Seagate FreeAgent Go Dock 100521233
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Customer Review: Mac compatible only after some adjustments!
Summary: 5 Stars
Watch out -make sure you get the correct version for your computer. I bought the dock, the hard drive, a hard-sided case - basically the whole works - for my son only to find out that this version was really for PCs and they had a separate one that was compatible with Macs right out of the box. This was not clearly marked on the package and since my son opened it and tried to install it before discovering the mistake, we couldn't return it. See the helpful comment that someone posted to this review explaining how to make it Mac compatible.
After having this in my closet for over a year, my Dell crashed and like most people, I had no backup. After spending some dough to get my laptop up and running, I decided to use this backup drive for myself. It installed itself with just a few clicks from me and I had the thing installed all my files backed up in less than fifteen minutes. Please don't wait until after your computer crashes to backup files. Set a restore point on your computer and then get an external drive to back up automatically daily, weekly,or whenever you like.
Customer Review: "Free" Seagate Dock and Case
Summary: 5 Stars
The portable hard drive, dock and case were Christmas gifts for my son. He has been very pleased with the performance of the Seagate hard drive and found the dock and case to be very handy.
The dock and case were offered free with an order of the seagate freeagent portable hard drive. It wasn't at all clear in the product description how this "free offer" was to be included with the basic order for the hard drive.
Subsequently, after being charged $26.00 for the dock and case, I found out from Amazon.com client support, that they were out of stock from the "free supplier" and no longer available as "free" even though the product description still included them. But, thanks to a very helpful Amazon.com agent, Amazon.com ultimately honored the "free" claim for the items, and I was refunded the $26.00 for the dock and case. Thank you, Amazon.com, for restoring my faith in your commitment and service.
Customer Review: Nice docking station
Summary: 5 Stars
This dock is an optional accessory to the Seagate FreeAgent Go portable hard drive. You can also plug the FreeAgent directly to your desktop or laptop, but having a docking station certainly makes the set-up look much nicer, especially if you plan to leave it that way for regularly scheduled back-up.
It comes with a simulated leather case for the hard drive unit (there is no case included with the FreeAgent), so for not a lot more money you can have both the case and the dock.
Note that the dock uses two USB ports on your PC, one for power and one for data. There is a special cable provided for that purpose. If you choose to plug the FreeAgent directly to the PC without a dock, you need only one USB port which supports both power and data (a single-USB cable is provided with the FreeAgent). Don't get this dock unless you have two ports available.
Customer Review: The dock works great, but no case
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this dock because it would be easier to connect my FreeAgent Go drive to my work PC, and I also wanted a case for the drive. The dock works great. I have USB 2.0 ports on my PC so I only needed to connect ONE USB from the dock to power up the drive. Once the drive is docked, my PC is able to connect to it and browse all the files I have stored on the drive. HOWEVER... where is my case???? I opened the package and found out that only the dock and the other blu-ray movie that I bought for this order were in the box. NO CASE!! I gave the dock a 5 star because it really does work well for me. I am just disappointed that I didn't get the case that I am supposed to. I will send a request to Amazon.com and see if they can do something about it.Customer Review: Great dock for Free Agent Go
Summary: 5 Stars
The leather case is pretty nice. I would try to find a hard case if you are prone to dropping things, but this works nice for keeping the hard drive from getting scratched, there is also a little pocket on the back for the USB cable.
The dock works very well, It doesn't take up alot of space on the desk. I have noticed people warning about the 2 USB plugs on this. It does have two USB plugs, but you don't have to have both plugged in to use the 320 Gig drive, (I have the 320 gig). I have not tested the read write times using both plugs, so I don't know if it makes a huge difference, but I know the 320 gig will still work with only one plugged in.