Seagate FreeAgent Go (USB 2.0: 640GB) Portable Hard Disk Drive Review

**naeemprince** · 23rd March 2010, 04:27 PM

Portable hard disk drive, which also known as external hard disk drive, is common accessories for most people with a computer, especially for notebook or netbook category system which can only have one hard disk drive. With increasingly bigger size of multimedia files, such as high resolution photos or images and HD (high definition) videos, the free storage space has been shrinking faster than ever. In addition, there is a need to backup important data, files and documents to external location. The answer is external hard drive, which Seagate FreeAgent Go is one of the contender among the crowded market.

FreeAgent Go is marketed by Seagate as the ultimate portable storage solution with the world’s first hard drive docking station (not included and sold separately) for easy access to everything stores on the drive. Indeed, the 640 GB USB 2.0 FreeAgent Go portable hard disk that I received from Seagate is the second generation of the series, very stylish and striking especially when the LED is illuminated while connected, notwithstanding the sleek and ultra-thin design of the hard disk.

The retail packaging of Seagate FreeAgent Go USB2.0 640GB external hard disk. Inside the box, there are:

* FreeAgent Go drive
* FreeAgent software (Seagate Manager) pre-loaded on the drive (no CD and for Windows only though) for backup, recovery, synchronization, encryption and power management.
* Quickstart guide
* Short (18 inches) but trendy USB travel cable.
It doesn’t come with any docking device though, which customers need to spend more to get, despite been heavily promoted. What surprise me most is the thinness of the Seagate FreeAgent Go. Despite been the same 2.5″ form factor hard disk (same type of the hard disk most laptop or notebook computer used) internally, Seagate FreeAgent Go is the thinnest, measuring just 3.5″ x 5.12″ x 0.49 (H x W x D) with weight of 0.35 lbs. Only one mini-USB port at the bottom of the drive, which is used for both data and power connection.

The external hard disk drive comes in many variety of colors for its brushed metal texture finish with Seagate logo embossed. The tapering down of the front makes the gadget sleek and ****. The colors available include Titanium Silver, Tuxedo Black, Ruby Red, Royal Blue, Sky Blue, Solar Orange, Think Pink, Champagne Gold, Forest Green, and Spring Green. However, not all capacity is available in all colors. And the dynamic light display provides the stylish effect to the gadget, doubling up to serve as a disk activity indicator. If the list of colors doesn’t attract you, free specially designed MusicSkins is available upon registration to personalize the Seagate FreeAgent Go.