Seagate Freeagent Go

Hi there,

I'm thinking of purchasing the new Freeagent Go 320GB portable drive here

At first i was thinking of buying a larger capacity (500-1000GB) external AC powered drive, but after seeing this drive, and also similar WD products, i decided that the USB powered option would be better for me.

I just wanted to ask you guys, do you think a new external drive is the right choice? or do you think a new internal drive would be better?

Just now ive got a 250gb drive inside my M1530, its showing as a FUJITSU MHY2250BH in device manager.

If i went for an external, it would mainly be just siting on my desk (rather small as im in university acommodation) so having less wires was one of the reasons for a 2.5" USB powered drive.

Is the Freeagent a good choice for an external? The cheapest i can find it for just now is £79.99 delivered (im in the UK)

Any input would be great thanks!

 

I have a 160GB Seagate Free Agent Go that I bought about a year ago. I use it to backup my system and I'm very pleased with it. The software included (called Ceedo) is simple to use and you can set it to 'sync' automatically upon connection or manually select which files to copy.

You probably know this already, but just thought I'd mention- it requires 2-USB ports to operate, one for data and the other for power.

 

Thanks for the information, i will be mainly using it for backing up files; and also for bulky files that i do not need to be on my computer all the time.

I was aware some drives use 2 USB cables to draw their power, however i seem to remember reading somewhere that the new freeagent go only uses one? can anyone confirm this, or the fact that the new drives use 2 cables??

Thanks

 

My 500 GB FreeAgent came with it's own AC adapter so does not rely on the USB socket. I'd have to read the specs again, but I think it needs more than 5v @ 500mA (2.5 watts) to run. It's big and runs at 7200 rpm. I really like the direct 1394 plug which frees up a valuable USB port. I dumped all the software it came with and repartioned / reformatted into two plain vanilla 250GB drives. So far, I like it.

 

My free agent go which I returned, had two USB connections one for power and one for data, HOWEVER, in the box there was only one USB cable and it worked for both power and data.

I got it about 2 months ago, so it should be newer gen

 

jaycee, does the drive you had look like the one i have posted a link to in my first post? those are the new models i am talking about.

Thanks for your input scott.ager, i assume your drive is a 3.5" external as opposed to a 2.5"?

I think the 3.5s need external power for sure, however the 2.5s can run from usb. just trying to establish wether the new seagates require one or two usb connections to run!

thanks

 

Yeah, you're right, 3.5 ext. I don't take it on the road so bigger, sturdier, and less info. density (platter size) are topmost. The 1394 connection was an unexpected surprise.