Disassembly of seagate 120gb freeagent go

SOURCE: SEAGATE 250 FREEAGENT

Sounds to me like you are in a catch 22 situation. It seems that there is an internal problem with the drive and Seagate is willing to replace it but you need your files. The problem is with an internal problem the only possibility of getting your files is to open it up and take out the hard drive that is inside (it would be a standard desktop or laptop hard drive) and connect it to a computer through some other means. If you do this however, the warranty will be void and you will not be able to get the drive replaced. The best way around it that I can see is to get the drive out and buy a different carrier for it. Assuming that the actual drive still works you will get your files and have a working external hard drive. There is no real way to be certain that the drive on the inside is good without opening up the case that it is in.

SOURCE: seagate freeagent drive

Hi George,

The seagate freeagent should be reconigized by windows. The question is are you adding an additional partition or do you want to create a brand new partion. I'm assuming you want to add.

You can add more space to existing primary partitions and logical drives by extending them into adjacent, contiguous unallocated space on the same disk. To extend a basic volume, it must be formatted with the NTFS ile system. You can extend a logical drive within contiguous free space in the extended partition that contains it. If you extend a logical drive beyond the free space available in the extended partition, the extended partition grows to contain the logical drive as long as the extended partition is followed by contiguous unallocated space.

To extend a basic volume

1. Open Command Prompt.
2. Type: diskpart
   
3. At the DISKPART prompt, type: list volume
   Make note of the number of the basic volume you want to extend.
   
4. At the DISKPART prompt, type: select volume n
   Selects the basic volume, n, you want to extend into contiguous, empty space on the same disk.
   
5. At the DISKPART prompt, type: extend [size=n] Extends the selected volume by size=n megabytes (MB).
   

Value Description list volume Displays a list of basic and dynamic volumes on all disks. select volume Selects the specified volume, where n is the volume number, and shifts the focus to it. If no volume is specified, the select command lists the current volume with focus. You can specify the volume by number, drive letter, or mount point path. On a basic disk, selecting a volume also gives the corresponding partition focus. extend Extends the volume with focus into next contiguous unallocated space. For basic volumes, the unallocated space must be on the same disk as, and must follow (be of higher sector offset than) the partition with focus. A dynamic simple or spanned volume can be extended to any empty space on any dynamic disk. Using this command, you can extend an existing volume into newly created space. If the partition was previously formatted with the NTFS file system, the file system is automatically extended to occupy the larger partition. No data loss occurs. If the partition was previously formatted with any file system format other than NTFS, the command fails with no change to the partition.
You cannot extend the current system or boot partitions.
size=n The amount of space, in megabytes (MB), to add to the current partition. If you do not specify a size, the disk is extended to take up all of the next contiguous unallocated space.
Notes

• To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
• You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group in order to complete this procedure. If your computer is connected to a network, network policy settings might also prevent you from completing this procedure.
• To extend a basic volume, it must be formatted with the NTFS file system.
• You can only extend a basic volume onto the same disk.
• You can only extend a basic volume if it is followed by contiguous unallocated space.

Hope this helps!

Thanks
Mark

SOURCE: USB port broken in 1TB seagate Freeagent external hard drive

Hi there,

Yes you can just take the hard drive out of the case, can use it with any other case, you can also just put it inside your computer and connect it to the sata cable :)

Heres a case you could use for your drive... Click Here

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Many thanks

SOURCE: my son knocked the seagate freeagent down and it

Probably bad. Is it not being recognized by your system, no matter what you do?

SOURCE: Seagate freeagent go 250 gb. was working fine for

which files.... if you have "show system files" selected in your folder options in your operating system it still won't let you open them as that is it's way of preventing you from deleting or changing them