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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Best of Both Worlds! Apr 09, 2010
By Tom S
"Tom S"
What happens when you combine the World's thinnest portable drive with Muvee Reveal software? You get the best of both worlds!
***Special edition Seagate Free Agent Go drive loaded with Muvee Reveal software!!******
I just purchased the Seagate Free Agent GO Ultra-Portable drive (500 GB) and absolutely love it. The first drive I ever purchased over 10 years ago was a Seagate and I've remained a loyal fan ever since. Consistent quality and innovation keep me coming back.
Small on size, but big on storage, the Seagate Free Agent Go drive is a small 4.72 in long x 3.15 inches wide to be exact. (And just .49" thick) I plugged the drive into both of my PCs (running both XP and Windows 7) and the installation software on the drive guided me through the simple setup. I also installed Muvee Reveal (contained on this drive) and I highly suggest you do. Muvee Reveal will change your life! I plugged in a couple of backup Seagate drives loaded with pictures and added about 100 of them to Muvee Reveal. Just 2 more steps to make your muvee!
Next I selected my music, and decided on one of the 10 pre-included styles which range from simple vanilla, smooth transitions to pulsing and thumping to the beat of the music, all perfectly synched. Imagine, your images on screen with pans, zooms, fades, dissolves and more special effects all set to music. Brilliant!! You can even add titles and credits! I made a muvee of our friends daughter in just 15 minutes! And with direct upload to Facebook and YouTube, you can share your home movies easily with friends and family. Or burn to DVD. What an amazing surprise and great gift for any occasion.
In conclusion, the Seagate Free Agent Go drive is truly "ultra portable", easy to use, durable, reliant, and includes Muvee Reveal software (which would normally cost about $80.00!!!) Look for specially marked Seagate units when making your purchase. I gave this Seagate drive to my dad who takes tons of pictures and doesn't know what to do with them all. Finally, something besides a tie for Fathers Day!
Pros:
-World's thinnest portable drive and compact cable so easy to transport.
-No bulky external power supply needed, just connect with usb cable and GO!
-Automatic backup software to easily protect data with included Seagate Management software.
-Powerful Encryption technology to keep important files and folders private.
-File Synchronization ensures you always have current versions of your files.
-Optional "FreeAgent Go Dock" allows for easy docking w/out cables!
-Smart Power Management saves energy and is Green for environment!
-5 year limited warranty.
-Variety of colors to choose from including Silver, Black, Red, and Blue.
-Sizes 250GB, 320GB, 500GB, 640GB, 750GB, 1TB
-Works with Windows 7
Con:
-usb cable may be too short for some. (But compact length easy to transport.)
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Good, Large Drive for the Long Run Jun 18, 2010
By TrickedWest Pros -
Five Year warranty.
Ultra fast loading and thumbnail viewing with the USB 2.0
No noticeable delay for the drive to start spinning.
Small form factor.
Drive pre-loaded with drive management software.
Mine was also pre-loaded with free movie making software.
Works with XP and Vista.
No need for the dock, saves about twenty dollars.
Cons -
Transfers from a non-USB 2.0 computer take forever. 35GB of photos literally took 12 hours.
Sync software lets you choose the specific folder you want to sync, but not where the sync'd folder is on the drive.
Hard to be sure if the drive stopped spinning before disconnecting from an old computer. 'Remove safely' function became unresponsive, but no error on the drive.
Suppled USB cable is too small, under a foot.
500GB drive only has around 450 usable gigabytes.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
External hard drive Jun 20, 2009
By Juanita M Replaced my Simpletech with this. No problems so far starts up easily and has started up every time i have tried.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Nice, Compact Style, Don't Force Me to Install Software Nov 10, 2010
By Karl Burrows I have purchased 6 or 7 for customers over the past year or so in various sizes and these drives seem to perform fairly well. The most current 500GB drive was DOA, but Amazon sent one out that day. I like the compact size and the speed seems to be adequate and about on par with most other external USB 2.0 drives. These are being replaced by the Flex series with USB 2.0 & 3.0 and SATA connections, but many people don't have the newer connections or don't want to have to buy the additional connectors.
My only knock other than the DOA unit is the autorun that tries to install the Seagate backup program. I have used the program and it again, is adequate, but let me decide if I want to install the software and let me have control over it. The most current version also has an embedded movie and the only way to remove it is to go to the Seagate site and find the removal instructions.
I used to highly recommend these drives and may continue to, but I think I will start looking at other options. There are several new models out from the major manufacturers, so there are lots of options out there.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Backup feature I need is not functional Oct 15, 2010
By Jack Riddell The Seagate came pre-formatted with three partitions and had some proprietary backup software on the disk. I already use a backup software called "Bounceback Pro" that is capable of creating a mirror of my entire hard drive, including the zero track. When I tried to perform a system backup to the FreeAgent drive using my backup software, I received an error message that the disk had insufficient space. It looks like my software is trying to do the backup on the first partition it sees which is too small for the purpose.
Hopefully, I can resolve this issue with re-partitioning.
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based on 15 reviews
Best of Both Worlds! Apr 09, 2010
By Tom S
"Tom S"
Nice, Compact Style, Don't Force Me to Install Software Nov 10, 2010
By Karl Burrows
Backup feature I need is not functional Oct 15, 2010
By Jack Riddell
