Seagate FreeAgent Go Portable Hard Drive Giveaway CLOSED


Winner - #188 - Michael and Kristin
Gone!  Every last picture disappeared, vanished, never to be found again.  Devastation is what I felt when my husband announced that the back ups that he had made for my laptop were no good.  An entire year's worth of pictures gone.  All my work of computer editing and designing disappeared.

If this has happened to you, you know what I am talking about.  There is a huge dread and an almost pain that strikes your heart when you discover that you will never get your pictures or important documents back.  Unfortunately we had bought a laptop that had a faulty graphics card which not only caused the laptop to run hot but to quickly burn up fan motors.  I have had this computer for just two years now and have gone through 3 fan motors.

After the first one, I learned to back up my computer with an external hard drive.  These things are wonderful because if your computer does crash, your entire computer can be saved.  We had an external hard drive that I use constantly but it was big and bulky and not easily transportable.

Having something that goes with me everywhere is so important.  I take tons of pictures with my digital SLR and I want those saved as soon as I download them off my computer.  I do not want to risk losing those precious pictures of my son or daughter.  I will be traveling a lot more this coming year starting in February so I am thrilled that I can take my Seagate Free Agent Go with me. 

When I first received my Seagate Free Agent Go, I was impressed with how small it is.  It fits in the palm of my hand and is just a little larger than my iPod touch.  This really impressed me because it is the perfect size to fit in my laptop case and not take up any space or add extra weight to my bag.

I am in awe and wonder that something this small can hold up to 1 TB in capacity!  The one I am reviewing is a 640 GB and my entire computer is backed up on it and I still have 478 GB left to use for storage.  Since each one of my pictures saves at 3 MB and can quickly drain my computer's storage space - this is such a nice option to have to store them.

Things I love about it:

1.  Small and sleek - it really is beautiful.  I love the other colors that this comes in too. 


2.  Easy to install - there are no disks and it only took 3 minutes to have it installed and backing up my computer.

3.  Backs up fast - my entire computer was backed up in less than five minutes and it didn't slow down the other work that I was doing.

4.  Can set it to back up automatically.  My husband did this for me so it will daily back up whatever I have failed to back up.  I have this tendency to forget it to do that so this makes my life so much easier!

5.  I can take this anywhere and to any computer to access my files.  This is so important for me because sometimes bringing my big bulky laptop is not the easiest and all I want are the pictures.  I can take this to my mom's house, set up her computer and quickly give her the newest pictures I took of Gabriel.

6.  The drive powers down when no longer in use.  This is such a nice option because it does not use extra energy when you are not using it.  Did I mention that I forget to unplug and turn things off?

Things I would love changed:

This was hard because really this little drive is so straight forward and easy to use that there isn't much that you can change.  I think I would like to see a way for it to be wireless.  I do not even know if this possible on a hard drive but it does take up an extra USB and my laptop only has two functioning ones so if this is plugged in, I either have to unplug my cooling pad or just not use anything else.  There are extra USBs on the GoDock so that I might something that I need to invest in. 

This is an excellent hard drive and I would definitely recommend it to anyone that needs their computer backed up.  I will never leave home without mine again!  You can purchase it at their online store.S

WIN IT!!

Seagate has generously offered to give one of my readers their own 640 GB FreeAgent Go!  (ARV $159)

1.  Head over to Seagate and tell me your favorite product.  This is found on the right hand side column.  Come back and leave me a comment letting me know you did so. 

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2.  Subscribe to Seagate's RSS feedCome back and leave me a comment letting me know you did so.  This will be verified.

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4. Subscribe to this blog by email. Leave me a comment letting me know you did so. This will be verified.

5. Follow me and Seagate on Twitter and tweet about this giveaway. Please leave a comment with your twitter name letting me know you did so.


7. Become a fan of Money Saving Tips for a Keeper at Home and Seagate on Facebook. Please leave a comment along with your facebook name letting me know you did so.


This giveaway ends February 11, 2010 and is open to US residents only. Make sure that you leave your email address in each comment. Leave a separate comment for every entry that you make so that these will count for you! Have fun and I look forward to announcing the winners of this great giveaway!


Disclosure: This review is based on my own honest unbiased opinion of this product. You may or may not agree with my opinion. I was sent product free of charge to review. No one from the Seagate was involved in the writing of this post. I was not paid to write this review.


509 comments:

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Unknown said...

FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player. I've been wanting a Media player for a long time and this has some awesome features to it.

