- Conveniently store all your photos, music, videos and documents in one place thanks to large storage capacities of 500 GB, 640 GB, 1 TB and 1.5 TB.
- Experience blazingly fast data transfer thanks to eSATA, USB 2.0, FireWire 400 interface and performance speed of 7200 RPM
- Sync content between your FreeAgent XTreme drive and other portable drives so youżll always have your current file versions wherever you are.
- Keep your important files and folders private with powerful soft ware encryption technology.
- Compatibility: Windows Vista Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate; Windows XP Home, Professional, Media Center Edition Service Pack-2
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From the Manufacturer
With its huge capacity and the fastest file transfer speeds today, the FreeAgent XTreme™ storage solution helps easily safeguard all your photos, music, videos, and documents and access them with maximum performance. Included, easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe and private with automatic data backup and encryption of your important files and folders. Environmentally smart utilities help save energy by putting your FreeAgent drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes. And you can take advantage of its flexibility to lie on its side or stand vertically to maximize your workspace.
 eSATA, USB 2.0, Firewire 400 interfaces |
 Pre-loaded software — no CDs! Safeguards all your files |
Tripple Interface
With its huge capacity and the fastest file transfer speeds available, the FreeAgent XTreme storage solution helps easily safeguard all your photos, music, videos, and documents and access them with maximum performance.
Automatic Backup Software
Included, easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe and private with automatic data backup and encryption of your important files and folders.
 Easily stackable, maximize your workspace. |
Space Saving and Energy Efficient
Environmentally smart utilities help save energy by putting your FreeAgent drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes. And you can take advantage of its flexibility to lie on its side or stand vertically to maximize your workspace. Plus, multiple drives can easily stack on top of each other.
Key Features
- Conveniently store all your photos, music, videos and documents in one place thanks to generous storage capacity.
- Experience blazingly fast data transfer with eSATA, USB 2.0, and FireWire 400 interfaces.
- Enjoy a sleek, modern design that offers the choice of horizontal or vertical orientation to complement your desktop environment.
- Easily protect your data with automatic backup software.
- Keep your important files and folders private with powerful software encryption technology.
- Sync content between your FreeAgent XTreme™ drive and other portable drives so you’ll always have your current file versions wherever you are.
- Get started quickly with pre-loaded software. No CDs!
- Save energy with an environmentally smart utility that can put your drive in sleep mode once it has been idle for 15 minutes.
- Enjoy peace of mind with a 5-year limited warranty from the worldwide leader in storage solutions.
What’s in the Box
FreeAgent XTreme™ external hard drive, FreeAgent software pre-loaded on drive (Windows only), base stand, attachable feet, USB cable, FireWire 400 cable, power supply, and quickstart guide
Product Description
FreeAgent I Xtreme Desktop Drive-1.5TB 7200 RPM USB 2.0/eSATA/FireWire
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
21 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:1.5 TB
Way better than the older freeagent external drive it replaced so far. It's smaller and lighter and the software to turn off the drive light actually works in Vista x64 now. What I really like is how the light stays off even when the power is completely off until you switch it back on. Previously you had to turn off the light every single time.Runs quiet and cool. No stuttering or failures so far. Pros - more than 2x as much space as my older external. Included software way better than older freeagent drives and works in Vista x64. Cons - doesn't come with esata cable so I wouldn't know if esata problems are as bad as suggested. It does come with firewire and usb cables and I'm using the faster firewire and works great with that as I said. Included stand crud and not worth using. Choice of white contrasting power and connection cables poor. Only 1.36TB formatted:( and if you are using nvidia nforce chipset even less space will show up in Vista due to bug:
1.5TB (ST31500341AS) or larger SATA hard drive only showing 1.1TB capacity in Windows Vista
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Backup program is still not that great and not intuitive at all. I tried using the encryption feature and it's not worth using since it takes a long time to decrypt if you have thousands of files!
Don't know why this 1.5TB drive from Seagate is so much reliable than their normal 1.5TB retail drives?
The other 1.5TB Seagate drive I have installed inside my PC is making terrible screeching sounds like it's about to die anytime now :(
Already had to RMA several internal 1.5TB Seagate drives :(
1.5TB (ST31500341AS) or larger SATA hard drive only showing 1.1TB capacity in Windows Vista
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Backup program is still not that great and not intuitive at all. I tried using the encryption feature and it's not worth using since it takes a long time to decrypt if you have thousands of files!
