Data services not that helpful. Not for on-the-go lifestyle.

If you're on the go a lot this product is not for you. I traveled with this specific model of Hard Drive almost every day. It required a lot of connecting and disconnecting, stuffing it into a bag, pulling it from a bag, connecting and disconnecting several times a day. It managed to last me about a year before it started thrashing one time and died. I had purchased the warranty and Seagate was happy to accept the product back to attempt to recover the data. They stripped the outer shell off but were unable to recover the data. They then proceeded to send me a new hard drive that had no outer shell. Now I have a hard drive that I can't travel with and a hard drive that doesn't work. It was very effective at storing data. So I can't say it was all bad. But it's far better for someone who isn't on the go. If you're going to plug it into a computer and just leave it there forever, it's perfectly fine. But if you're active you should consider another product.

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