20 Most Recent Seagate FreeAgent Pro - 500GB, 7200 RPM, USB 2.0, eSATA, External 500 GB Hard Drive - Page 5 Questions & Answers

os problem try to change other pc to test

click start control panel administration tools computer management device manager scroll through all of your devices

if you see a yellow question or exclamation mark ? ! or a red X you will need to update the drivers for this device right click select update driver/reinstall driver

if you can see your usb device but its not working scroll to Ports(Com&Ltd) right click to update driver

if you computer came with a motherboard disk the drivers could be on it

or you might have to download them

rather doing a driver hunt which can take hours

http://download.cnet.com/slimdrivers-free/3000-18513_4-75279940.html

it might take some time being a freeware driver solution

note: it will find all of your outdated drivers

this is a free driver solutions they will automatically search for and find the correct driver also at cnet http://download.cnet.com/2000-20_4.html on the home page you should see a search tab just type in what you are looking for IE: motherboard name sound drivers you might have to try a few times to get it right

http://download.cnet.com/drivermax/3000-18513_4-10572602.html

Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8 free driver program

http://download.cnet.com/drivers-for-free/3000-18512_4-75548155.html

Windows XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7/8 free drivers

http://www.innovative-sol.com/drivermax/ free program, paid update available

hope it helps

Read this page:http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Theater-and-GoFlexTV/Flashing-Yellow-Light/m-p/48053

You need a USB cable to connect the seagate drive to the PC and you need to plug the seagate's power supply into the seagate drive and the wall....

You need a USB cable to connect the seagate drive to the PC and you need to plug the seagate's power supply into the seagate drive and the wall.

I don't understand, the pc must have USB ports on the front and rear panels, but! if your pc is the older variety it will not support the eSATA drive systems.

well you go to restore on the back up utility on windows and select the files from your seagatestart buttonall programslook for accessoriesthen back up and restore

never a good idea to stop a backkup in progress it corrupts all sorts of files let it rrun then decide what to do next

Yeah storagecrypt should work on it, but you might want to get Truecrypt instead. Truecrypt is FREE and a very popular choice among most techies. You can get it here:http://www.truecrypt.org/

ok start by finding a data recovery professional and ask them for a snapshot of drive(usually around 50 bucks) and that will tell you your hard drive fateif they can recover then you are aheadback up consistently in future

The hard disk could be faulty.Try formatting the external hard drive again.If this does not work then most likely the hard drive is faulty and needs to be replaced.NOTE you will not be able to recover your data when you format the hard drive.

Go to the manufacture website, www.seagate.com Type: format hard drive.

The usb external hard drive was designed to work with windows operational system giving access to all the files, attaching the hardware would give limited use at best and may not respond.

click start control panel administration tools computer management device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red xright click to reinstall drivers or

if you can see your usb but its not workingports(com&lpt)right click update driver

sometimes the wires inside the cable will be damaged due to bending or stretching or placing heavy equipment upon the cable

just replace the cable of the hard disk, when you plugged the external disk drive you got that windows could recognize the USB device change the cable everything should work fine again,

check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red-white-green-black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems

if this fails to fix the problem type in run "regedit" then press ok then you can see registry editor then locate below key. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11 CE-BFC1-08002BE10318} And remove upper filter and lower filter. Then restart computer then check. Also locate the below key and make sure it's value is 3 not 4. HKLM\system\currentcontrolset\services\usbstor make sure start value is 3 not 4

if still no luckyou might have to install a usb 2 or 3 card they are cheap and easy to install you can buy these on Ebay very cheap hope this helps

click start control panel administration tools computer management device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red xright click to reinstall drivers or

if you can see your usb but its not workingports(com&lpt)right click update driver

sometimes the wires inside the cable will be damaged due to bending or stretching or placing heavy equipment upon the cable

just replace the cable of the hard disk, when you plugged the external disk drive you got that windows could recognize the USB device change the cable everything should work fine again,

check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red-white-green-black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems

if this fails to fix the problem you might have to install a usb 2 or 3 card they are cheap and easy to install you can buy these on Ebay very cheap click start control panel administrive tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in one box then select check now start or you might tick one box then return after its finished the first repair then return and tick the second box (I have found better results ticking the first box then reurn and tick the second box) you should not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage this drive hope this helps you