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Seagate STCD500204 Slim 500GB USB 3.0 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive - Silver

by Seagate
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
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  • BUS powered
  • Hot Swap Function
  • Capacity - 500GB
  • Interface - USB 3.0
  • Size - 2.5"
  • Colour - Silver
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Product Information

Technical Details
BrandSeagate
Item Weight150 g
Product Dimensions11.4 x 7.6 x 1 cm
Item model numberSTCD500204
Hard Drive Size500 GB
  
Additional Information
ASINB00BP5RLWE
Best Sellers Rank 2,438 in Computers & Accessories (See top 100)
Shipping Weight150 g
Date First Available6 Mar 2013
  
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Product Description

Seagate Slim, 2.5-inch Portable Hard Drive

Seagate Slim 500GB Portable Hard Drive - Silver
Thin, Light and Easy Back-up

The Seagate Slim portable drive is an extremely thin external hard drive, ideal for consumers who want to back-up their digital lives and take the drive with them on the go. At slightly thicker than a standard iPhone, the brushed metal design allows you to slide the drive into your pocket, purse or briefcase and carry it with you. Via the Seagate Dashboard, use the Protect function to set-up your easy, automatic local back-up with a one-click or scheduled plan. Keep multiple copies of your files in case disaster strikes.

With the Save feature, user-generated content can be backed-up from your favourite social networks. Many people use their smartphones to capture priceless moments, but while these devices are handy and readily available, storage is not their strong suit. Capture a memory, post it on a social networking site and let the Seagate Dashboard automatically back-up any content posted. Even if the file gets accidentally deleted from the device, another copy can be waiting.

The Share feature allows multiple files to be uploaded to social networks at once from your computer. The days of uploading individual files without creating a new album are gone. Simply select files to upload, choose where to post them and even add comments. Managing your social profile has never been easier.

Install the preloaded NTFS driver on a Mac and use the drive interchangeably between PCs and Mac computers, without reformatting the drive.

Slim is In

The Seagate Slim portable drive is a thin and light way to back-up the things that are important to you on Windows computers.

  • Protect your data with easy flexible back-ups
  • Save photos automatically from your social networks
  • Share photos and videos to social networks with a click

What Do You Get?
  • Seagate Slim portable drive
  • Seagate Dashboard preloaded on drive
  • NTFS driver for Mac preloaded on the drive
  • USB 3.0 cable
  • Quick start guide
Wallets are Bigger Than This
Wallets are bigger than this

In silver anodised metal finish, the Seagate Slim portable drive is more than a slim portable hard drive. Inside its sleek design is simple, intuitive software that makes it a breeze to back-up what's important to you.

Share Your Favourite Moments Instantly
Share...Your favourite moments instantly

Easily share photos and videos to Facebook, Flickr and YouTube -- simultaneously -- right from your Seagate Slim drive. Smart integration with popular social media means that your memories are not "trapped" in your drive, letting you publish them to the social network of your choice.

Save and Share Social Media
Save and share social media

Don't risk losing those great pics you post online -- Slim lets you download them automatically with a click. You control everything, from back-up schedules to sharing options, right from the intuitive dashboard.

Easy Back-up
Easy back-up

Choose from two easy back-up options in the Seagate Dashboard -- scheduled or continuous back-ups.

Protect Photos, Videos and More on the Go
Protect photos, videos and more on the go

Life is full of amazing moments that you want to remember forever. The Seagate Slim portable drive goes where you go, providing easy plug-and-play back-ups. So no matter where "life happens", your memories are always protected.



Works with PC or Mac
Works with PC or Mac

Use the drive interchangeably on PC or Mac computer without reformatting.

Save Your Social Life
Save your social life with a click

Think of how many photos you have shared on Facebook or Flickr. With the built-in back-up software and dashboard control, it is easy to download them right to your drive, so even more of your life is safe and sound.

How slim is slim



How Slim is Slim?

This amazing drive is lightweight and about as thin as a pencil, so it fits-and goes-anywhere.

Product Description

Seagate SLIM PORTABLE HDD 500GB 25IN USB30 EXTERNAL HDD SILVER IN STCD500204 Storage External Hard Drives


Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5 stars
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great 16 May 2013
By SAP VINE VOICE
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I have another Seagate hard drive, but this one is much smaller and looks good. To be honest, I just drag and drop files because I am a little bit of a Luddite - I don't use the software that comes with this device to help you manage things. It can be set to automatically update user-generated content but I couldn't do this with Blogger so I was a little disappointed. But I think this is great because it is so portable and stores a lot.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Slim, sleek, stylish 25 May 2013
By P. McCauley VINE VOICE
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As far as portable hard drives go, this is a VERY portable 500GB hard drive. It's not much bigger than a smart phone, and with 500GB of storage it is a very handy device to have around. It was recognised by my laptop straight away, and was ready for use within seconds. A great hard drive for anyone who needs a bit of extra space and is on-the-go a lot.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, but a couple of points of note 25 April 2013
By Dave M TOP 100 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
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This is a good Seagate drive and, being a premium product, it is at a premium price.

It is well made and reasonably fast. On a USB 2.0 I achieved 20Mbyte/s write speed and 30Mbyte/s read speed under Windows 8. However, on a USB 3.0 connection, I managed to get over 100Mbtyes/s - a cracking speed, especially for a portable drive. If you are not sure what type of ports you have, the tongue on the PC is colour coded as black for USB 2.0 and blue for USB 3.0.

