Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: OK drive but eSATA is a joke .

I bought this drive mainly due to the eSATA connection option.What a joke.3mbs transfer rate when connected eSATA.USB was much better @ 23mbs & Firewire clocked in @ 34mbs !Not awesome but at least reaching about 60% of internal speed.The backup software works... 12.5 hours to back up 50mb of data !This was my second Freeagent Pro drive. The first had to be returned because both eSATA & Firewire failed within the first several minutes.I first contacted Seagate support. They responded about 3 days later that they would gladly replace my brand new drive, with a refurb unit ! Add to that the cost shipping both ways and up to 3 months processing time,,, forget it...I then contacted the company I purchased it from, they paid shipping both ways & I recieved a brand new replacement drive withing 2 weeks.So far the new drive is working OK.Conclusion:I would not recommend this drive to anyone, especially if you intend to use eSATA .