FreeAgent XTreme

The Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme offers three inputs and a useful software bundle for a fair price per gigabyte. There's little not to like about this external drive

Decent throughput performance ; Supports eSATA, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces ; Decent bundle software ; Quiet and cool during operation

ESATA connection needs reset after idling ; No FireWire 800 ; ESATA cable not included

We did notice, however, that the FreeAgent Xtreme's eSATA connections would appear disconnected after an hour or so of idling, and we had to repower the drive for eSATA to be recognised by the system again. While this doesn't affect the data stored on...

This product has been manufactured to ensure that you achieve maximum performance. This superb performance is in terms of speed, and ability to guarantee the security of all data contained in your files.

A huge external drive that looks XTremely good too.

Expensive, No back up button

Award: Editor's Choice!

Big storage, fast speeds, and data protection makes this backup drive one of the best that money can buy.

Fast USB 2.0 and FireWire 400 performance ; eSATA connection for blazing backups ; Good automatic backup software ; Encryption software

eSATA cable not included ; No FireWire 800 connection

Protected by a five-year limited warranty, the Seagate FreeAgent XTreme lives up to its name by delivering speeds that will let you move large volumes of data quickly. While the Buffalo DriveStation Combo 4 features FireWire 800 and faster USB write...

Decent throughput performance; supports eSATA, FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces; decent bundle software; quiet and cool during operation; 5-year warranty

eSATA connection needs reset after idling; no FireWire 800; eSATA cable not included

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Seagate's Xtreme has some extremely good speeds, but it's also extremely ordinary to look at.

USB 2.0 or FireWire 400 or eSATA ; Manager utility for backups ; Good eSATA speeds

Looks like a router ; No bundled eSATA cable

If you're after a solid drive with some excellent speeds once you progress beyond USB, then the Xtreme is a good choice. Just don't expect it to be a particularly attractive drive.

With different jobs comes different needs. I am not an professional photo enthusiast or am I video studio producer but I do know the pain when it comes to storage. We write a lot of articles and go trough a lot of video footage and images. Having them...

Easy to use ; Lots of features ; Encryption, Scheduled backup, Sync ; Emits no noise

Does not come with eSATA cable

FreeAgent XTreme stands strong as it has a lot to offer by being highly "customizable" for a user. Depending on your needs you can easily pick up a model of FreeAgent XTreme which is suitable in capacity and speed. Does FreeAgent XTreme stands out in...

I continue to be amazed by how much storage hard drive manufacturers cram into an extremely small space.  Not long ago, I looked at the MoreSpace drive, and was blown away by its full terabyte of storage.  So, you can imagine my delight when only a few...

If you are looking for an external hard drive that is huge in data storage, rich in features and a leader in performance, you've got to take a look at the Seagate FreeAgent Xtreme 1 TB.

Stylish and versatile, its only drawback is the mammoth price

While it’s not the fastest of the lot we saw some blistering performance, transferring 1000 small files in under a second and 650mb in ten. However, straight out of the box this is all moot as Seagate haven’t included an eSata cable – another strange...

Low performance and Apauling customer services

Seagate is unprofessional with all of their products. I have this and it doesn't gaurantee your work will come back if the product just magically disapears and doesn't work. a hard drive is a back up so why do i have a man on the phone in america...

Easy to use, no probs so far

I've had a 1TB version of this drive for some time now, and have had no problems (so far!). My previous LaCie external drive had suffered occasional intermittent errors, making it unreliable as storage or back-up. So when I needed extra storage, I...

Seagate 1.5TB External Hard Drive

So far so good after buying this drive about 3 weeks ago. Easy to install and set up...I'm running mine via a firewire to my desktop....and setting up a daily backup operation was easy too. My daily backup runs automatically, only backing up files that...

Brilliant but eSata can be fiddly

Firewire and USB worked straight away but I had to update the driver for my ASUS motherboard (P5N-E SLI) to get eSata working. Now it runs very quickly and quietly - worth the effort to get eSata. I didn't install the backup software included, I used...

USB/ firewire fine but eSata.... omg!

Bought this to go with my Dell XPS 345 running 64bit Vista. Out of the box, it worked fine with firewire and usb but that's not the reason l bought it. Not surprisingly, if you buy this you are paying a price premium for the speed of eSata. When it...

Excellent

Very happy with this drive. Whisper quiet. Very fast data transfer (FW800). Instantly recognised by Time Machine. The only minor gripe is that the 'on' light is quite bright. Mine resides on a shelf under my desk so it doesn't bother me but if you plan...

Be warned - do not rely on this drive for valuable data

I am a director of an IT company - I was attracted by the large capacity and super fast eSata - so we bought 5 of them - big mistake! The software is not 64 bit compatable (crazy if you want eSata, you are likely to be using 64 bit) - the default...

Satisfied customer

I required an External Hard Drive with Firewire 400/800 plugin capabilities to free up the USB 2.0 ports on my Imac desktop. I am backing up home videos movies, and files created to this drive, to save filling up the Internal Hard Drive. I found the...

One of My best purchases in the history of online shopping

I don't know where to start. I LOVE THIS HARD DRIVE. Its great looking, massive space 1.36TB, great power plug, one European and one for the UK. Not as noisy as I expected. Great connectivity. and great looking, ummm I think I mentioned that before....

Excellent drive for Time Machine

I chose this as lots of people had reported problems with the Western Digital equivalent, the Seagate was also cheaper! Runs perfectly, I use it almost exclusively for TimeMachine, it goes to sleep when not in use and wakes without problem when my iMac...