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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk 2TB

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When you buy an external hard drive for your storage and

backup needs, you are tied with the interface that it comes  with eSATA,

FireWire and in most cases, USB 2.0. This doesn't allow you to switch to a

higher speed or a different interface later as the drive's casing doesn't

support this. So if your office PC has a USB 2.0 interface and your home PC

supports eSATA or FireWire, then you'll have a tough time using the same drive

on both machines. The FreeAgent GoFlex family of storage devices from Seagate

come in to your rescue. These provide you the flexibility to adapt to newer

interfaces.

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We received Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 2 TB external hard

drive for review, which has  USB 2.0 as the default interface. This lets you

upgrade to a faster interface to increase your transfer speeds when paired with

another GoFlex Desk desktop adapter. All you need is to change the dock of the

hard drive with one that supports USB 3.0 interface. A GoFlex Desk Desktop

adapter for USB 3.0 interface will cost you Rs  3,500 which delivers upto 10

times faster speed compared to USB 2.0.

For performance, we used the same set of tests and machine

as used while evaluating the Hitachi external hard drive. To transfer one GB of

data from the PC to this drive, it took 57 seconds, while the reverse took 17

seconds. The drive clocked an average transfer speed of 20.2 MB/s and 17 ms

access time with the HDTune benchmark.

Price: Rs 13,500 (3-year warranty)



Meant for: Mobile users


Key Specs: 2 TB capacity, default USB 2.0 interface,  option to
upgrade to USB 3.0,  eSATA, with interchangeable docks and cables



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Bottomline: While the drive's performance with USB

2.0  may not be earthshaking, the advantage you'll have is the flexibility of

upgrading the interface and even switch between different interfaces just by

changing the connectors. That definitely gives this drive an edge over

competition.

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