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Customer Reviews for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Model: STAC1500100
SKU: 4071034
UPC: 763649035573
Backup and encryption software help safeguard this Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk hard drive against data loss and unauthorized access, providing a secure, spacious data storage solution. The drive's capacity gauge informs you of remaining drive space.
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
out of 5
(27 Reviews) 27
Rating Snapshot 27 reviews
5 stars
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4 stars
2
3 stars
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2 stars
1
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85% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Review 1 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Quickly up and running with no problem
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Value, easy setup, performance
What's not so great: Runs hot if you have disk monitoring software
Excellent external hard drive for backups. Very stable and quick. Disk monitoring software expects cooler running, whereas this drive is designed to run at hotter temperatures so don't be surprised if your software gives you a warning. All is excellent except for this one caveat.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 2 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
The drive is good but the backup software is bad
Customer Rating
3.0
What's not so great: Backup software makes the package a miss
The software included with the drive is very limited unless you want to be sucked into a myriad of account setups and more money spent after trial ends. I ended up going back to software that I got with an older model drive? The drive itself is good
This product has... Included software is not useful, Attractive design/portable, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Technology guru, Work with large multimedia files, Business Professional, network administrator
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 3 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Excellent external for price and amount of storage
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
4.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: The external is sleak and not bulky. Easy to use and install
What's not so great: Backup software on external.
I think it is a great external for the price. It's 1.5 TB for $100 dollars and it's Seagate, can't beat it. It looks good with all of my components and was very easy to install and use. The only downfall I can actually think of is the backup software that comes with the unit. It only allows the user to do a full system backup. It doesn't allow a user to drag and drop the important things to be backed up. I think this capability should be included without having to purchase the better software that allows for this capability.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 4 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
easy to use
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: easy set up, a lot of storage space for the price
What's not so great: nothing so far
pretty much just hook it up and let it do it's thing. no problems so far
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 5 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Great at full price...amazing on sale
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to use and install
What's not so great: nothing
I picked this up on a smoking sale because my local store was remodeling and reducing floor space. It is highly rated on CNET and I was amazed to see it for 50% off. You just plug it in, follow the prompts and 10 minutes later it is happily backing everything up. Well worth it and very simple.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size, easy
About me... Gamer, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 6 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
timeout is a pain
Customer Rating
3.0
Value for Price
2.0
Ease of Use
2.0
Performance
3.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: size
What's not so great: timeout logic
I formatted it for a MAC exclusive use to try to get around the timeout which means I cannot share with the laptop. However, it still wants to time out and disconnect itself creating an error message for unexpected removal.
Size and speed are OK
This product has... Included software is not useful, timeout is a pain
About me... Work with large multimedia files, Need a simple backup solution
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Compatible with...:Mac
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Review 7 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Great additional memory
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: aejonesrn
from Springfield, MO
on 03/24/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Extremely easy to use
I got me this great external Hard Drive so that I can expand my computer's memory. It keeps my computer running at optimal speed without cluttering my internal Hard Drive. Everything that I have to load down to my computer goes directly to my external HD, unless my program is on my computer such as Adobe updates.
I would recommend this item to anyone that has insufficient memory on their computer.
I would recommend this item to anyone that has insufficient memory on their computer.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 8 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
True Plug & Use
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
This external hard drive allowed me the opportunity to quickly back up all of my families data. The ease of use, physical size and capibilities met all of my needs.
This product has... Reliable, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Work with large multimedia files, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 9 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Great
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: The easyness of using it.
It's easy to add music, videos, and pictures onto it. I am able to hook it up to any of my computers and listen to the music that i have stored on it.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Gamer, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 10 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Straightforward Solution to backups
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Tausign
from CT
on 03/21/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Makes file transfer from old to new computer easy.
What's not so great: Nothing
My first external hard drive. I've shed tears with hard drive crashes. And I got tired of buying USB thiumbnail drives. After buying a new laptop I wanted an easy way to do a file transfer and nothing could have been easier.
Installation was simple. I have 3 laptops that I've backed up with ease. The real test was when I lost data from a program and needed to restore it. The Memeo software made it real easy to find the files I needed and restore it. I've also set up a Windows backup as a redundant system on the external hard drive (like wearing suspenders and belt). Each computer also has a backup on its own hard drive done via Norton360.
My only regret is that I didn't do more homework and purchase the wireless home network backup drive for a few dollars extra. Even so, I plug the USB in manually every few days and after opening Memeo all is taken care of automatically. What I have is very simple, the software is easy and I'm satisfied so far.
This product has... Fast, Quiet, very simple
About me... Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 11 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Only lasted a week
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: J0rel323
from Los Angeles, CA
on 03/21/2012
Value for Price
1.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
1.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: cheap
What's not so great: doesn't last
After performing a full system backup using this product, I tried to use it again a week later to add more files, but it no longer worked. I called customer service for help, but they said there was nothing that they could do, then told me that it would cost a minimum of $500.00 to have my data restored. That's $100.00 down the drain.