The points of note:

- other reviewers have mentioned the cable being a special to type. When I looked closely at it, I could see that half of the fitting was a microUSB. So I tried running with one of these standard cables rather than the supplied cable to see if I could get around having to carry the special cable with me. Although the drive powered up and the PC gave its usual "plunk-plunk" noise as the drive powered up, it was never recongnised by the PC. Using the provided cable worked fine. An idea, but it didn't work.

- the capacity of the drive is significantly short of the 500Mbytes claimed (it is about 465Mbytes) - the difference being the difference of view between 1024 and 1000 (if you are a techie, you'll understand this)

- the backup software looks good, however it only recognises the Seagate drive as the only externally connected drive, whereas I have an array of difference manufacturers. This means it cannot be used a general purpose backup solution. Based on this I am sticking to the excellent backup software provided by Arcsoft with my Hitachi disk drive (which even recognises my network cloud storage).
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3.0 out of 5 stars Unresolved issues with Dashboard software 23 April 2013
By Ripple TOP 50 REVIEWER
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Seagate's Slim portable drive is nicely designed and is certainly slim and light, making it easy to carry around. It's also a smooth shape so fits nicely into pockets etc. It's about the thickness of a smart phone and a little wider. It's not the largest capacity but not long ago, this would have seemed like ample storage for most needs.

It works fine as a drag and drop store for files, BUT critically for me, I have not managed to get the on board software to work. Let me stress that this isn't essential and you can still use it as a drag and drop drive, but I was specifically looking for the benefits of the on board software to allow computer back up and to explore some of the social media back up options.

The software is there but when I try to install it, it says "unable to locate probably due to download interruption". And yet no download is involved. I'm running Win 7 and also turned off AV software before attempting this. So, onto the Seagate web site. There are several other posts with the same problem, several of them three or more months old, with no response from the Seagate moderators. There is an option to download the software though, so I tried that with exactly the same result. So the main reason I wanted this drive is completely ineffective. Clearly for some, the software works fine, so it must be something with my set up, although I have never had an issue with drive software installations prior to this. What irks most is the lack of response from Seagate to what is clearly an issue for more than a few. All the troubleshooting assumes you have loaded the software - no mention of when it fails to install at all.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says it will 20 April 2013
By Andy Edwards TOP 1000 REVIEWER VINE VOICE
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I have had Seagate drives before, and this performs as well as it's predecessors. Simple open the box, unpack the contents, (the drive, the cable and a printed guide which is only sizeable because it appears to cover every language on earth) and then plug the drive into your computer.

The software you need is on the drive and simply downloads to your machine and, once completed, gives you the chance to back up, or to use the drive to share or save your files on social media. I am not sure this is a particularly relevant benefit as most people would surely have this resolved in other ways. As a stan alone drive though, it does the job simply and well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good little drive... 20 Jun 2013
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...that required no set-up, just plugged it into my PC and it works right away. This is a slim drive, with low noise and presumably low-power use (certainly less than the desktop equivalent). You lose speed by going 'passport' sized, but apart from that I prefer this format in every way.

I've only used it for USB 2.0 and it's speed is as expected.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent storage device
The device is small and sleek, in fact it is one of the smallest external drives that I have owned. The design is good, and the device is light, meaning that it is very portable. Read more
Published 4 months ago by BC
5.0 out of 5 stars SMALL AND WELL MADE
Seagate STCD500204 Slim 500GB USB 3.0 2.5 inch Portable Hard Drive - Silver

As soon as I opened the box I was impressed by the design and quality of this product. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Sue
5.0 out of 5 stars Recommended portable hard-drive
Plugged in easily onto my Net book PC, backed up data with the software that is on this device, installed effortlessly and without issue. Nice slim build. Read more
Published 5 months ago by R. Hallett
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice, sleek drive
I am a fan of Seagate drives and own a fair few. However, I was keen to try another as I do believe you should keep many back ups of your precious files, in my case, photos. Read more
Published 5 months ago by S. J. Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive
Through the last few years, I have owned a number of hard drives. This one stands out as soon as you open the packaging. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Warleybear
4.0 out of 5 stars The latest "be-seen-with" portable hard drive
Seagate are a big and respected name in storage hardware and although currently selling at �65 for 500Gb, a price for which it is possible to get 1Tb, the Seagate badge and the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kevin Roche
5.0 out of 5 stars Great portable drive
If you want a spare hard drive that you can slip into your pocket or handbag, this one is ideal. Its 500Gb capacity makes it ideal to hold, say, films or large documents that you... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mr. Dk Hamm
5.0 out of 5 stars One thing well...
Maybe it's a sad and geeky reference but this hard-drive just reminded me of the first two rules in The Philosophy of UNIX - namely 'Small is Beautiful' and 'Do One Thing Well' and... Read more
Published 5 months ago by stylepuppy
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
I was looking for a portable hard drive to transfer music, films and videos and thought this would be ideal. Read more
Published 5 months ago by pepemia
4.0 out of 5 stars Great
I was very impressed at how easy to use and reliable this product is. Its slimness and lightness really is amazing. A truly mobile device. Read more
Published 5 months ago by The Emperor
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