Anonymous said...

I'd like to have the Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander.

Christine Jensen said...

I like the FreeAgent Go Special Edition! It looks fun an functional!


kissyjensen at gmail dot com

jellosheriff said...

I'd love this one, but the Black Armor network storage device would be great, too.

jellosheriff said...

#2 done

jellosheriff said...

#5 done with a retweet

jellosheriff said...

#7 done and liked - jj jellosheriff

jellosheriff said...

#3 done

jellosheriff said...

#4 done

Pricousins said...

I love the Seagate Replica!

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deidre said...

Seagate Replica would be perfect for my family since we have multiple computers!

Pricousins said...

I subscribed to SeaGate's RSS via Google Reader.

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Pricousins said...

I just subscribed to your blog via email and will confirm momentarily: pricousins at aol dot com

Pricousins said...

I follow you and Seagate on Twitter as @pricousins and tweeted here: http://twitter.com/pricousins/status/8031515137

Chadzgirl said...

I like the media player!
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Chadzgirl said...

I follow your blog
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Chadzgirl said...

I subscribe to your emails
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Chadzgirl said...

I follow you both on twitter and tweet the give away.
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Unknown said...

FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player would be my favorite, thanks.

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Unknown said...

I like the seagate replica. amypugmire@live.com

Unknown said...

email subscriber of yours. amypugmire@live.com

Unknown said...

fb fan of both of u. amy bolda pugmire. amypugmire@live.com

Unknown said...

follow u both on twitter and tweeted. amypugmire@live.com
http://twitter.com/1amypugmire/status/8034116573

Jill said...

I would love a FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player. This would be such a great addition.

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Jill said...

I'm an email subscriber.

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Anonymous said...

The FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player would be great to have.
kathyluman@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I subscribed to Segate rss feed via google reader.
kathyluman@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I'm following your blog via google friends connect.
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Anonymous said...

I'm following you and Seagate on Twitter and I tweeted: http://twitter.com/kathyluman/status/8037147145
kathyluman@mgail.com

Anonymous said...

I'm following your blog and Seagate on Facebook (Kathy Luman).
kathyluman@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I like the FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player.

Sunnymommie said...

I would like to have Seagate Replica, because we have few computer and it will be nice backup itself for me because i always keep forget to back up all folder.

Sunnymommie said...

i followed your blog

Sunnymommie said...

i followed you twitter

Sunnymommie said...

i followed seagate twitter

Sunnymommie said...

http://twitter.com/sunnymommie/status/8037682754

Sunnymommie said...

i m fan Money Saving Tips for a Keeper at Home on facebook

Sunnymommie said...

i m fan seagate on facebook

Sunnymommie said...

forget add my name katey

Andrea Hatfield said...

I like the HD Media Player.

Andrea Hatfield said...

I am a blog follower.

Andrea Hatfield said...

Following you both and tweeted!
http://twitter.com/simplyandreah/status/8038203364

Mamushi Love said...

I'd like to check out the Theater Media Player.

Mimi N said...

I really could use the FreeAgent XTreme™. Like you, I've lost pictures that were on my computer! Right now I have so many photos on my ancient computer and my Driver doesn't work well and I don't know if I can even burn them to a disk!

Thanks so much,
Mimi
mnjesusfreak at gmail dot com

Mimi N said...

I'm a follower as bigguysmama

~Mimi
mnjesusfreak at gmail dot com

Mimi N said...

Following you both on Twitter. Here's my Tweet:

http://twitter.com/bigguysmama/status/8039700453

~Mimi
mnjesusfreak at gmail dot com

Mimi N said...

I'm now your friend on FB as Mimi Baker and was already a fan of Seagate.

~Mimi
mnjesusfreak at gmail dot com

abfantom said...

I'd like to get the FreeAgent Theater.

abfantom at yahoo dot com

Fangirl Jen said...

The FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player looks pretty darn cool.

Fangirl Jen said...

I subscribe to Seagate's RSS feed.

Fangirl Jen said...

Following your blog.

Fangirl Jen said...

Following you and Seagate on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/fangirljen/status/8041812874 TWEET

Tracey said...

I've wanted the FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player for a while now.
traymona[at]aol.com

juedy said...

BlackArmor PS 110 USB 3.0 Performance Kit!

Mysharona said...

I like the FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player.

Snowflake07 said...

