FreeAgent Pro 500 GB

I have the 250 and 750GB versions and since this is exactly the same i'll review it. For £85 it's a hoot.

A, shiny black hard drive with yellow trim lines, a stable support platform and small to boot.
I needed another external harddrive as my desktops space was almost gone from storing far too many games as you can imagine! I had the dreaded 'low on disk space' warning on my computer for a good while before i found a hard drive ...
...little black box.
I already have two Western Digital hard drives and so decided to test out a product from a good rival, Seagate. It has exceeded my expectations and will go onto my list of good manufacturers.

Design

Its presented in a big box, and I was very relieved (and also surprised) to see how small it actually is! It fails to take up much space on your desk or on top of your pc tower. Its a miniscule ... more

I have the 250 and 750GB versions and since this is exactly the same i'll review it. For £85 it's a hoot.

A, shiny black hard drive with yellow trim lines, a stable support platform and small to boot.
I needed another external harddrive as my desktops space was almost gone from storing far too many games as you can imagine! I had the dreaded 'low on disk space' warning on my computer for a good while before i found a hard drive that i liked that offered my requirements in a stylish little black box.
I already have two Western Digital hard drives and so decided to test out a product from a good rival, Seagate. It has exceeded my expectations and will go onto my list of good manufacturers.

Design

Its presented in a big box, and I was very relieved (and also surprised) to see how small it actually is! It fails to take up much space on your desk or on top of your pc tower. Its a miniscule weight too which means i can hold it in one palm quite easily. The black enclosure case is highly attractive, especially with those glorious trim lines in yellow and i hardly notice the sounds it makes when transferring files, thats how quiet this black box is!

Instructions

The instructions were straight forward to plug it in, and watch it go. I inserted the USB canle and within a minute of plugging it in I received the software had been recognised and it was well on its way to fulfilling its purpose.

Moments later the software was automatically installed, and it was ready for use. Its recommended for use on Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple MacOS X 10.1.5 or later, Microsoft Windows Vista. I moved all of my games and some music files to the hard disk, along with backups of university work, and photos (the 3 rules of computing are back up, back up, back up!).

Performance

It transfers at a very fast rate which in practise turned out to be surprisingly fast. Access time was very quick, so within the hour i had backed up and transferred my files!. I have had no trouble streaming games and movies from my hard disk, with access to files within the disk is as instant as a normal hard disk drive.

It can be standing upright. 500 GB for this amount of money is a bargain. 

...less