Seagate USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST310005EXA101-RK - Black
by Seagate
List Price:
Our Price: $84.99
You Save: $10.00 (11%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Category: CE
See more product details
Customers in the UK,
buy this product at amazon.co.uk
for British Pounds
Digital Photo Product Details
Manufacturer: SeagateFormat: CD-ROM
Platform: Windows
Model: ST310005EXA101-RK
Color: Black
Product features:
- Plug n¿ play with no software to install
- Simply drag-and-drop to save files
- 7200 RPM performance, 1TB
- Built-in power management ensures energy-efficient operation
- USB 2.0 Interface
- 1 Year Warranty
- Cables To Go 26686 USB 2.0 Cable for iPod/iPhone/iPad A Male to A Female Extension Cable, White (3 Meters/9.84 Feet)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to A-Female Extension Cable (3.3 Feet/1.0 Meter)
- AmazonBasics USB 2.0 A-Male to Mini-B Cable (6 Feet / 1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics IEEE 1394 4-Pin/6-Pin FireWire Cable (6 Feet/1.8 Meters)
- AmazonBasics High-Speed HDMI Cable (9.8 Feet/3.0 Meters) [Supports 3D + Audio Return Channel]
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Seagate USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST310005EXA101-RK - Black
Customer Review: Works great on my Mac - I've always been satisfied with Seagate and this is a great price and great quality
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't speak to the issues that some of the other reviewers have had, but I have to say I've been very impressed by this drive. You've got to plug it in so it's not really an "on-the-go" kind of drive, but that's not what I needed. I have a couple of FreeAgent Go drives for that (and the reason I went with Seagate this time is because I've been so impressed with the other Seagates). This time, I wanted a big drive that I could use as a Time Machine backup for my MacBook Pro, and as a backup for all of the video files I've shot over the years. So far I've been very happy with this drive. One thing I noted right away is that it actually has slightly more than 1TB of space! With every other external drive I've ever used the actual amount of usable memory has been a bit less than advertised, even after I've reformatted them. With this one you get what is advertised. It's a USB 2.0 data connection, and from what I've seen manages to move files more quickly than my older Western Digital 500GB desktop firewire drive.
For comparison, I tried moving a 2.15 GB video file back and forth between my laptop's hard drive and a few of my external drives. This one was fastest at both downloads and uploads - it would download the 2.15 GB file in one minute, 17 s. as opposed to 1 min., 40 for the portable FreeAgent Go and 1 min., 37 for the Western Digital. Uploading results were similar: it would upload the same 2.15 GB video file in 1 minute, 10 s. while the other drives uploaded in about 1 minute, 20 s. So, it's pretty fast and does exactly what I need - I've got no complaints and am very happy about the price (which turns out to be almost exactly what I paid a year or so ago for my 320GB portable drive and much less than what I paid about 3 years ago for my 500 GB desktop drive). What's not to like?
One more thing, for Mac users. While this drive is set up out of the factory to plug and play on Windows it can easily be converted to a handy Mac drive. Here's how:
1. plug it in to your Mac, using the USB 2.0 cable provided with the drive
2. open up your applications folder, search for the utilities folder and then run "disk utility" (or, just search for "disk utility" in finder or spotlight and click on it).
3. you should see an icon for your "1 TB Seagate Desktop Media" drive in the left column of "disk utility" and also a drive partition (as I recall it was called "desktop" but I changed the name) underneath that.
4. click on the icon labelled "1 TB Seagate Desktop Media" and you'll see a few options in the window; click "partition"
5. after this steps will vary depending on what you want to do with this. For what I wanted, I decided to create two partitions on my hard drive. So, under "volume scheme" I selected "2 partitions" then clicked on the top one and set it to 250 GB and that left 750.10 GB on the other one. For the "format" I selected "Mac OS X Extended" but you'd want to select the journaled option if you want to use either of these drives as a "boot disk". I didn't. Then hit "apply" and it will erase everything on the disk and break it into two sections.
Now when you plug in the hard drive two icons will appear on your desktop, as if there were two separate external drives. I use the smaller one for regular backups and the larger one for storing all of my old video files. I'm sure there are lots of other ways to get an excellent value from this sleek and handy little drive. Enjoy!
More Seagate USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST310005EXA101-RK - Black reviews:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Description of Seagate USB 2.0 External Hard Drive 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive ST310005EXA101-RK - Black
1TB USB2.0 Desktop StorageDigital Cameras and Photo Categories
Similar digital cameras and accessories
Western Digital WD Elements 1.5 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard DriveWestern Digital; Release date: 2012-01-29; Windows; CE
Best price: $124.00
Price in other shops:
Seagate Expansion 500 GB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive ST305004EXA101-RKSeagate; CE
Best price: $114.95
Black 4-Port High Speed USB 2.0 HubGTMax; CE
Best price: $0.01
Price in other shops:
Seagate Expansion 500 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST905004EXA101-RKSeagate; Windows; CE
Best price: $84.99
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 1 TB USB 2.0 External Hard Drive STAC1000100 (Black)Seagate; CE
Best price: $79.98
Price in other shops:
USB Highspeed 7 Port Hub w/ AC Adapter (Silver)GTMax; CE
Best price: $4.90
Price in other shops:
Seagate Expansion 1.5 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive ST315005EXA101-RKSeagate; Release date: 2012-01-28; CE
Best price: $119.99
Price in other shops:
Seagate Expansion 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive ST910004EXA101-RKSeagate; CE
Best price: $99.99
Price in other shops:
Seagate Expansion 2 TB USB 3.0 Desktop External Hard Drive STAY2000102Seagate; Release date: 2011-12-17; CE
Best price: $110.98
Price in other shops:
Seagate Expansion 2.0 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive ST320005EXA101-RKSeagate; Release date: 2011-12-16; Windows; CE
Best price: $109.99
Price in other shops: