European Seagate Freeagent - how to safely use in N. America?

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Hello,

I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb,
and I would
like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North
America, specifically
Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is
110v. I own a voltage
converter that's safe for up to 50 w, and I have an adapter plug to
use the European adapter
plug in a North American outlet. However, the bundled adapter from
Seagate bought in Europe
says it's rated for 110/220v.

How I safely access the data on the drive in North America? Does the
Seagate adapter
already have a converter/transformer built in? And all I need to do
is use the adapter plug ?

Or should I plug in the adapter from Seagate into the adapter plug and
then into the voltage
converter?

Anyone who has done this before and uses the drive from overseas
safely, is preferred.

I contacted Seagate (18007324283) and forget it. The India call
center doesn't know anything,
and I waited 1 hour. I went into a live chat session with Seagate
afterwards, and there was no
improvement.

Thank-you !
 
Hello,

I purchased a Seagate Freeagent Desktop in Europe (Sweden), a 250 gb,
and I would
like to safely access the data already stored on the drive in North
America, specifically
Canada. The voltage in Europe was 220v, the voltage in Canada is
110v. I own a voltage
converter that's safe for up to 50 w, and I have an adapter plug to
use the European adapter
plug in a North American outlet. However, the bundled adapter from
Seagate bought in Europe
says it's rated for 110/220v.
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If the adapter can handle 110 or 220v, then you just need the pins in the
right shape, so a travel adapter should sort it! The adapter is probably
smart enough to adjust to cope with a range of input voltages. My electric
razor can take anything from a few volts to 240v, so its not uncommon.
 
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