Don't know why this 1.5TB drive from Seagate is so much reliable than their normal 1.5TB retail drives?
The other 1.5TB Seagate drive I have installed inside my PC is making terrible screeching sounds like it's about to die anytime now :(
Already had to RMA several internal 1.5TB Seagate drives :(
32 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:1.5 TB
Like others here, I am a long-time Mac user. Stidwell's instructions are a good starting point, but I've been through 2 shrink-wrapped boxes of this drive, and while the USB interface worked reliably, the Firewire (1394) did NOT always work. What is so odd about this drive is that if one unplugs the power and usb cord, and plugs in the firewire cord FIRST, then the power, the drive will often mount. But there were times I could not replicate a proper procedure to have this mount reliably EVERY time. This on an intel Mac mini and an older PPC G4 Cube. I repair Macs for a living, so I don't mind adventures with equipment, but for the general consumer, I would stay away from this particular model. Seagate still makes top notch product, but this model is not for the general Mac user.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Size Name:1 TB
I like the fact that this external drive have 4 interfaces. 1 x eSATA, 1 x USB 2.0 and 2 x Firewire 400 making it one of the most well equipped external hard disk drives on the market right now. Performance wise, it again impressed me with its mach speed fast eSATA file transfer rates and solid USB 2.0 and Firewire 400 performance too. Even the included software performed the feat of being both falling-off-a-log simple to use and actually useful.
I am also a big Mac user. I wanted to test how it performs on a Mac OSX 10.5 so I re-formatted using the standard Mac OS X HFS+.
The Firewire 400 and USB connections are flawless. In sub seconds it easily recognizes the drive. eSATA was again shamefully outshined everyone else with its ultra fast connection and transfer rate. I copied a 40 GB file in 9.5 minutes. A 512 MB file in 55 seconds.
Holy smokes I gotta get myself another one of these monsters!
I am also a big Mac user. I wanted to test how it performs on a Mac OSX 10.5 so I re-formatted using the standard Mac OS X HFS+.
The Firewire 400 and USB connections are flawless. In sub seconds it easily recognizes the drive. eSATA was again shamefully outshined everyone else with its ultra fast connection and transfer rate. I copied a 40 GB file in 9.5 minutes. A 512 MB file in 55 seconds.
Holy smokes I gotta get myself another one of these monsters!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Works great as DVR expander
I bought this to use as a DVR expander for my Verizon FiOS DVR and couldn't be happier. Verizon recommends using a specific Western Digital model but after doing some research I... Read more
Published 6 months ago by M. Bass
Dead, Dead, and Dead
I bought this drive to move my iTunes library off my iMacs internal hard drive. Everything was fine for about six months and now I have a drive that just won't do anything. Read more
Published 13 months ago by GT Doc
Same as everyone else - a totally unreliable drive
Used with Mac and windows, same result as many others have noted. The connection - for me using USB2 and eSATA - was unstable. Read more
Published 15 months ago by TexMax
Has anyone had sucess returning theris???...
Ill give it a 2 since I guess ah.. when it actaully worked, it seemed to work well. Well besides the fact its extremely unvista friendly, and the seagate manager does not agree... Read more
Published 18 months ago by some dude
Somewhat Satisfied
After two years, this drive finally went South on me. I wish hard drives were not so short lived. I guess two years is not so bad.
Published 18 months ago by Darren Beason
Do not buy this drive.
If you treasure your data, do not use this drive. There is a critical flaw with this drive. The click of death is well-known. Google it for more details. Buy at your own risk.
Published 22 months ago by D. Liang
Good and reliable product
This product is good and reliable. FedEx service was used for standard shipping and I got the product on time
Published 23 months ago by Prateek Mehrotra
Don't buy this drive if you value your data!
I got one of these drives(new) at an office supply store about a year ago, and it worked fine until about 2 months ago when it would not start up one day. Read more
Published 24 months ago by M. Crumpton
No problems in 14 months
I know a lot of folks have had big problems with this hard drive but I've been using it for over a year, problem-free. No problems saving or retrieving hard drive. Read more
Published on May 9, 2010 by Amy Cox
Ummmm....yeah...
Ok, so this will be the first time I have written a review for something, deleted it and later written a new review. Read more
Published on March 7, 2010 by C. Horne
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