Product Details
- Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 3.5 x 0.9 inches ; 9.9 ounces
- Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
- ASIN: B0045JLPMO
- Item model number: STAA1000101
Price : $94.49
Product Description
Size: 1 TBItem Description
The GoFlex ultra-portable drive makes it straightforward to retailer, back up and encrypt all your files with its plug-and-play USB three. connectivity. This drive is outstanding for taking with you on business enterprise trips, vacations and on the go allowing you to save or access your videos, photographs, music or files. The GoFlex ultra-portable USB 3. drive interface returns blazing fast USB file transfer speeds and the GoFlex program permits you to upgrade to FireWire 800 or eSATA by pairing the drive with the suitable GoFlex upgrade cable. Extend your content material beyond your Pc and take pleasure in it on your Tv, more than your network, or on-the-go by employing it in combination with our GoFlex family of merchandise.
Plug-and-Play with Automatic Backup Software
The Seagate GoFlex's built-in backup software ensures automatic continuous backup of your data. It secures your backed up files and protects your privacy with potent encryption software. The Seagate Dashboard management tool software program gives simple management of backup schedules, file encryption, and at-a-glance drive statistics, which includes accessible capacity.
Access Files with the Interface of Your Selection
Use the advanced USB 3. interface for maximum compatibility with regular desktops and laptops. USB 3. functions with PCs equipped with a USB three. port for maximum file transfer speeds, but also functions with normal USB 2. ports. Or upgrade to FireWire 800 or powered eSATA by pairing the drive with the suitable GoFlex upgrade cable.
Totally free your Files
With the included NTFS driver for Mac, you can now interchangeably retailer and access files from Computer and Mac computers without reformatting. The NTFS driver is basically installed when on your Mac computer, permitting it to access and store files in a Pc compatible format. (Reformatting to HFS+ expected to use backup computer software for Mac or Time Machine software program.)
Extend Your Content material Beyond the Computer
The GoFlex ultra-transportable drive is the heart of the GoFlex Storage System, and by combining it with other GoFlex Storage System products you can delight in your content material on your Television, access files from any Pc or Mac computer on your network, from a mobile device, or through the world wide web when on-the-go.
Enhanced Versatility Is a Snap
Plug-and-play connectivity solutions let you shield, shop, and do much more. The GoFlex Storage System permits you to upgrade the way you access your digital content material with out getting to replace your drive. Upgrade cables and kits make it simple and easy to move from USB three. to eSATA or FireWire 800 for even quicker transfer speeds for your sizeable files and HD movies. Extend your digital life so you can access and share your files from anywhere.
What's in the Box
The Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable drive, backup with encryption software program pre-loaded on drive, NTFS driver for Mac pre-loaded on drive, GoFlex USB 3. interface adapter, 18-inch USB three. cable, rapid get started guide, two-year limited warranty.
Get the Most from Your Drive with GoFlex Upgrade Cables
Seagate GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive Specifications
500GB1
750GB1
1TB1
1.5TB1
Model Number
STAA500105
STAA750101
STAA1000101
STAA1500100
Interface
USB 3.
USB three.
USB 3.
USB 3.
Accessible Blue
Black
How A lot Will it Shop?
Digital Music (Hours)
8,330
12,495
16,660
24,990
Digital Photographs (Files)Average file size employing cameras highest resolution JPEG mode
160,000
240,000
320,000
480,000
Digital Videos (Hours)
500
750
1,000
1,000
DVD Superior (Movies)Based on common 2 hour film
125
188
250
375
HD Video (Hours)Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate
125
188
250
375
1One gigabyte, or GB, equals one particular billion bytes and 1 terabyte, or TB, equals a single trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity.
The Seagate GoFlex Family members Tough Drives
The GoFlex ultra-portable drive makes it hassle-free to store, back up and encrypt all your files with its plug-and-play USB 3. connectivity, but this is no ordinary external drive. As the core of the GoFlex Storage System, the GoFlex ultra-portable drive is the world's most upgradable external drive allowing it to deliver a absolutely customizable knowledge. Use the included USB 3. Adapter or upgrade to FireWire 800 or eSATA by pairing the drive with the suitable GoFlex upgrade cable. Extend your content beyond your Pc and take pleasure in it on your Tv, over your network or on-the-go by working with it in combination with other GoFlex goods. What is in the box : GoFlex ultra–portable drivePre–loaded backup software program with encryptionGoFlex USB 3. interface adapter18-inch USB three. cableQuick Start Guide
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB 3.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive in Black STAA1000101
Technical Details
- USB 3.0 plug-and-play drive
- Easy-to-use preloaded backup and encryption software
- Upgradable to FireWire 800 or eSATA
- Access content over the network and on TV when paired with other GoFlex products
Customer Critiques
Honestly to make this simple, right here are some steps you can stick to, considering that I think this to be the much better of the 3 mainstream external two.5" drives (Toshiba, Western Digital, and Seagate).
