Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750 GB 3.5" USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive Review
October 31st, 2009
Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750 GB 3.5" USB 2.0/eSATA External Hard Drive Review from Adam Grubmeyer. In Response to Carol…, I ordered this hard drive with pretty high expectations, being a SeaGate.
The drive catches the eye, lights up, and is a nice 750GB in size.
The major thing about it – where’s the cooling? You have a SATA drive
running in a case, with no heat dissipation at all. I received the drive,
and immediately started copying 100’s of GB of data to it. About 4 hours
later, check on the drive. The case is blazing hot (almost burned myself touching the case)- and I have a message on the screen that goes something like: “MFT$ Couldnt be updated. Your data has been lost”. I look at the drive in Explorer, and it shows absolutely nothing on the drive. Figuring it’s heat related, I turn it off, let it cool, and try reformatting the next day and try again. Same problem 30 mins into copying data. Try reformatting, and trying again… 20 mins later – same. Continually receive messages that the drive couldnt save my data – its all been lost.
I returned the drive to Amazon, got my money back, and got myself a Antec external eSATA enclosure with active cooling (built in 120mm fan)
and a 750GB WD SATA drive. Put it together myself and couldnt be happier with it. Copied all my data to the drive over night, and woke up the next morning not disappointed.
I’m sure the Seagate FreeAgent is a great product for the average user that uses it under normal circumstances, but for constant usage, it cant handle the heat. Maybe I just received a bad drive? But Ive never in my life had a drive (and enclosure) I could cook my breakfast on.
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