20 Most Recent Seagate FreeAgent Go 250 GB USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Page 5 Questions & Answers

Hi ,
Here are several back up sofwares wich could help . I still think Acronis is the best .
If you are under Windows 7 , you don't need third party programs anymore . Just go to Start , type " back up entire system " and follow instructions .
Regards .

You have "Simple Backup" on. To turn this function off and add custom files, you must open the Seagate Manager and select "Custom Backup" and then select the files and folders you want backed up. This should be under "Start" button, "Programs", "Seagate". Hope this was helpful.

Hi ,
You need to go to the manufacturer's site and download the appropriate soft . I think this one will do :
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=freeagent-downloads&vgnextoid=3723b5b59b7d5110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD
Best regards .

Try to format it and your done

Hi,

You can try to use a different usb port of your computer check if it will be detected or try to plugged a different usb device see if it will be detected by the computer.If you have a different computer try to check if it will be detected. If the computer detects a different device it only means that the hard drive that you are connecting to the computer is faulty.

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Hi

1 Restart your laptop ansd connect the drive again.
2 if that too fails. then follow that

Go to the My computer icon. right click on it. Select manage. one window will pop up select device manger and the in the right side a window will come . select the option of USB. The port with which ur hardware is connected will show with yellow error mesage. slect that port and unistall the driver and select the main menu of the USB and select the option scan for the hardware changes


Regards
Vipin

If you cannot open or see the harddrive when you connect it to your computer after it is powered on then that is the external harddrive itself. First, check if the power connection is connected and the usb cord connect correctly. Then see if any lights come on on the external hard drive. If lights does come on and still nothing showing or coming on to the computer, then your harddrive is history. Seagate makes one of the worstest hardrive. You can google this up about seagate promblem and there are thousand out there who have this same promblem. I know this because I have the same promblem you have.

yes you can connect the hard drive to the second computer and you can view the data stored in the hard drive
Thank you

Hello,
Install it another computer which is running well.If your Hdd run well in that computer ,change the USB cable .If the HDD can not run in another pc you think, you have lost data.Because that Hdd cant run any more.
If the problem is same.
follow the step
R_click on my computer>Properties>Hardware>Device manager>uninstall all the usb ,one after one .
After UN install all the usb, restart your PC .
If the problem , is same as before ,
Insert your OS in the cd tray > press Win key + R>type sfc /scannow (please take a space between sfc and front slash)>hit enter .Again you will restart the PC.
If the problem is same please change the Hard disk.

Hope it will help you

when your external drive is not being detected or does not appear in "my computer" in windows vista or windows 7. Try doing this option: just right click on my computer, click on manage, then go to disk management. Find your external drive there and right click on it, then select assign new drive letter. Select a letter from the midlle of the alphabet like m, then enter. The icon of your external drive should appear inside my computer. Or you can restart your computer and check if it is detected.

Hi there,

Click the below link to download the same.

http://download.cnet.com/USB-Mass-Storage-Device/3000-18493_4-186637.html?tag=mncol
Post back if it is not working.


Hope this helps.
Cheers!!

Your problem could be any one of these issues:

1. Faulty USB port on PC: Try a different computer or laptop

2. Faulty USB cable: Try a different Cable

3. Corrupt memory: Software Fix by an expert required such as www.SaveMyUSB.com

4. Faulty connections on main circuit inside the hard drive: Physical Fix by an expert required such as www.SaveMyUSB.com

5. Faulty controller chip (worst case scenario) : Direct flash memory read required by an expert required such as www.SaveMyUSB.com

Hope this helps and that it is 1 or 2 as 3, 4 and 5 will cost you money.

Good luck!

i have just bought a seagate external 1tb hdd to store more stuff on but it wont connect to my ps3 slim 120g what can i do

Your technical issue is in the OS compatibility, try to use XP

Hi there
hey if you are not getting it to recognizing the drive on system startup use your set up disk if you have it if not go to device manager and scan for hardware change and see if it can be found there if not try going into the bios and ensure that the usb ports are enabled and that the plug and play is enabled also you also need to ensure that the device is compatable with your pc i would check with the manufacture of the computer best regards mike

An external storage-device has four major components:

* the USB cable

* the power-adapter

* the disk-drive inside the enclosure

* the USB-to-disk-drive adapter inside the enclosure.

One of these components has failed.

Try a different USB cable.

Try connecting to a different USB port on your computer.

Try connecting to a USB port on a different computer.

Take a "multi-meter" and measure both the voltage and amperage output from the AC adapter, and compare with the specifications on the label on the adapter.

Open the enclosure, and remove the disk-drive, and then connect it as a "slave" disk-drive in a desktop computer, to see if it works at all.

Purchase a new, compatible, disk-drive, and install it in the enclosure, to "revive" your external storage device.

Get the part-number and serial-number from the label on your disk-drive, and access the manufacturer's web-site, and use "check warranty status", to see if they will replace the device, at minimal cost to you.

There exist commercial "data recovery" services that can try to repair your device, just long-enough to rescue and copy your files. For example, see: https://services.seagate.com/index.aspx?lng=en-US for a "no data - no charge" guarantee.

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If you have not written anything else to the drive you can find software that can recover partitions. I use Acronis Disk Director a commercial program. However there are many free solutions on the internet.See: http://www.partition-recovery-software.net/ for a rundown of partition software and a primer on what a partition is.