1. Why bother with the software program in the initial spot just reformat the drive, or delete the computer software. Certain it is a bit annoying having 40 gigabytes taking up space right out the box, but is that definitely the only key supply of concerns for this drive?
two. Now for the USB cord. out of the multitude of variations of 1tb usb three. drives I have run and tested, just about every manufactuer has just about the similar length of cord. If you want a longer cord, and or are questioning how you are going to energy this drive other than with the supplied USB, then why are you obtaining this specific external HDD? this model is not for you if you are NOT an on the go sort of individual. what I mean by that is, if you do not lug your external drive about, why dont you go invest in a powered 3.five" external HDD model for the very same value as you would this one and have twice the space?
3. As far as the construction of the drive goes it is solid. I have tested the Toshiba 1TB three. as well as the Western Digital 1TB three., and my opinion is that Toshiba and Western Digital were too concerned about how slim and compact they could make the case of their external HDD, which has resulted in might significantly more failures of these particular brands than I have seen from Seagate. Compact shocks, such as light drops and accedental shock is a killer for the Western Digital as well as the Toshiba far more than the Seagate models I have seen. Yes I know that there are about three or additional warning labels stating the these drives will need to by no means be hit, moved, droped, abused, etc... but If it Had been to come about I have noticed that the Seagate construction has had a much better chance from failing due to these specific cercumstances than the other brands I have tested and seen.
four. If there is any con's about this drive I will say that I am not a fan of the two piece adapter. they will need to have included their USB three. "Upgrade" cable with this drive and not the two piece unit that is currently supplied with it, as the upgrade cable is also a handful of inches longer and 1 solid piece. The two pieces I am referring to are the adapter that plugs into the drive itself and the USB 3. cable that goes from that adapter to your USB device.
five. Im not here to bag on any one business, and or promote Seagate as the perfect of the very best when it somes to drives in common. I am just stating general that if you are looking for a 1TB three. USB 2.five" drive, then this is what you are hunting for. I just believed I would post this up as I maintain seeing unfavorable reviews on this drive just mainly because of a bloatware problem not a material sort defect. hope this helps! If not im sorry for wasting you time.
Following only 6 weeks of use and no noteworthy physical trauma, this drive failed catastrophically, corrupting most of the information on it in the course of action. I wish I listened to the voice in my head saying, "Hmm, this does not appear quite sturdy," when I took it out of the box, but I instead applied it as planned for housing files I require at property and at the digital lab that I use for operate. As a different reviewer observed, this tough drive had an annoying spontaneous ejecting habit. My real challenge was when it imploded - with a backup in progress - following less than two months of use. It was functioning usually 1 minute and then the drive's light started out blinking and my personal computer was unable to recognize it. We tried the drive in one other enclosure and hooked to a linux laptop or computer that normally will recognize even corrupted drives. Absolutely nothing. The data recovery lab I ultimately sent it to had to replace various "physically damaged" elements to restore functionality and discovered much more than half of the data was in fact corrupted. Thoughts you, this drive had never ever been dropped and travelled primarily in a protective camera bag. Call me crazy, but I assume that a drive billed as "ultra-portable" really should be able to withstand a couple of weeks of standard desktop use and the occasional commute. Do not advise.
Note: I have a few older Seagate external hard drives (different models) that I've utilized for 1-2 years devoid of incident. I've travelled extensively with them and had nothing but fantastic factors to say. That is why I went with Seagate on this 1. I might possibly even have been in a position to forgive the company its apparent construction and quality departure on this line but for the nightmarish buyer service expertise I had with Seagate immediately after the drive crashed. Suffice it to say, I've sworn off Seagate merchandise indefinitely.
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB 3.0 Ultra-Portable External Hard Drive in Black STAA1000101
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