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The goflex desk external drive delivers high-capacity storage, backup and encryption for all your files with its plug-and-play usb 2.0 connectivity. and, as the world's most upgradable external desktop drive, you now have the ability to upgrade your connection interface to suit your needs. simply pair the drive with a usb 3.0 or firewire 800/usb 2.0 goflex desk desktop adapter and instantly increase your performance by up to 10x. the goflex desk drive works interchangeably between a pc and mac computer and can be set in either a vertical or horizontal orientation, complementing any desktop environment.

Size: 3 TB Color: Black Brand: Seagate Model: STAC3000100 Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 1.73" h x 4.88" w x 6.22" l, 2.38 pounds USB 2.0 plug-and-play drive Easy-to-use preloaded backup and encryption software World?s most upgradable external drive - upgrade to a faster interface with a GoFlex Desk desktop adapters Includes GoFlex Desk USB 2.0 adapter with capacity gauge display Offers both vertical and horizontal drive orientation

The GoFlex™ Desk external drive delivers high-capacity storage, backup and encryption for all your files with its plug-and-play USB 2.0 connectivity. You now have versatile connection options to suit your needs. Simply pair the drive with a USB 3.0 or FireWire® 800/USB 2.0 GoFlex Desk desktop adapter and instantly increase your performance by up to 10x. The GoFlex Desk drive works interchangeably between a PC and Mac® computer and can be set in either a vertical or horizontal orientation, complementing any desktop environment.   Seagate® GoFlex™ Desk

Most helpful customer reviews 180 of 195 people found the following review helpful. Tons of space, but only for one computer!?! By J. Dugas Pros: 1. easy to install 2. easy to use 3. Specific Folders can be selected for backup 4. It turns off and on when computer is turned off and on. Cons: 1. Software license only allows use with 1 computer 2. Many ads to purchase more software in the bundled software 3. There is a memory leak in the software (version 4.60.0.7252) I plugged this thing in and it automatically started the software install which was very easy to follow. Once it was done it defaulted to backup my entire computer which was perfect because 2 TB of space if plenty of space to do this for me. The software did have an option to select only specific folders which was nice to know in case I upgrade my pc and have to limit the amount of files for backup. The software has built in advertisements asking you to try and purchase more of their software. They are easily avoidable, but I'd rather not see them. My favorite part about the backup software bundled with this external hard drive is that it is constantly working to create a mirror image of all the data on the pc. It updates files on the external as soon as they are updated on the pc. The biggest issue I ran into was that the software only allows you to install it on one pc. I had planned on using this drive with both my pcs and backing it up over my home network. I am going to continue using the drive, but I will go back to using cobian backup which is free; though the interface is a bit less easy.[...] I do want to say that if you are planning on only using this with one pc or you are willing to purchase extra licenses to utilize the very easy to use interface then this is a very good product. ** My original review didn't contain the below information *** This problem didn't occur right away. The memory leak in the memeo software bundled with the drive causes windows to popup a message that there is a problem with .NET software. Windows will handle it when you click ok, but all that happens is the Memeo software is closed. I checked the system memory before I closed the program and saw it was using over 1.5 Gigabytes of RAM. I am currently running the most up to date version of Memeo instant backup (version 4.60.0.7252). 683 of 757 people found the following review helpful. 2TB model - An attractive HDD with the option to upgrade $$$ By Lincoln Gergar This review is for the 2TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex model. The 2TB version is not small and portable like the 500GB model. The 2TB version uses a standard desktop size 3.5" HDD, while the 500GB model uses a laptop size 2.5" HDD. The 3.5" HDD will transfer files faster than the 2.5" HDD, but will produce more heat. -- My history with Seagate has not been so good. To me and many others, Seagate has a reputation for drives that fail quickly and unexpectedly. Everyone can repair a bad history, but I can't seem to forget Seagate's reputation. But like any bad relationship, things change and I must try to move on. This Seagate GoFlex external hard drive looks good, really good. It's the kind of design that stands out from the crowd. But... where is the ventilation? All hard drives heat up, so why are their no air vents or fans? This worries me. All the eye-candy in the world won't make up for a burned up hard drive. The performance statistics are like any other external HDD. 3.5" disk, 7200 RPM, USB 2.0, 32MB cache. Nothing to get excited about. Matching stats makes me long for a hard drive brand that I can depend on... like Western Digital (I've owned 7 in the last 3 years and never had one fail even once.) However, this Seagate does offer something new: the ability to upgrade to USB 3.0!!! Sounds amazing, but.... you have to shell out $40 for the USB 3.0 HDD adapter (and another $30 for the USB 3.0 card for your computer). So "The World's Most Upgradeable Desktop Hard Drive" comes with some fine print... USB 3.0 not