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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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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

  2. jon

    I would back up my media projects (this includes all music, photos and videos made of the kids), I also back up selected folders and files (this includes documents folder, desktop, non-music itunes files, etc).

  4. Summer

    This is a wonderful idea! I have been looking to get one of these. I need to back up hundreds of pictures of my little baby who is going to be 2 years old tomorrow. Thanks so much!

  6. Ann

    We have pictures galore to back up! My daughter took up photography about a year ago. It would also be great to save some finaincial documents and letters.

  7. cheryl

    I would love to have this for the 1000’s of pictures I have on our computer as well as DH music library.

  10. Sarah

    I try to do some backing up online (free storage) that we have through our anti virus, but it’s not enough!

  13. Margot

    This would be AWESOME! It is difficult to remember, inconvenient and not to mention time-consuming, to constantly have to backup all of our computers. It is also a difficult to share files w/ one another. This would make our lives so much easier. Thanks!

  15. jeannie

    I CURRENTLY DO NOT BACK UP MY STUFF AT ALL AND WOULD REALLY BE LOST WITHOUT ONE. REALLY A GOOD IDEA.

  16. Bethany

    No, we don’t currently back up our data and YES of COURSE I would be devastated to lose it! Help a sister out. :)

  17. Megan

    I’m paranoid about losing my pictures. I currently burn them to a DVD but I would love to have another backup.

  21. Kylene

    I have pictures of my kids that I would be heartbroken to lose. I’ve thought for a while that I need to get an external hard drive, but haven’t been able to afford it (waiting for that amazing deal or super sale). I would love to win and be able to back up all the memories I have on my computer!

  23. Erin

    We do back up! And we keep important pics archived online, after my sister lost everything in a house fire. She lost her kids’ baby pics.

  24. Lindsey

    No, we haven’t backed up the data on our computer, although we have discussed it numerous times. We just don’t have the money. Right now, it is the only place that we have all of our pictures of our family stuff and kids over the past 3 years – I don’t know what I would do if we lost it!

  29. Jillian

    I am paranoid that I am going to lose my photos and videos of my little girl….but I never find time to back them up. This seems like a simple and safe solution!