One of my favorites is the FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player. I like the fact it works with a PC and a Mac. I am also loving the fact it sets up with one cable. :-)

Snowflake07 said...

following you and Seagate on Twitter (as SnowflakeDay) and tweeted: http://twitter.com/SnowflakeDay/status/8042248807

Snowflake07 said...

email subscriber

Snowflake07 said...

subscribed to Seagate's RSS feed

Unknown said...

like the portable hard drives

peg42 said...

I really like the FreeAgent Theater HD Media Player. Thanks so much.

peg42 said...

I'm a follower.

mverno said...

Duralex can handle thermal shock from -4 to 212 Fahrenheit mverno@roadrunner.com

Unknown said...

I need an external hard drive for all the music files I have taking up space on my PC harddrive.

mlswin@triad.rr.com said...

they have many great products but I really like the 640GB external drive best

I See Badgers said...

FreeAgent Theater + HD Media Player seriously is awesome.

ericbadger8(at)hotmail

Jessica said...

The FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player looks pretty amazing!
jjak2003 at gmail dot com

Jessica said...

I subscribe via e-mail
jjak2003 at gmail dot com

Jessica said...

I follow through twitter and tweeted http://twitter.com/jjak2003/statuses/8048715117
jjak2003 at gmail dot com

MOMFOREVERANDEVER said...

Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander.

coliebear said...

I like the FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player.
lenz.nicole(at)gmail(dot)com

sharonjo said...

I don't have an external hard drive and live in constant dread that I will have an experience like yours--losing everything I have stored in my home computer. The Seagate FreeAgent Desk looks like another great storage drive. Thanks for a wonderful giveaway!

sharonjo said...

I subscribed to Seagate RSS feed on Google Reader.

sharonjo said...

I follow you on google friend connect. sharonjo

agaddie said...

I too want the Seagate FreeAgent Desk because I have no external hard drive to back up me PC. Not good for me I live in fear of losing my pics!

Amber said...

The Momentus Thin Laptop Hard Drive is my favorite!
Thank you for the giveaway :)
hurdler4eva(at)gmail(dot)com

sharonjo said...

I follow you and Seagate on twitter @sharonjo2

I tweeted!
http://twitter.com/sharonjo2/status/8054550926

sharonjo said...

I'm a facebook fan of Money Saving Tips and Seagate. Sharon Olivier

Anonymous said...

My favorite product is the FreeAgent Desk :) *Thanks* for the giveaway!
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Anonymous said...

Following with Google Friend Connect
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Anonymous said...

Following you on Twitter and Tweeted {TheLuckyLadybug}
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Anonymous said...

Money Saving Tips for a Keeper at Home and Seagate Technology Facebook fan {Cheryl Free}
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EDRing said...

The FreeAgent Theater™ Media Player would be perfect for us.

Ellen
eering99@hotmail.com

Elkaye said...

I'm interested in the Seagate Showcase DVR Storage Expander.


elkaye[at]gmail[dot]com

Elkaye said...

RSS feed subscriber.


elkaye[at]gmail[dot]com

Elkaye said...

I'm a blog follower.

elkaye[at]gmail[dot]com

Elkaye said...

I follow you and seagate on twitter as Elkaye. Here's the tweet: http://twitter.com/Elkaye/status/8057681316


elkaye[at]gmail[dot]com

A said...

Freeagent Go Special Edition

A said...

Follower

A said...

Email subscriber

A said...

Facebook fan of both (Genny Heavenly)

A said...

Following both on Twitter and tweeted

http://twitter.com/genny315/status/8057932557

gdypiangco said...

Love the FreeAgent Dockstar

Anonymous said...

Well something I actually own and love is one of their Maxtor DiamondMax Hard Drives :D Lots of space on that baby!

Anonymous said...

I am following you on Google Friend Connect :D

Username: Timbo Squad

Anonymous said...

I've subscribed to you by email :D

allrightyes at gmail dot com

Anonymous said...

I am following you both on Twitter :D

@TimboSquad

and I just tweeted this giveaway here :D

http://twitter.com/TimboSquad/status/8061533137

Anonymous said...

I've send off a fan request to you both on Facebook :D

Username: Contest Bloggy

Unknown said...

I like the Freeagent Go Special Edition.

pamcallahan said...

I like the FreeAgent XTreme™
pamc77@yahoo.com

pamcallahan said...

I follow on Google Friend Connect
pamc77@yahoo.com

pamcallahan said...

I subscribed via email
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JRG said...

I like the Free Agent XTreme!

JRG said...

I like the Free Agent XTreme!

Unknown said...

