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Back-to-School Giveaway: FreeAgent Go External Hard Drive

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FreeAgent Go Portable Hard Drive

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In today’s technology-driven world, the importance of backing up data can’t be understated. Whether you keep important documents or priceless photos on your hard drive, you run the risk of losing it all without proper backups.

The Seagate FreeAgent Go portable hard drive is a great solution for securing your data, especially if your family has more than one computer.

The FreeAgent Go will makes it easy to backup your entire computer and then some. Seagate sent me one of these little contraptions to try out for myself, and seriously, it’s so simple that even my 5 year old could set it up. I just plugged it into the USB port, and the installation process started up automatically.

Features that I love (besides the cool red and chrome colors):

  • Automated scheduled backups – one less thing I have to remember is always fine by me!
  • Syncs folders between computers – I often switch between my laptop and netbook, so this will be a huge timesaver.
  • Docking station – makes keeping it connected to your main computer easy, but it’s also easy to hook up to another computer!
  • Password protection of the drive – no worries about curious little people erasing my backed up files!

With 500GB of memory, this external hard drive should have plenty of space to backup my photos, documents, and iTunes music collection safely for many years to come.

One lucky Deal Seeking Mom reader will win a FreeAgent Go 500GB portable hard drive!

To enter, tell me what information you need to backup on your computer. Do you have hundreds of pictures of your kids? Important financial documents? Business records?

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Every reader has four methods available to enter this contest. Choose one each of any combination of method one, two, three, or four for up to a total of 4 entries!!!

Methods of entry:

1. Leave a comment. Do you currently backup the data on your computer? Do you have pictures or documents that you would be devestated to lose?

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4. Subscribe to my feed via RSS or email. You must confirm your email subscription for it to be a valid entry! Leave a separate comment letting me know you have done so. If you’re already a subscriber, simply leave a separate comment letting me know you’re already subscribed. Lovin’ my subscribers! You guys make this all possible.

Prize:
(1) Seagate FreeAgent Go 500GB portable hard drive

This giveaway ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, 11/21. I’ll use Random.org to select the winning comment. Winner will be notified by email on and listed on my Giveaway Winners page. Good luck!

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  5. Misty

    I would be heartbroken if I lost all my pictures! Having already had this experience with my laptop that the hard drive crashed on, I am loving this product! Thank God for family that had tons of pics of my newborn, otherwise I would be even more devestated!

  8. jamie adams

    I have THOUSANDS of photos that are in desperate need of back up. The Freeagent go hard drive would be great.

  9. Christina Burrell

    No, I do not backup the data and Yes, I do have tons of pics/files that I would be DEVESTATED to lose so I really need to win ;-).

  12. Linda Kish

    No, I don’t back things up but I don’t keep much other than emails and games on my computer. My daughter in law is in the market for an external hard drive to back up all of her photos. She loves photography and really needs this.

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

  14. Mario R

    Yes, I backup my computer as well as those computers on my home network. I don’t use an external hard drive however. I setup a central server that hosts all of our media files (music, videos, and photos to any computer and the Xbox 360) and that automatically backs up each computers drive in the background.

  16. Ardith Cassell

    I scrapbook and babysit my 3 grandchildren so I take pictures every single day. My PC needs unloaded desperately!

  19. Carrie D

    I’m a subscriber through google reader and I just signed up to blog and I really really need this hard drive

  21. Melanie

    I have a lot of pictures and some important files that I sometimes backup, but I am not very good at doing it consistently.

  23. Tammy H

    I just recently received the message on my computer that my C drive if full. I haven’t downloaded any photos now as I’m afraid I could lose them.

  26. Stacey

    I would back up my pictures. I have lost photos before due to a computer crash. Horrible! I currently back up photos on CDs.

  29. Fran

    I take tons of pictures of my kids, probably because I am the youngest of 9 children and there are NO baby/kid pictures of me, only of my older siblings. I am overcompensating!! But they are all on the computer and I haven’t backed it up. I really need this!!

  30. Tisa

    Have most if not all my pics of my 3rd child on the computer. need a way to back them up desperately!!