Seagate FreeAgent Go Special Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive and Docking Station ST905003FPA2E1-RK (Red with Chrome Trim)

by Seagate

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 7 x 3.5 inches ; 5.6 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B002BH4MEA
• Item model number: ST905003FPA2E1-RK
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 28, 2009

Product Description

Capacity: 500 GB | Color: Red with Chrome Trim

From the Manufacturer

With its sleek design and huge capacity, the FreeAgent® Go portable storage solution makes it easy to take your photos, music, videos, and documents everywhere. Included, easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe with automatic data backup and encryption of your important files and folders. You can sync content between your work and home computers so you’ll always have your most current versions. And you can take advantage of the world’s first portable drive with a convenient desktop dock accessory. Simply pop your drive into the FreeAgent dock whenever you want to access your files — no more fumbling for cables!

Winner of CNET Editors’ Choice, September 2008 and PC Magazine Editors’ Choice, October 2008.
“The Seagate FreeAgent Go is our favorite portable hard drive to date and takes our award for Editors’ Choice. The drive is well designed and fast, and you won’t find a better value for the price.” — Justin Yu, CNET

FreeAgent® Go is the thinnest portable hard drive available	Automatically back up and sync your files with the included software	FreeAgent® Go with a convenient docking station — no more fumbling for cables
Sleek Design and Huge Capacity With its sleek design and huge capacity, the FreeAgent® Go portable storage solution makes it easy to take your photos, music, videos, and documents everywhere. Pocket and carry your data with ease thanks to a sleek design—the thinnest portable storage solution on the market. Even the cable folds up compactly.	Easy-to-use Software Included, easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe with automatic data backup and encryption of your important files and folders. You can sync content between your work and home computers so you’ll always have your most current versions.	Convenient Dock and Travel Case Take advantage of the world’s first portable drive with an optional desktop dock accessory. Simply pop your drive into the FreeAgent dock whenever you want to access your files — no more fumbling for cables!

Key Benefits

• Pocket and carry your data with ease thanks to a sleek design—the thinnest portable storage solution on the market. Even the cable folds up compactly.
• Choose from a variety of colors to complement your style and help you differentiate between multiple drives.
• Access your files with unparalleled convenience by simply popping your drive into the FreeAgent desktop dock accessory.
• You’ll never fumble for cables again! Even purchase another dock for convenience at home and at the office.
• Take all your photos, music, videos and documents with you everywhere thanks to large storage capacities of 250GB, 320GB, and 500GB
• Easily protect your data with automatic backup software.
• Keep your most important files and folders private with software encryption technology.
• Sync content between your work and home computers so you’ll always have your most current versions.
• Experience fast data transfer with a USB 2.0 interface.
• Get started quickly with pre-loaded software. No CDs!
• Save energy by using one small drive for both mobile and desktop needs, and take advantage of an environmentally smart utility that can power down your drive when it’s not in use.
• Enjoy peace of mind with a 5-year limited warranty from the worldwide leader in storage solutions.

What’s in the Box
FreeAgent® Go portable hard drive, FreeAgent software pre-loaded on drive (Windows only), Quickstart guide, New and flexible USB travel cable. Optional dock not included

Product Description

With its sleek aluminum finish, exclusive chrome trim, piano black desktop dock and large capacity, the FreeAgent Go Special Edition portable storage solution makes it easy to take your photos, music, videos and documents everywhere – in style. Included, easy-to-use software helps keep your information safe with automatic data backup and encryption of your important files and folders. Plus, you can sync content so you’ll always have your most current versions while on the go. In addition, the FreeAgent Go Dock accessory allows easy connection to your PC whenever you want to access your files — no more fumbling for cables!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great, stylish portable drive, November 20, 2009

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MiRSD - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent Go Special Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive and Docking Station ST905003FNA2E1-RK (Black with Chrome Trim) (Personal Computers)

I've been through a few external drives - WD Pocket drives, WD raid drives, HP Portable media drives, but the Seagate Freeagent GO is definitely my favorite. It's a very thing and stylish drive which is very reliable (and fast!), with a capacity big enough to hold all of your documents.

Compared to my WD Raid and HP Portable media drives, this one is by far the fastest (copying data through the same connector at almost twice the speed). It's also very stylish and easy to take with you wherever you go.

I originally purchased the normal Freeagent GO drive but after filling it, looked into the Freeagent GO Special Edition for my next drive.

