How was your drive packed? The 5 star rating suggests things may have changed; What did you see?
62919
My hard drive was not packed well. Air bag underneath and on top but no sides so the packing had slipped to the side of it and the hard drive was touching bare box. I was very concerned when I opened the box but the drive appears to be ok.
1600661
I have had the drive as my main operating system, as well as mass storage drive for almost a year, and so far, it has been reliable, fast, and quiet. However, as the previous person responded, I am using Linux, which does put less stress on the drive and the file system is a bit better at file allocation, ETC...My experience is very positive in this environment. (Using the 3TB version partitioned into three sections)
150410
I agree with you there. They have started lumping lots of items together. Different versions and disc formats of movies etc.. There is really a big difference in performance and other factors in hard drives. The larger the drive capacity, the smaller the track when you get to the max number of platters. I doubt they can fit any more platters in this form factor and they are now making 5TB drives! I have always stayed away from capacities that are on the cutting edge. I wait for the early adopters to find the flaws.At least they keep the Q & A separate.
1180526
It gets better (or worse, depending upon your perspective). Two days ago there were 13 reviews. Yesterday the number went up to 22. Now there are 3.
80668
I can't say that my answer means much seeing as I've only had this drive for about 3 months, but so far it has been a very reliable drive. My only issue is that I have had some issues with the RPM's not being enough, but that's ONLY because the computer I was working on had so much data on it, that even the computer was having difficulty running programs.My apologies if this isn't helpful, but hope it helps!
1766240
I am definitely thinking the same thing; I posted a not very positive review a couple of days ago, and within hours tons of 5 star reviews popped up and my two star review went back to page two or three. I think that somebody (or bodies) are playing us for stupid. lol
956185
can you tell me how you rinted the report that showed 640 mb?I cannot find it anywhere.....
926434
Although I don't own this particular drive, I am here as I am looking to buy this one also to add to my two other Seagate 500gb Freeagents that I already have that have been working flawlessly for me for over 12 months now. I honestly think that your experience was most likely caused by a faulty unit. Without knowing your computer configuration (windows, mac or linux) it's hard to say if any extra steps would need to be taken to set it up, but for a windows or linux based pc it should be simply plug and play in my experience. As you see on this site, there is only one bad review of the product. If you think about how many of these must get sold every year, one bad review is pretty good as almost everybody will take the time to complain, but very few will come back to write a positive review as a working product is what most people expect. So I guess the short answer from me is yes, I would give this drive a second chance, but then again, i may be biased by my great experience. I hope that this is of some help to you..
869195
Mine was fine. maybe that's when they took the photo? not sure. but mine was a fresh, new product.
1128924
That raises the question: What is the "proper packaging" for this drive? And the corollary question: How do you know it when you see it? What I do know is that mine has worked without a qualm since I bought it.
1739230
ps: see if you can find the review I posted a year ago - it covered most of this when it was a lot fresher in my mind. Would be under the name Start Loving - was one of their first reviews I think.
391462
I dont know what criteria this WEI is based on but many pple are complaining about the same thing on blogs, including myself; upgraded to a 180 GB SSD drive and still have a low score so go figure...
931408
I'll look and report back. I just opened it this past week after having it for some time.
1853576
heh Understood, and much more comforting to know you ran and it passed, three tests. >__>b I'm definitely interested, as this is a great deal for 16GB. Thanks for the quick response!
694296
Driving the vehicle unloaded, I do not notice any significant change. Loaded, the vehicle does not sway as before and seems to track and hug the road better. I've asked my teenagers if they have noticed any changes while riding in the back, and they state that the ride seems to be more firm but not uncomfortable, and this seems to be the case whether the car is loaded or unloaded.
1276030
I don't know that, but I would seriously look at the rating on this drive. Mine died an early death and I'm not the only one this has happened to.
2129402
I wish I knew. I know cars!! If my computer were a car I could make it sing!!! I just went with the 2TB to make sure I could back up everything; including the o/sys. Sorry. I guess in my gut I felt that the C-2 was what I needed.