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500GB Seagate External Portable Drive

code: A68JK

Free standard UK delivery

On promotion until 12/06/2012

4.7 out of 5 from 18 ratings

SAVE £20

was £84.99

ONLY GBP£64.99

500GB Seagate External Portable Drive

A68JK

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  • 500GB of instant portable add on storage
  • Sleek designed storage solution for all your photos, music, videos and documents
  • Plug ''n'' Play - no software to install
  • Store 160,000 digital photos or 12,497 hours of digital music (MP3) or 500 hours of digital video
  • Experience fast data transfer with USB2.0 interface
  • Powered via the USB cable
  • Works with Windows Vista / XP or Mac OSX 10.4.8 or higher
  • 2 year limited warranty
  • Dimensions 17.6(h) x 80.01(w) x 141.29(l) mm

Some approximate file sizes...

 

  1. A 10 megapixel JPEG 90% quality - 2.2MB
  2. Complete works of Shakespeare as text - 5MB
  3. 5 minute MP3 file (128kbps) - 5MB
  4. 90 minute DivX compressed video file - 650MB
  5. A movie at TV quality - 1GB
  6. 20 metres of shelved books - 2GB
  7. A good collection of Beethoven - 10GB
  8. 50000 trees made into paper and printed - 1TB
  9. An academic research library - 2TB

 

1 terabyte (TB) = 1000 gigabytes (GB)
1 gigabyte (GB) = 1000 megabytes (MB)

 

Hard drives have never been this cool! A stylish, trendy box, this Seagate external drive is not just a great storage unit but is also a lifestyle addition to your gadget collection. And as for the performance, its simple plug and play demands no driver installation at all. USB 2.0 enables speedy data transfer and works with both Windows and MAC. With a massive 500GB, where you can store 160,000 digital pictures, or more than 12,000 hours of music, or 500 hours of video, buying the Seagate external drive is like getting a digital warehouse! What’s in the box: • Seagate External Portable Drive • Quick start guide • USB 2.0 cable • 2 year limited warranty

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Customer Reviews for 500GB Seagate External Portable Drive

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Great item works fine , no problems, just plug it in and go. Uusing drive as backup to my imac.

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Very happy with this drive. Formatted it to FAT32 to use as additional memory for a pvr. Took a couple of attempts to find the right format method on the web but great once up and running. http://www.gearhack.com/Forums/DisplayComments.php?file=Computer/Windows/Format_Large_Disks_to_FAT32_on_Windows_XP_and_Vista

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Does exactly what it's supposed to do! It's compact and transfer of files is quick and easy.

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VERY PLEASED, IT WAS EASY TO INSTALL AND HAS FREED UP MY COMPUTER A LOT ALSO LOOKS NEAT.

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Very good delivery time. Happy with the product. It is not the first one I have bought from you. Previously I bought in store.

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Customer Questions about 500GB Seagate External Portable Drive

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Q: can this be useed as a hard drive for my ps3

sam - 17/02/2010

Maplin says: Yes the product does support that.

Q: as this hdd has a single usb cable, is it safe to assume it would work with the Cyclone Micro (A90JR) as an affective storage solution ? most 2.5 inch drives have a dual usb cable (one port for power & one port for data) so i'm hopin this Seagate will function with the aforementioned media player.

pete donaldson - 28/01/2010

Maplin says: Yes the product does support that.

Q: Do you stock spares for this item ?

Claire - 17/01/2010

Maplin says: unfortunately not, however Seagate may be able to offer spares directly.

Q: Is this component compatible with windows 7

John S B Heron - 02/12/2009

Maplin says: Yes the product does support that.

Q: will this drive works as an extension to a media player and not a PC ?

J MULDOON - 30/11/2009

Maplin says: Yes the product does support that.

1TB Seagate External Portable Drive

• 1TB of instant portable add on storage • Sleek designed storage solution for all your photos, music, videos and documents • Plug ''n'' Play - no software to install • Store 320,000 digital photos or 24,994 hours of digital music (MP3) or 1000 hours of digital video • Experience fast data transfer with USB2.0 interface • Powered via the USB cable • Works with Windows 7 / Vista / XP or Mac OSX 10.4.8 or higher • 2 year limited warranty

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320GB Toshiba Portable Hard Drive

• 320GB USB 2.5-inch portable external hard drive • Stylish and solid aluminium casing • Perfect storage solution for your digital videos, photos and music and data • Silent operation • Stylish design • Hi Speed USB 2.0 interface

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500GB Shockproof Waterproof Portable Hard Drive

• Born to be Tough • 2.5 inch portable hard drive • Shockproof Casing • 100% Waterproof • Wrap around USB cable • Rubber material casing • Bright cold-blue LED • High-speed USB 2.0 interface. • Dimensions (L x W x H): 129 x 97 x 19.2mm • Weight: 240g • This product fully meets U.S. military transit drop test "MIL-STD-810F 516.5 procedure IV" and water resistant standard "IEC 529 IPX7" (Submersible 1 meter for 30min)

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1.5TB Seagate External Portable Drive

• 1.5TB of instant portable add on storage • Sleek designed storage solution for all your photos, music, videos and documents • Plug ''n'' Play - no software to install • Store 480,000 digital photos or 36,000 hours of digital music (MP3) or 1500 hours of digital video • Experience fast data transfer with USB2.0 interface • Powered via the USB cable • Works with Windows 7 / Vista / XP or Mac OSX 10.4.8 or higher • 2 year limited warranty

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