The drive and connectors are all the same - the difference is a chrome trim along the sides, and a glossy black dock. The trim wasn't important to me (although was nice to help differentiate it from my plain black Freeagent GO), but the Dock was very nice. The dock is only available (outside of this package) in a matte white/grey color, not really blending with any of the drives outside of the Silver color. The glossy black dock matches the style of the drive and really gives an overall great appearance.

The dock uses 2 USB ports (although only one is necessary - the 2 USB ports are for older computers which can't power and transfer data with 1 cable). You can also choose to connect the USB cable directly to the drive, bypassing the dock.

One big difference (to me) was the lack of a case for the drive - if you buy the Dock separately in stores, you get a free faux-leather case to hold the drive. This was actually the selling point for me when buying the drive in the first place. The Special Edition only includes the drive, USB cable and the dock (no case). Keep this in mind if you decide to go for this version!

The drive has not given me any issues so far - something I cannot say about my WD raid drive - it's quiet and does just what it's supposed to.

Which version would I recommend? Normal or Special edition?

For looks? Special Edition - the black dock makes a big difference.

If you don't care about looks, or don't plan to use the dock, go for the regular one. It's cheaper, looks just fine and if you do decide to get a dock later on, you'll still be paying less than what the Special Edition costs, and you'll get a case out of it.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid, Easy to Use and Stylish, January 9, 2010

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B Bezukhov - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent Go Special Edition 640 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive and Docking Station ST906403FNA2E1-RK (Black with Chrome Trim) (Personal Computers)

Introduction

I wanted to have an external portable drive (EHDD) that would not require another power cord, as I will be traveling it is a great benefit to be able to back up files and store other important files on an easy to access portable external EHDD. I also needed a lot of space, something that a year ago was out of my price range. However, [...] was having a sale and this only cost around $110, which was perfect. The Black/Chrome version (which I bought) comes with a dock that you can use to hook the EHDD to, I've only used it a couple times, but it works as advertised, though it does need to use two USB's instead of one.

Appearance

This device looks good, it doesn't smug that much due to the finish on the top and bottom, though the sides will get some finger prints on it, it shouldn't matter that much and it is easy to clean with a cloth or shirt. The EHDD has a glowing light that strobes slowly, indicating if the drive is in use. This is nice, though I wish it was more pronounced and that they used the smaller Seagate logo to indicate this instead of the radiating patter of dots. Overall, the design works, which is what it comes down to.



Construction quality

The build quality is good, but not spectacular. The sides are quite solid and feel like they can handle being hit; the material used for the top and bottom feels a bit weaker. But for all intents and purposes, unless you are continuously dropping this device from heights, it should hold up well.


Ease of installation

I am using Windows 7 64-bit Enterprise. On my machine it was a plug n' play affair, the only installation comes from the optional Seagate software (remember to go into Services on Windows if you don't want the FreeAgent executable running in the background all the time). The software has some useful features (standard backup, etc.) as well as the ability to change some settings on what the device will do (such as turning off the light). Overall it is a pretty standard affair, but one that gets the job done and is easy to customize (what you want to backup, when, etc.).


Ease of use

As stated above, minimal install (the setup is on the EHDD and you can run the .exe from there). It is a drag n' drop external EHDD, standard affair. Although, some people might be irked by the short USB cable, it uses a standard mini-USB connection, so you can just use one of your longer cables (from a camera, mp3 player or whatever other device you have a mini-USB cable for). Transferring data is relatively fast, it is not an e-SATA connection, just a USB 2.0, so don't expect blazing fast speeds, but unless you need to transfer enormous amounts very quickly, this should suit your purposes of backing up data or using it to play media.


Reliability

I have had no problems with this EHDD so far, but I can't give it 4 stars for reliability until I have had it for a longer period of time. I will update the review (with 5 stars for reliability) if this drive continues to perform well and doesn't have any problems.


Overall/Conclusion

This is a solid drive; it is compact, easy to use, and so far has got the job done. Do some shopping around on the internet to make sure you get it for the best price. If you have any specific questions, let me know in the comments questions and I will try to answer as best I can.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Stuff, December 16, 2009

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Cesar Tejuco - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Seagate FreeAgent Go Special Edition 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive and Docking Station ST905003FPA2E1-RK (Red with Chrome Trim) (Personal Computers)

This piece is very quiet and the backup is VERY FAST.

It is also very smart in that once a folder is backed up and you want to back it up again, the equipment will only backup the new files within that folder (ignoring the old ones already backed up), which saves you plenty of time!

It comes with a software that will manage backup date for you. I found it annoying at first, but then I actually got to love it more a few days later. I can tell it when to backup (hour and day) and what files to backup.

Using this device is very easy and just takes common sense. I highly recommend it.

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