What's the difference between this one and Seagate Expansion 500GB Portable External Hard Drive USB 3.0 (STBX500100)?
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This drive come with the seagate dashboard backup software and its compatible with mac computer. The expansion drive comes with no software and is only a windows drive.
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Sorry, I can't find that info in my booklet. Try going to the Seagate website.
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Sorry for the late reply - I have been travelling. The drive was described as a Seagate ST33000650NS. The supplier phoned and asked if it was OK to provide an HP branded equivalent MB33000EBKAB. I accepted. The part arrived - was brand new. The label had BOTH part numbers on it - so I was happy. If you check the Seagate site you will find that the drive is an ES.2 not an ES.3. Main difference is the amount of cache. ES.2 has 64MB and ES.3 has 128MB. The description was accurate, the title should not have referenced ES3. I am happy anyway - great drive.
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The drive is used for dvd backups and picture storage. When the old drive failed, I purchased another USB 3.0. That didn't help. I recovered almost 1 TB in two days. Then, since I had not yet received the new 3.0 card, I tried using the USB 2.0 to transfer from another backup (a western digital) to the Seagate. In 3 days, I moved about 300 Gb. That was left on 24 hours, too. After I got and installed the new 3.0 (I still doubted the old one), all remaing 500 plus Gb moved in less than 3 hours!. I never measured or recorded the speed. And the old 3.0 USB worked similarly.
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I wrote a non-techie review of my 64g and 128g. I compared writing 37.3 gig of data - the San Disk disk took 5:55 minutes for the 64g and 5:50 for the 128g. The other 2 (not cheapies) took between 25 and 36 minites. All were done with the same source data on the same computer using the same USB3 port. They were all USB 3 drives. Not sure what the specs are, SanDisk has them on their website, but I can tell you it is faster than any of the others out there except maybe the Lexar and the price on those is much higher.
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I have the WDE1UBK10000N and it is a solid well built external! I don't think you can go wrong with the elements terabyte hdd!
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The one we have is usb 3, according to Seagate's website there is a firewire 800 and usb 2.0. Evidently Seagate is making different versions.
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I bought the Hewlett Packard 15k sas drive not seagate. I wish I had bought that brand though
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First, I must say, I am No expert on computer hard drives. That being said, I believe the Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid Drive should be significantly faster than the Hitachi hts727575a9e364 drive. There are several important differences between these two drives which, Will effect the performance of these drives... 1) The Hitachi Drive you are referring to is a 2.5" Laptop drive; The Seagate Desktop 1 TB Solid State Hybrid is a 3.5" Desktop Drive. I recommend you compare your Hitachi drive with the Seagate ST1000LM014 1TB Solid State Hybrid Drive SATA 6Gbps 64MB Cache 2.5-Inch Laptop drive (if this for a Laptop). 2) Cache Memory - The general rule of thumb here is: 'the more cache you have, the better your drive performs.' Hitachi: 16MB vs Seagate Solid State Hybrid: 64 MB 3)Interface: Hitachi: SATA 3.0GB/s v.s.: Seagate Solid State Hybrid: SATA 6 GB/s 4) The Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive includes 8GB NAND Flash Memory and utilizes Seagate flash management technology to deliver SSD-like performance. I definitely recommend buying the Seagate Solid State Hybrid Drive over the Hitachi hts727575a9e364.
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1 TB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive STAA1000100 (Black) I use this one and it rocks and you just have to install the mac software
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As another said, the STBW1000401 is just a external drive with thunderbolt conectivity. The GoFlex includes a thunderbolt adapter which can be used with other GoFlex Drives (and not officially a SATA2,5"drive. For example a SSD).
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The Seagate is not as portable. This WD is meant to travel with you on a daily basis. It doesn't need an external power supply and is very small and light. The Seagate is meant to sit on your desk, but its faster and cheaper per gig. Assess your needs and purchase accordingly.
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The rear bay and/or "highest-numbered bay" (#2 on the 2-bay unit, and #4 on the 4-bay unit) is normally the SOURCE (the one you copy "from"). The lower-numbered bays are usually the TARGET (Destination) drive bays. Read the writing on the devices, it is small, but it does list which is which. Double-check before using, because models change from time to time! Copy speed is acceptable, as far as I can tell. 500 GB drive, mostly-full, copied in less than 4 hours - I cannot give specifics, because it was finished when I came back 4 hours later.
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sorry, I haven`t tested that. I will have a USB3 portable hd soon. I'll check it out.
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In general , I prefer WD over Seagate. Personally, I have had more Seagate failures . The price is also very fair for the WD blue.
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For years I have been purchasing both Seagate and Western Digital for system builds (they are the only two brands of mechanical hard drives I will use), although I have bought many more Seagate drives. The reason for that is because I seem to find better pricing on Seagate drives, which is the reason for my personal opinion: Go with whichever of the two has the best price per similar spec (transfer speed, cache size, etc.); they both manufacture high quality, dependable products that don't break the bank.
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I have 3 westerns in my pc i havent had a seagate in awhile. I have a seagate external drive and its ran fan for like 7 years. So i would look up some reviews of both and see which one is best.