Comments on: Seagate FreeAgent Desktop (Review)

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:15:00 +0000

I would not recommend the Seagate external drive. I have the desktop and after about 13 months it crashed for no reason at all. 300 GB of data lost. I will never buy any product from Seagate again..

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Sadly, the FreeAgent does have a problem with overheating. My 1 Terabyte recently fried itself, with my computer unable to ‘read’ any of the data on my external, losing the 300 GB worth of data I had stored. I’m very upset with the lack of data recovery (well, you have to pay $1700 via Seagate’s company to get your data off the machine). It lasted about eight months before it’s premature demise, and I’m now at a loss as to how to get my data back without paying a fortune (I know realize how important it is to back-up a back-up, but one really shouldn’t have to). Very disappointed in the product.

By: Sahas Katta

Sahas Katta — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:58:46 +0000

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Yes it has a fan in the base which blows air towards the sides.

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I have noticed mine gets a bit warm during lots of data transfer, but it has never failed on me to date. If yours is giving your problems, I highly recommend you contact warranty and they should replace it.

By: laurent

laurent — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:47:26 +0000

Don’t by this crappy drive, problems of overheating…. I used it 5 times and it doesn’t work anymore, keeps disconnecting ( try a google search of seagate freeagent pro overheating, it’s a known issue……..)

By: Vz

Vz — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:56:11 +0000

Hello !

I want to know if there is a fan in this hard drive ?

Best regards,
Vz