Free Trial?? Seagate Expansion Portable Drive My daughter is transferring her files on her laptop to this Seagate Expansion Drive -= but - it says this is a free trial or you cn buy now. What is there to buy and why?? I thought buying the portable drive was all she had to pay for?? thank you anyone! Free Trial?? Seagate Expansion Portable Drive My daughter is transferring her files on her laptop to this Seagate Expansion Drive -= but - it says this is a free trial or you cn buy now. What is... » Read More Free Trial?? Seagate Expansion Portable Drive My daughter is transferring her files on her laptop to this Seagate Expansion Drive -= but - it says this is a free trial or you cn buy now. What is there to buy and why?? I thought buying the portable drive was all she had to pay for?? thank you anyone! « Show Less
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It is probably a software pre-installed on the drive that is telling you to do that. If you don't want to use it, format the drive before you start using.
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Actually, a few days ago I called 1-800-SEA-GATE (ONE, EIGHT HUNDRED SEA GATE) and told them my problem and the lady e-mailed me a download link for an actual SeaGate brand of software program called SeaGate Manager. So, now I'm able to use the drive again.
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I have the same problem with Memeo.. After the free trial I paid for the subscription at 49.95. I won't let me do anything. How can I format it to work?
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will I loose all my data that is already on the 4GB, or is this an additional drive? I tried to use the Seagate 1TB external Computer drive, but it wouldn't work.
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you should be able to use it on another computer. especially if you have used it as a backup drive or just downloaded random files you should always be able to load it onto a different computer.
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B. Meerdink, neither of the two information you brought are backed by the links you posted.I've been searching the internet for the same info D. Wong wants, I'm about sure there is no document on WD's website that will state which is the internal drive interface of "My Passport Essential" products. This is something only reviewers who have opened their "My Passport Essential" drives can tell us. Do you happen to own one of those? Have you opened it up?? Has anyone out there?
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I found that the drives are several years old. I bought a bunch of them (10+) it was a mistake. I tried to get warranty from WD and they did not honor the 5 year warranty and in fact when I returned the drive, they claimed it wasn't manufactured by them. I ended up returning the drive to the seller for a replacement. Don't count on the 5 year warranty, better yet buy it from another manufacturer. I've had too many failures of WD drives in the last year or two. I have switched to Seagate.
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Its all in its purpose. Back up, expansion, paperweight, Golf tee. I have by default 2 physical drives in my computers at any given time., The second drive is "an expansion" of space, but is also physically separated so it will serve as a "Backup" with a windows system image as well as all of my other files, should the operating system drive go down.Most of that is marketing on the part of Seagate.
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Thanks for the reply. I have already purchased and am using the drive with no problem. I purchased after reading on Newegg that someone had been using it with an Acer Aspire One with no problems. Tahnks again for taking the time to reply.
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It's a great drive but doesn't come with software other than the built in drivers. Check if you have a media player with your os and if not (windows 8) you can download some decent free software or buy some.
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This is a laptop replacement drive. It is NTFS formatted, but does not come with any cables or software. It does have a 3 year warranty, which is unusual. I used mine to replace a failed 360GB drive in a Gateway NV59 with no problems. Good luck!
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i agree seagate is not even worth looking at now just taking up shelf space. i have older maxtor, WD and other drives and still running good. I got a seagate from an expensive company that sells decent computers but after 1st power up of a 1tb single disk plugged it in and drive shut down and stopped working. i got a WD for almost the same price.
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Not on my computer. The HFS4WIN.exe file won't install on Windows 8. I spoken with 3 different people in Seagate support and get nowhere. I think they are aware of the problem but don't seem to know how to fix it.
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You cant, the drive is a cheap scam. The chip in it tells your computer it has 256gb of storage but in reality it probably has less than 1gb. This scam is successful because most people wont return this and just figure it a loss.
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Me too! I'm not going to seriously consider purchasing anything computer related unless I see the manual that goes with it. Is it (i.e., Canvio) truly plug and play? Can you selectively choose individual files to back up? I'm not at all interested in wasting time and space backing up files that I really don't wish to back up. (I only wish to back up photographs.) Filtering through all the comments, while helpful writ large, takes a lot of time when looking for particular information. A manual please.
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Corinne, I use this portable hard for my laptop, uses a USB cable and the program Seagate provides works fine and is user friendly. I hope I helped>
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If your question is can you backup data from an external drive connected to your laptop, the answer is yes. If you are a Mac user this drive should appear on your desktop just like the external drive from which you want to backup the data. You can then use the backup program of your choice, such as Carbon Copy Cloner. I'm not a PC user but I assume that you would be able to see this drive under the "Computer" setting from the start menu (not sure about where it is in Windows 8). Then you could backup data from the external drive connected to your laptop to the Seagate drive. You might need some help from someone who uses PCs.
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It's been a while since I ordered this, but I *think* it was the bare drive. Can't be sure, but on another note, I wouldn't recommend Seagate. I own a computer repair shop, and we see more Seagate drives crash than any of the other brands combined. Go with a Western Digital!
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I have the same question but it looks like the drive does not support Mac based on the spec on this page: http://freeagent.seagate.com/en-us/hard-drive/desktop-hard-drive/Free-Agent.html