, great value for money.

Strengths: Looks very good. Access time is not too slow, stable stand, light weight

Weakness: Gets a lil heated up when used for long hours. Does not have a ON/OFF switch like other HDs

I liked the design of this HD very much, and comes with a 5 year warranty. Most of the other HD give a 1 year warranty and then they die after 1 year and the data is not recoverable. I hope I dont lose my data for long. Overall a very good purchase for the purchase amount.

GREAT bang for the buck

Strengths: Quiet, inexpensive, sleek, thin (but with a larger footprint), speedy USB 2.0 transfer

Weakness: Uses external power supply (vs. USB powered), funky orange light

I admit. I was holding out for the perfect drive, pinching pennies and acting like a teenager, denying that the "blue screen of death" could someday happen to me. Well, when I came across this drive today I held off no more. A local office supply offered it for an unbeatable price--which says little about the drive itself. First, it's marketed as being trendy/sexy. It is a sleek black drive with...

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FreeAgent desktop external 250GB HD

Strengths: Cool looking

Weakness: No off power switch, big volume.

I bought this half an year ago. I use it to save photos and videos and it works fine. It also looks robust and cool, too. Since I didn't use often, I would like to turn it off most of the time but there is no switch on it. You have to remove the USB connection or power supply to turn it off.

It is smaller than it looks

Strengths: Nice Body, No Noise, Disk access indicator

Weakness: USB interface cable

The drive is smaller than what it really on the pictures. the only problem I have is with the interface. The cable is not a standard USB cable used for printers etc. The color could have been little bit better. For fifty bucks you get the drive with 5 year warranty...cannot ask for more...when it is seagate.

The best external hard drive I have

Strengths: Quiet, fast, 5 year warranty, dissipates heat well

Weakness: None so far

This is the best external hard drive I have. Very easy to setup. 5 years warranty is the reason I chose seagate instead of Maxtor. I like it very much!

I like this one a lot

Strengths: The looks, Capacity, size(footprint), no noise

Weakness: None so far

I am so impressed with drive that I am writing this review on the first use. when compared to the ohter external hard drive I have been using..this one is a lot quiter. The warranty is 5 years. The interfaace is so easy...it is as simple as hooking up two wires onto the drive and turn your switch on and u have the huge space available.

long term storage

Strengths: fast and hugh capacity

I expected this to be an extention of my internal hard drive. Not so, this unit is for back up only it seems and therefore is good for long term storage only