Seagate 400GB External Hard Drive

Seagate Technology, maker of the world's most popular hard drives, announcedtoday at CES it is now shipping its popular Seagate External Hard Drive with newcapacities up to 400GB. Available with easy pushbutton-button backup andaward-winning backup software, and with its stylish design, cool-runningruggedness, and a convenient on/off switch for power savings and data security,the Seagate External Hard Drive offers the most convenient way to store all thetreasures of your digital lifestyle. Perfect for a PC or Mac, Seagate ExternalHard Drive lets you safely store massive amounts of digital video and picturesof family and friends, business files, the latest computer games, favoritemusic, and more. It was developed from the ground up to deliver the highestconsumer design standards ever seen in a hard drive.
With Seagate's unique interlocking design, users can stack multiple SeagateExternal Hard Drives horizontally, or place the drive vertically for thesmallest footprint on the market. A sturdy, upright stand and non-slip rubberfeet on two sides ensure the drive can be arranged in many convenient ways andwon't slide around or slip off a desk. And users can plug and unplug the drivewithout turning off the computer. The Seagate External Hard Drive runs muchcooler than other high-capacity external drives, because it's designed todissipate heat in any configuration -- vertical or stacked. Plus, lifetime techsupport means that users can call for friendly technical advice for the entirelong life of the drive.

"As people pile up more and more digital photos and videos, digital music andother content, they need a reliable, simple way to store and back it up," saidBrian Dexheimer, Seagate executive vice president of Sales and Marketing. "It'sone thing to lose a spreadsheet -- it's another thing entirely to lose picturesof your kids. Consumers want easy to use, plug-and-play solutions that don'trequire an electrical engineering degree to master. That's why Seagate designedour drive to be exceptionally easy to use, while maintaining our signaturereliability and performance."

In the past several months, Seagate has introduced a variety of external storageproducts designed to address consumers' needs for reliable, flexible and simplestorage. The new Seagate USB 2.0 Pocket Hard Drive -- the world's first 5GB harddrive truly small enough to fit in a pocket or backpack -- redefinescost-performance when compared with traditional USB thumb drives. And the newSeagate USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive offers up to 100GB of portablestorage in a sleek and very small footprint perfect for travel -- it's theworld's first external drive featuring a 100GB, 2.5-inch hard drive with ablazing fast 5,400-rpm spin speed.

Reliability is crucial to consumers. External hard drives may get moved aroundand are often stacked. With their high shock tolerance and excellent heatdissipation, Seagate external drives are built to handle these usage patterns.The inventive new drives are built on the world's most advanced hard drivetechnology platforms from Seagate, and are designed to make data and digitalcontent storage, backup and transfer more reliable and easier than ever to meeta variety of consumers' computing needs. Seagate is at the forefront of rapidlyevolving consumer storage trends -- with these new drives, consumers now havebetter control of their data, video, music, digital photography, games andmultimedia.

Available Now

The Seagate External Hard Drive is now available in capacities of 200GB, 300GBand 400GB featuring pushbutton backup and dual USB 2.0 and Firewire connectors,or in capacities of 160GB and 250GB in an economical storage-only solution withUSB 2.0 connector. The Seagate External Hard Drive features a worry-freeone-year warranty that covers all parts and labor, plus free technical supporteven after the warranty ends. Ask for this and other Seagate products at BestBuy, CompUSA, Fry's, D&H, and other retail stores.