FreeAgent DockStar™ Network Adapter - this product would be great for accessing your hard drive from anywhere - would love to win the drive and then buy the Dockstar!

Unknown said...

Subscribe to Seagate's RSS feed - done! jacaclawless@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Become a follower of this blog - done! Jacaclawless

stowelljg said...

I tend to like things that are automatic, so the Seagate® Replica™ would be ideal to automatically backup my laptop without having to think about it.

http://twitter.com/stowelljg/status/8066690012

Unknown said...

Subscribe to this blog by email - already a subscriber! jacaclawless@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

Here's my tweet:

http://twitter.com/Jacaclawless/status/8066860942

@Jacaclawless

Unknown said...

I also like the FreeAgent Dockstar

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Unknown said...

Become a fan of Money Saving Tips for a Keeper at Home and Seagate on Facebook - done!

Jason Lawless on Facebook

lsfish said...

I would like the FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player

wildcat32 said...

My favorite would be the FreeAgent Xtreme.
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Bani said...

My fave Segate product is the FreeAgent Theater+

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Bani said...

Subscribed to Seagate's RSS feed with live bookmark.

Bani said...

Became a follower of this blog, name is bani.

buzzd said...

FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player

Bani said...

Subbed to this blog via e-mail.

Bani said...

I'm a fan of Money Saving Tips on Facebook, name is Bonnie M.

I'm a fan of Seagate on Facebook, name is Bonnie M.

Bani said...

Following you on Twitter, name is baniclips

Following Seagate on Twitter, name is baniclips

Tweeted here-

http://twitter.com/baniclips/status/8069812658

My Favorite Deals said...

I like the Free Agent external hard drives!

Thanks for the entry :)

theresacolleen@gmail.com

My blog:
http://www.myfavedeals.blogspot.com

My Favorite Deals said...

I'm a follower of this blog :)

Thanks for the entry!

theresacolleen@gmail.com

My Favorite Deals said...

I'm also an email subscriber of your blog!

Thanks for the entry:

theresacolleen@gmail.com

amadeus said...

I also like the Seagate Replica

cmcathiem02@gmail.com said...

I am a Fan of the Seagate Replica.

Anonymous said...

I'd love to win this for my laptop. I also like the Seagate Replica! Thanks.

shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com

Anonymous said...

I subscribe to your RSS feed via Yahoo reader.

shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com

Anonymous said...

I follow your blog.

shevilkenevil1 at aol dot com

shelley said...

Love the free agent xtreme!! We could really really use this! Thanks!

Sylvia said...

I like the Seagate® Showcase™ DVR Storage Expander
sylviawhit@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

I like the FreeAgent G, I love that it comes in pink!

lpenoro@aol.com

Jen1012R said...

the Seagate® Showcase™ DVR Storage Expander would be really nice.

thischickwins (at) gmail (dot) com

Jen1012R said...

the Seagate® Showcase™ DVR Storage Expander would be really nice.

thischickwins (at) gmail (dot) com

Anonymous said...

I also love the "FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player."

clctaube @ yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I subscribed to Seagate via Google rss feed

clctaube @ yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I subscribe via email

clctaube @ yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

I follow you and Seagate on Twitter (@clctaube) and tweet:
http://twitter.com/clctaube/status/8076874262

clctaube @ yahoo.com

tawndam said...

I love the freeagent theater

Tim-O-Tee said...

I really like the barracude xt desktop hard drives. Fast and Big

Alex K. said...

My favorite product is the Seagate Freeagent Theater

GANDORF57 said...

I like the FreeAgent Go Special Edition!

Anonymous said...

I subscribe

Jessica
jessiuf@yahoo.com

Anonymous said...

The only product I have used is the external hard drive which I love!

Jessica
jessiuf@yahoo.com

Teaching Mommy said...

I think we'd really enjoy the DVR Storage Expander. We love our DVR, but have to delete things sometimes because of storage space.

frankandkatie at gmail dot com

Teaching Mommy said...

follow this blog

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Teaching Mommy said...

subscrbe via email

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Mark Steele said...

I like the PS110!

Lauren Elise Designs said...

I'd get the FreeAgent XTreme external hard drive for all my photography needs. Thanks for this awesome giveaway!!

Lauren

LaurenEliseDesigns(at)rocketmail(dot)com

Lauren Elise Designs said...

Subscribed to Seagate RSS feed.

Lauren

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Lauren Elise Designs said...

Follower.

