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Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive| Manufacturer: | SEAGATE | | List price: | $249.00 |
| Our price: | $186.19 that is 25% off! |
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| Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive |
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i'm happy |
| haven't used the one touch backup. haven't used the corresponding software. haven't used the device daily. but whenever i have, it's worked well. naturally i hope for reliability forever. |
| Seagate ST3160024A-RK 160 GB External USB 2.0/FireWire Hard Drive - SEAGATE | |
mac user finds this drive supercalifragilisticexpialidocious |
As a Mac user on a Powerbook G4 with OS 10X, I find this drive excellent. As many have said, it's quiet, cool and easy to install. All you have to do is plug it in and format. For Mac users with OSX v.10.3, the instruction booklet isn't quite correct in regard to formatting. Here's how to format your new Seagate drive:
1. Go to Applications => Utilities
2. Double-click on Disk Utility
3. Before formatting, click on the untitled drive named simply, "Seagate", and view the info at the bottom of the window (or click "info"). You'll notice that its format is Windows MS-DOS.
4. Now select the titled Drive, "149.1 GB Seagate"
Note: Refer to an earlier post by "An electronics fan" to see why 149GB = 160GB. Confirm what he says by looking at the bottom of the Disk Utility window. You'll notice that Total Capacity is 149.1 GB or 160,041,885,696 Bytes. The first number expresses the capacity as a binary number (power of 2). The second expresses it as a decimal (power of 10). In binary, 1GB is roughly equal to 2^30. In decimal, 1GB = 10^9. In reference to the binary number, I say "roughly" because the term "giga" belongs to the decimal number system. Computer memory is generally expressed in binary but binary numbers are cumbersome -- that is, when expressed in bytes, they are very long; when shortened, they require an exponent. The decimal system, however, has shorthand in place: "kilo" means a thousand, "mega" means a million, etc. The computer industry co-opted that shorthand. For example, they call 2^10 (which is 1024) 1 kilobyte, even though 10^3 (or 1000) would actually be a kilobyte if computers were decimal machines. But they're not. So the computer industry has decided that 2^10 = 1 kilobyte (KB), 2^20 = 1 megabyte (MB) and 2^30 = 1 gigabyte (GB). In the case of this Seagate, then, this drive is 149.1GB which means that it's 2^30 * 149.1. Do the math and you'll see that 2^30 = 1,073,741,824. Multiply that by 149.1 and you get 160,094,906,000 or roughly 160 billion in decimal terms. Therefore, 149GB in binary is pretty much equal to 160GB in decimal.
5. Click Erase
6. Set Volume Format: Mac OS Extended (Journaled)
7. Name your drive whatever you like (e.g., seagate01 or bob)
8. Click Erase
9. Click Erase again
RESULT - The name of your newly formatted disk replaces the default name of "Seagate" (below the titled disk).
10. Click on your newly named drive. Notice at the bottom that the format is now "Mac OS Extended Journaled" (or whatever you selected as your desired format).
You're ready to drag files to your new drive.
Note: Remember, you shouldn't move the drive once you've turned it on and always unmount before you turn it off. The manual instructs you to move the drive icon into the trash can, but you can also Ctrl-click on the icon and select "Eject " from the menu, or click on the arrow to the right of the drive in the Finder. Another great way to unmount (and mount) is from within the Disk Utility. The easiest way, of course, is to simply shut off your computer. Your drive will automatically dismount. You can shut if off when the computer is powered down. |
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Seagate warranty |
| Following a dispute with Seagate's Warranty dept. (because they insisted on short changing me for less than the stated 1-year warranty) I complained to senior management. I'm happy to report that management's response was all that one could wish for, and they assured me that Seagate warranties start from the date of purchase (and not from some arbitrary and undisclosed earlied date as Warranty insisted). I think there must have been a breakdown in communications, but I feel I can recommend Seagate as a good company genuinely concerned with the satisfaction of their customers. |
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