Seagate freeagent goflex case opening - Seagate 500GB FreeAgent GoFlex Hard Drive

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

Please rate

Many thanks

SOURCE: Where get free drivers for Seagate FreeAgent Go

I'm not sure what drivers you're looking for in particular, however, I've found the Seagate FreeAgent download page for you. I've clicked around and all of these downloads appear to be completely free.

These files should be completely safe for download as they are provided by Seagate but don't neglect to set a restore point on your system before downloading and installing. The files are .zip so they must be unzipped, your system should be able to do this without any additional software.

Also, be sure to register your equipment to get customer support should contacting them be necessary. Some of these will require you to contact the company in order to gain access to the download.

Check here:

http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=freeagent-downloads&vgnextoid=3723b5b59b7d5110VgnVCM100000f5ee0a0aRCRD

SOURCE: My Seagate Freeagent Goflex 1Tb

Hello Gravi,

Please try one of the following options.

Try different USB ports.
If that didnt work, then try updating/reinstalling your USBdrivers.
Try after these options a reboot first.

Also take a look at this page where some driver problem for your specific harddrive are explained!
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=goflex-software&vgnextoid=11c1fab114b48210VgnVCM1000001a48090aRCRD

I hope this helps you out!

With kind regards,

MisterN

SOURCE: Seagate 500GB FreeAgent GoFlex Hard Drive it didn't appear on my computer

RESOLVED!

Just because this starts with the same steps as other solutions does not mean it ends with the same fix.


1. Click Start


2. Right Click Computer: Select Manage.


3. The Computer Management Dialog box will appear.


4. Select the Disk Management Icon located in the right pane of the Computer Management Dialog box.

NOTE: Under volume you will NOT see the Seagate Drive.

5. underneath the volume pane you will see Disk 0, Disk1 and so forth. look for the Seagate drive ... mine was Disk 2.

6. Right Click on the Drive: Select Properties.

7. The "Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB Device Properties" will apear. Select the Driver tab.

8. Select the Uninstall Button.

9. Unplug your Seagate external hard drive and plug it back in. This should re-install the Drivers and it should work like it use to.

P.S. Sorry for the bad grammar\spelling.