External 500gb hard drive not readable

Yes you can.
Insert the external hard drive into the USB port click on My Computer then right click on the external hard drive and select Format.

Do a google on "seagate LBA 0" there are some diy options.

If it's just a case of bad sectors these guys can help you do remote data recovery over the net. http://FreeDataRecovery.us

if you still can see files on the Hard disk from MAC, then the reason of being unabe to explore your file from MS windows is that your hard was initialized by MAC with a format that windows cannot read.
move your data from external hard disk to your MAC then format your hard disk from windows OS with FAT32 format .this format is readable on both MAC and WINDOWS

Try this:

1. Turn off the power supply to the hard drive.
2. Turn off your PC/laptop.
3. Connect the hard drive to the PC/laptop.
4. Turn on both devices.

It worked with mine.


You could also try installing Seagate Manager which can check for errors on the drive.

Check if drive letter associated or a folder in MMC disk management

If your OS supports this device ... plug in the power supply to proper voltage ... and connect the end to the device. Use a appropriate USB cable from the back of the Seagate and plug into an available USB connection on your computer.

Is this an internal disk, or an external backup device? Two possible routes:-

Internal disk:-
Ok first thing: Does the BIOS see the drive? If not, try flashing the Server's BIOS to the latest version. Check that the system will support disks >500Gb. Try turning on LBA in the BIOS. It shouldnt affect it, but has been known to.
If its not showing here, its either faulty, dodgy cables, or not supported.

If its visible in the bios, great. Make sure you have at least one and preferably all the service packs installed. Gold (RC) only supports 500Gb drives.
Make sure you have Chipset drivers installed for the mobo. If its visible in the disk management console, then create a small disk, NTFS.

External backup device:-
Either you will need to install the software in 'compatibility mode' for xp, OR
dont use their software at all. Just plug the disk in, and it should appear as a removable device. Then use the windows backup tool to create a backup file on the external disk, and run a backup using that.

quick fix is to format the hard drive.. otherwise you'll have to get your data back with a seperate program...

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IS THERE ANOTHER SITE THAT WILL FIT MY SEAGATE EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE, 1TB?

if your system some virus hope it is not read......better you try any other some card reader or pen driver if it read you try other OS ....