Lauren

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Lauren Elise Designs said...

Subscriber.

Lauren

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Lauren Elise Designs said...

Follow u both on Twitter and tweeted.

LaurenE_Designs

Lauren

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Lauren Elise Designs said...

Fan of you both on FB.

Sean Lauren Shaffer

llinda29 said...

FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player is my fave

mobrien said...

Seagate's Showcase DVR Expander would be very useful too, since the DVR we got only holds 20 or so shows.

sphinx63 said...

I would like to have the Theater Media Player!

sphinxcw at aol dot com

h. mcnaron said...

so many great products-- it would be great to have the showcase dvr expander.

h. mcnaron said...

following on twitter @creep4ward

h. mcnaron said...

following on google freind.

Tatum said...

The DVR Storage Expander is really awesome and I never knew there was such a thing for the DVR..Thanks
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Tatum said...

Follow with google
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John Stetson said...

I'd love to have the Seagate® Showcase™ DVR Storage Expander. What a wonderful addition to a home theater setup.
jstetson2@cfl.rr.com

mmentor said...

sign me up

abby said...

FreeAgent DockStar™

abby said...

I follow.

Tatum said...

Follow both (@tatum810) and tweet
http://twitter.com/tatum810/status/8093942542
tatum810@yahoo.com

Qwill said...

I love the FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player

Qwill said...

FOllow you and seagate on twitter and tweeted: http://twitter.com/qwills2cats/status/8098609610

Unknown said...

I think the FreeAgent Theater would be great.

Unknown said...

I'm honestly not sure about what most of that stuff is, it seems the older I get the less I know about technology. However I have heard my hsuband mention taht he needs something like the FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player. He just got a pretty cool new computer so I bet it would really help make it even better!

Unknown said...

I just signed up for their RSS feed. I think I'm going to try to start using that instead of e-mail to keep track of my blog reading, so maybe I'll actually get to read a little more and it won't talk all day!

Unknown said...

I'm following your blog! I followed using my Twitter account, I think you know all my info for that.

Unknown said...

I follow your blog at kristinbrianne (@) yhoo (dot) com/ This is a most excellent giveaway, my friend!

Unknown said...

I tweeted, love this contest!

http://twitter.com/kristinbrianne/status/8104987841

My Twitter name is KrsitinBrianne Hope the tweet is OK.

chandapin said...

I like the black one and will use it to store photos. chandapin at gmail dot com

Cassie said...

Seagates FreeAgent Theater HD media player is amazing. The technology is so advanced!

Cassie said...

I am a follower of your blog via GFC

Cassie said...

I subscribe to your blog via e-mail

Cassie said...
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Cassie said...

I follow you and Seagate on twitter and I tweeted! http://twitter.com/itsmecassieb/status/8117444484

clc408 said...

I like the Seagate Replica.

clc408 said...

Following on gfc

Jenn said...

the expansion hard drive looks so useful!

Jenn said...

subscribed to seagate's rss feed

Jenn said...

following your blog

Jenn said...

following you and seagate on twitter - tweet! https://twitter.com/JCBigD/status/8121352719

Jenn said...

i'm your fan and seagate's fan on facebook (jennifer cohen)

TX_Jen34 said...

Seagate® Replica™

Sandra K321 said...

My favorite product is the Seagate Replica for backing up my computer.
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Nelsby said...

I would also love to try the FreeAgent Theater+ HD Media Player.
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

Nelsby said...

I subscribe to Seagate blog's RSS feed.
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

Nelsby said...

I am following your blog (username Nelsby).
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

Nelsby said...

I subscribe to your blog feed via email.
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

Nelsby said...

I am a Facebook fan of your site and Seagate (Aimee Waerhouse).
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

Nelsby said...

I am following you and Seagate on Twitter AND I Tweeted about this giveaway: http://twitter.com/Nelsby/status/8134240396
Thanks!
Aimee
sierranelsby (at) gmail (dot) com

sksweeps said...

I'd love to have the Free Agent Desk (2TB size) - backup of laptop (peace of mind) AND storage of photo and older digital business and personal files/documents! I agree with you on the wireless tho! Just got a wireless printer and it is SO cool to NOT have to plug it into the PC I want to print from!

jappleseed said...

the dvr expander would help with the amount of shows i record

aktedd said...

I really could use the FreeAgent XTreme! thanks

STRANGEONE1120 said...

Aside from the external harddrive you feature I would love to have the FreeAgent Theater+™ HD Media Player. Thank you

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