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Size: 1 TB Color: Black Brand: Seagate Model: STAA1000100 Format: CD-ROM Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: .87" h x 3.50" w x 4.71" l, .62 pounds Store or back up photos, movies, music and documents Carry files with you while on-the-go Access your files with both PC and Mac computers USB 2.0 plug-and-play Optional FireWire 800 or powered eSATA or access content over the network and on TV

The GoFlex ultra-portable drive makes it easy to store, back up and encrypt all your files with its plug-and-play USB 2.0 connectivity. This drive is great for taking with you on business trips, vacations and on the go allowing you to save or access your videos, photos, music or files. The GoFlex ultra-portable USB 2.0 drive interface returns fast transfer speeds and the GoFlex system allows you to upgrade to USB 3.0, FireWire 800 or eSATA by pairing the drive with the appropriate GoFlex upgrade cable. Extend your content beyond your PC and enjoy it on your TV, over your network, or on-the-go by using it in combination with our GoFlex family of products. Store over 16,000 hours of music on the 1TB GoFlex Drive Available in a variety of colors to suit your style. View larger Store, back up and encrypt all your files with plug-and-play USB 2.0 connectivity Protect your files with GoFlex's built-in back-up software Plug-and-Play with Automatic Backup Software The Seagate GoFlex's built-in backup software ensures automatic continuous backup of your data. It secures your backed up files and protects your privacy with powerful encryption software. The Seagate Dashboard management tool software provides easy management of backup schedules, file encryption, and at-a-glance drive statistics, including available capacity. Access Files with the Interface of Your Choice Use the standard USB 2.0 interface for maximum compatibility with standard desktops and laptops. Or upgrade to USB 3.0, FireWire 800 or powered eSATA by pairing the drive with the appropriate GoFlex upgrade cable. Free your Files With the included NTFS driver for Mac, you can now interchangeably store and access files from PC and Mac computers without reformatting. The NTFS driver is simply installed once on your Mac computer, allowing it to access and store files in a PC compatible format. (Reformatting to HFS+ required to use backup software for Mac or Time Machine software.) Extend Your Content Beyond the PC The GoFlex ultra-portable drive is the heart of the GoFlex Storage System, and by combining it with other GoFlex Storage System products you can enjoy your content on your TV, access files from any PC or Mac computer on your network, from a mobile device, or via the internet while on-the-go. Enhanced Versatility Is a Snap Plug-and-play connectivity options let you protect, store, and do more. The GoFlex Storage System allows you to upgrade the way you access your digital content without having to replace your drive. Upgrade cables and kits make it easy to move up from USB 2.0 to USB 3.0, eSATA or FireWire 800 for up to 10x faster transfer speeds for your large files and HD movies. Extend your digital life so you can access and share your files from anywhere. What's in the Box The Seagate GoFlex ultra-portable drive, backup with encryption software pre-loaded on drive, NTFS driver for Mac pre-loaded on drive, GoFlex USB 2.0 interface adapter, 18-inch USB 2.0 cable, quick start guide, 2-year limited warranty. Get the Most from Your Drive with GoFlex Upgrade Cables GoFlex USB 3.0 Upgrade Cable 10X faster transfer speed than USB 2.0Backwards-compatible with USB 2.0 GoFlex USB 3.0 Upgrade Kit 10X faster transfer speed than USB 2.0Includes PC Card adapter, USB power connector and USB 3.0 cable--everything needed to upgrade your laptop to USB 3.0Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 GoFlex eSATA Upgrade Cable 6X faster transfer speeds than USB 2.0Powered by eSATA/USB combo port, no external power required GoFlex FireWire 800 Upgrade Cable 2x faster transfer speeds than USB 2.0 Seagate GoFlex Ultra-Portable Drive Specifications 320GB1 500GB1 750GB1 1TB1 Model Number STAA320100 STAA500100 STAA750100 STAA1000100 Interface USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 USB 2.0 Available Colors Black | Silver Black | Silver | Blue | Red Black Black How Much Will it Store? Digital Music (Hours) 5,331 8,330 12,495 16,660 Digital Photos (Files)Average file size using cameras highest resolution JPEG mode 102,400 160,000 240,000 320,000 Digital Videos (Hours) 320 500 750 1,000 DVD Quality (Movies)Based on standard 2 hour movie 80 125 188 250 HD Video (Hours)Based on H.264 compression at a 6.75Mbs bitrate 80 125 188 250 1One gigabyte, or GB, equals one billion bytes and one terabyte, or TB, equals one trillion bytes when referring to hard drive capacity. The Seagate GoFlex Family Hard Drives GoFlexUltra-Portable Drive GoFlex ProUltra-Portable Drive GoFlex DeskExternal Drive GoFlex HomeNetwork Storage System

