20 Most Recent Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Home 2TB STAM2000100 Questions & Answers

http://www.seagate.com/docs/pdf/en-US/whitepaper/ug-goflex-home-us.pdf That is the user guide - if you can log into the device, then you can go into the settings and change the IP. Best to do so from Windows, I can't do much from Mac.

Dear Vic, didyou try to reboot the Mac? Disconnect the drive and reboot. If that works tryto plug the drive again. If the Mac doesn't freeze try these next steps: There's a 3step solution for your problem: 1. Download this software from Seagate:http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=goflex-mac-install-software&vgnextoid=77002a... 2. If this software cannot create alink or communicate with the device, turn off your Mac and if you have anavailable pc try with it. If the drive works at the PC, Then is a compatibilty issue
3. Seagate report some compatibility problemswith this drive. If it is under warranty, ask for reimburse and choose anexternal HDD that has firewire 400, if your Mac is a recent model (2010-2011)you can buy an external drive with 800 firewire. If have doubt about the firewire option, lookfor about this Mac button and then press more info button, there you will findthat information.

Hi,

Welcome to Fixya. The reason why you have the error message is simply because your GoFlex Home requires access to Outgoing Port 22 and 443 to complete registration. Your router most likely has a built-in firewall that is blocking these ports. Login to your router and verify it's settings, once these outgoing ports open, your registration should complete successfully.

To Access your Router:

1. You need to know the ipaddress of your router. You can refer to the manual or check the Default Gateway of your computer (Make sure that you connect the computer to the router using an ethernet cable for you to get the Default Gateway). Click on START then RUN. Type CMD on the small box on the lower left of the screen. Type IPCONFIG on the black window and get the value of your DEFAULT GATEWAY (it starts with 192.168.x.x)

2. Open a Browser, Type the DEFAULT GATEWAY on the address bar of your Browser. It will ask you for a username and password. (Refer to the manual of your router or post a reply so that i can provide you the username and password of your router).

You can also post a comment if you dont have the manual for your username and password so i can porivde it to you.

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Check out my Tips & Tricks HERE this fix is specifically for Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex External Harddrive.

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It varies depending on the operating system. You can create a Linux mint DVD and boot that without installing. It will take a moment as it is reading the OS from the DVD then see if you can see it, if so it is OK, if not something is bad or set wrong in the USB hardware system.

You don't need a service centre. Take the drive out the caddy and plug it into a working computer using a SATA to USB cable. If the drive is functional then you'll be able to read it. If the drive is dead then you'll need to get another drive.

you should contact the seagate website and ask for advice, or the retailer you acquired it from

I don't know of any reason this can happen. May be your antivirus corrupted the flash download. remove and download again.

No problem . Just partition the hard drive , and use part a for computer one and part B for computer two.

assuming that "wont start up" means that the drive letter is not visible thru windows explorer/my computer, which is already installed and booted from an internal hard drive... the seagate drives, often, require a patch to work with some windows installs- especially if it is larger than 3 terabytes, and occasionally, if larger than 1 terabyte. if this is the case, the patch is most easily obtained by emailing customer service. if this is not the case, please provide more specifics as to your computer, your version of windows, and exactly what it is not doing when you say 'not starting"

Hard drives are easily damaged when dropped and cannot be repaired.You need a new hard drive.There are companies that can recover data from faulty hard drived BUT it will cost you an arm and a leg for their services..

You can try installing the drive into a new enclosure as long as the internal circuitry of the free agent did not alter the formatting of the hard drive. IE in a buffalo external drive the internal circuitry creates a linux partition on the hard drive that cannot be read by windows directly.