Seagate FreeAgent 1.5TB External USB Hard Drive for $84.98 Shipped

If you read the reviews you'll see that a large number of buyers had failures.
Maybe that's why the price is so low.
 
I have 3 freeagent drives and only one works correctly all the time. the other two every once in a while come up as "USB device unrecognized" if the computer is rebooted. I have to unplug their power supply and replug it in order for them to work. I asked seagate about it and they denied that it was their fault. I used to think they were the best but now I would never buy a freeagent drive again.
 
I purchased one of these from Costco several months ago and have had zero problems with it. I'm actually considering getting a second one.

Costco's return policy on these will give you a full refund or exchange it forever (not only for the 5 year Seagate warranty). Sure it might be a pain having to re-backup everything if it fails, but the odds that your back-up and the computer(s) you're backing up all die at the same time, is worth the risk for me. :yesnod:
 
To correct Big Daddy: Costco no longer has a "forever" return policy on computers, peripherals and electronics. Computers are only 90 days and external HD are 2 years.
 
I brought one back when it was like $120, but it was still a good deal. Haven't had any issues with it *yet*. Maybe it's because I don't use it that often, but so far it's served me well for backup purposes.
 
External drives

I have been looking for a good external drive to store old files, photos, and music. But for every drive I research, I find feedback saying that the drive fails. For a back up drive, failing ONCE in ten years defeats the whole purpose of having a back up drive. Am I being unreasonable? Is there something more reliable out there that I just haven't found yet?
 
d2pmr11 said:
I have been looking for a good external drive to store old files, photos, and music. But for every drive I research, I find feedback saying that the drive fails. For a back up drive, failing ONCE in ten years defeats the whole purpose of having a back up drive. Am I being unreasonable? Is there something more reliable out there that I just haven't found yet?
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once in ten years is very good I think - I don't suppose you want a hard drive to work forever? Plus, I don't think the size you buy now would still fit 5 years later.

For backup, I use the fantom drive, comes with usb and sata port
 
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