Most helpful customer reviews 429 of 454 people found the following review helpful. Good drive, potentially misleading claim By Mark Colan This drive has a large capacity (by today's standards) and is very portable. It is convenient and highly compatible, not fast, but no slower than others in its class. I seriously doubt the claim that buying a USB 3.0 adapter for the drive will speed it up noticeably, and certainly not 10x. I discuss this point below. [Update 8/10/10] See below. A discussion in the comments has convinced me that the optional adapters may indeed make a difference for transferring very large files, such as video, but not a 10x difference. PROS: large capacity for portable drive by today's standards small and not too heavy, similar to competitive products USB 2.0 offers terrific compatibility (Win, Mac, Linux when drivers are available) alternative interfaces available (eSATA, USB3, Firewire) USB provides power, so no power supply needed very standard USB connectors on both ends of cable compatible with Windows and Mac, and probably Linux (not tested) [Update] ability to connect directly to TV for playing audio and video without computer via new dock [see below.] CONS: misleading claims of value of changing cables [Update: maybe not, see Updates below] slightly larger and heavier than WD Passport glossy top attracts fingertips (like Passport) black case is hard to find in my black computer backpack, but probably other colors will be available in the near future NEUTRAL: not fast, not slow, about the same as competitive products, slower than desktop drive or many 3.5" external drives, but far more portable SPEED The drive spins at 5400 rpm. This is not as fast as most desktop drives (which are 7200 rpm), but 5400 rpm saves power and runs cooler. It could be that 7200 RPM drives could not be used for an application like this without a power supply. Big drives make great archives, and archive drives don't need to be as fast as the drives that contain your system, programs, and files you are working on. I copied my audio collection - over 50,000 files totaling 383 GB - to this drive, starting empty, and (separately) to an empty 500 GB WD Passport drive that had been freshly formatted. Both drives took about the same amount of time: a bit under 7 hours, with Windows 7 reporting 16-18 MB/second. The Passport was a little faster, but not enough to make a difference. CHANGEABLE INTERFACES: QUESTIONABLE VALUE, MISLEADING CLAIMS [see UPDATE in this section] The included "Personality Cable" allows this drive to be used with USB 2.0. You can get others for USB 3.0 and eSATA, and they CLAIM that this will speed performance by up to 10x. I haven't tried to be certain, but I sincerely doubt that this is true. You see, USB 2.0 is capable of 57 MB/sec, yet my drive runs at 16-17 MB/sec, so it is performing at only 29% of the maximum USB 2.0 speed. I think the disk itself is the limiting factor. Although eSATA and USB 3.0 are faster interfaces, they can't make a 5400 RPM drive go 10x faster. By comparison, copying files from my internal 7200 rpm drive to an internal 10,000 rpm drive with direct SATA interface maxes out at 66-70 MB/sec, which is about 4x the speed. By analogy, your car may be capable of 100 mph, but on a lot of roads you're only going to be able to go 25 mph. Putting a faster engine in the car won't help. In this analogy, the disk is the road, and the interface is the car. Many manufacturers have been very misleading about disk speeds. They often rate the performance as that of the interface, when the device itself is significantly slower. The ONLY time any drive reaches the interface speed is when the data you wanted is already in the cache - that is, you just read it or wrote it, and now you're reading it again. Because the cache is tiny compared to the disk capacity, this is an uncommon situation. In summary, I doubt the optional interfaces are worth buying. UPDATE 8/10/10: This section triggered considerable