This product has... Fast, Quiet
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 12 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Better than expected
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Capacity, price, base can be used with other sata drives
What's not so great: Nothing meaningful so far
Lately I've been having serious issues with seagate drives, both internal and external. However, after reviewing this drive for a while and not finding "sudden disappearance" issues, I took my chances and bought it!.
The drive performs really nicely on my Mac and pc computers ( use macdrive to read-write hfs on windows)
Something nice about the base, is that I can use it as an external sata drive adapter for other drives. I don't really need that option, but it's nice to have. It's already been over a month and no issues, so knock on wood and cross my fingers for this one.
Although it's a great drive and it is working, I may have been lucky this time. But with so many failed seagate drives, I'd say buy it if u feel it's the right drive for you.
The drive performs really nicely on my Mac and pc computers ( use macdrive to read-write hfs on windows)
Something nice about the base, is that I can use it as an external sata drive adapter for other drives. I don't really need that option, but it's nice to have. It's already been over a month and no issues, so knock on wood and cross my fingers for this one.
Although it's a great drive and it is working, I may have been lucky this time. But with so many failed seagate drives, I'd say buy it if u feel it's the right drive for you.
This product has... Reliable, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Work with large multimedia files, Business Professional
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Compatible with...:Mac
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Review 13 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Drive seems solid; software not so freindly
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
4.0
What's great about it: Size, portability
What's not so great: Bundled backup software could be better...
Drive is quiet and capable, as far as I can tell after only about a month.
Bundled software seems OK in general, but took longer than it should have to set up, as the instructions are not freindly. Even after setup, reports are categorical, with no descriptions and no opportunity for queries about how the backup process holds, replaces or drops files being secured. Seems not to suck up too much background CPU, and it SAYS my stuff is backed up...
This product has... Reliable, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 14 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Ready to use.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to use.
What's not so great: Not so far.
This drive is ready to use right out of the box. No need to set up anything. Very fast and a great way to backup your data.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Work with large multimedia files, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 15 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
So easy to use.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Karen38685
from North, Mississippi
on 03/15/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to set up, great price
This was a very easy setup. I was able to plug it in & start using it within a few minutes. Easily transferred all of my music & photos off of my computer onto it. Highly recommend this product to anyone, & encourage those not so tech savy to use it. This was my first time to use an external hard drive, & it was SO easy.
This product has... Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 16 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Nice product
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: hxwhit
from Seattle, WA
on 03/14/2012
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
The large storage space is very suited for my work.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:Mac
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Review 17 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Nice price for stroage size
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Speed
What's not so great: It's all great
This is a solid USB 2.0 external desk hard disk drive
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet
About me... Technology guru, Work with large multimedia files
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 18 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Pretty good hard drive
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
3.0
What's great about it: works well
What's not so great: not so good around excited kittens, Mac compatability is questionable
I have had mine for about four months now and I have rarely had any problems with it. I formatted it to my Mac without an issue, however I do get customers calling our store with lots of issues setting it up for their Mac. I have no problem with it, but apparently others do. My cat knocked it over and it crashed, but when I rebooted it, it was like nothing happened.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Attractive design/portable, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Work with large multimedia files, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:Mac
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Review 19 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Awesome!!!
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
Ease of Installation
5.0
What's great about it: Its Fast, and holds a ton!!
What's not so great: Not easy to take with you
I bought this because I needed it to backup my files as well as save business items for customer information. I was wary about buying this but was so happy I did, even though it is not portable it is actually in many ways better than having something portable. Place it on your desk and it is ready to plug into your computer whenever you need it. If you just need something to backup files and don't need to move around all that much this item is for you.
This product has... Reliable, Fast, Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Budget Conscious, Work with large multimedia files, Need a simple backup solution
I would recommend this to a friend!
Compatible with...:PC
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Review 20 for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1.5TB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Black
Does what it should
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Performance
5.0
What's great about it: Lots of space for low cost
What's not so great: Nothing
There is little to distinguish one external HD from another. Bundled backup software is irrelevant - there are plenty of great free backup programs, and Windows 7 built in backup is decent, and OSX comes with the superb Time Machine.
What has set Seagate apart for me is that they have been prompt and efficient at warranty replacement. I am an IT consultant, and recently had to return 6 separate failed 1.5 TB Seagate drives, all from 12 to 1 months old. Disappointing - they must have had a bad batch, but for just $10 per drive Seagate shipped advance replacements promptly, with a prepaid return shipping label for returning the failed drive.
What has set Seagate apart for me is that they have been prompt and efficient at warranty replacement. I am an IT consultant, and recently had to return 6 separate failed 1.5 TB Seagate drives, all from 12 to 1 months old. Disappointing - they must have had a bad batch, but for just $10 per drive Seagate shipped advance replacements promptly, with a prepaid return shipping label for returning the failed drive.
This product has... Quiet, Large capacity/good size
About me... Technology guru, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
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