Downloaded a Safari update on my Mac PowerBook G4, restarted computer, and afterward external drive blinked red and blue and icon vanished. I then disconnected the external drive, shut it off for a few minutes, clicked it back on,plugged it back into laptop, but same red/blue blink and icon will not appear.

SOURCE: Red and Blue flashing light

i just had this issue. I took a small phillips screw driver out and removed the seagate hard drive from its enclosure. I brought the hard drive to a microcenter to verify if the hard was dead or something in the case. The hard drive was fine. I purchased a $15.00 inland 2.o to IDE/ SATA adapter from microcenter. This let me use my drive as I did before. All of my data that was on the drive is still there.

SOURCE: acomdata

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George

SOURCE: My Acomdata (HD250 UE5-72) external hard drive isn't working

The hard drive is probably faulty, how is the drive? if it uses a external powersupply the power adapter may have worn out and is not providing enough power for the drive to function.

Do you hear clicking from the drive?

A possible solution would be to remove the hard drive from the case, note that it may void your warranty if its still on warranty. And connect it to your computer directly to see if it functions.

SOURCE: Blue and red light alternatly blinking

there is no solution

Chris

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• Posted on Jul 08, 2009

SOURCE: flashing red/blue acomdata 1 terrabyte external

Hi,

This generally means you have a hardware failure in the drive or enclosure. The simplest way to test which is to have a hardware tech move the drive into a new enclosure and see if it works.

This will void your warranty if you do it, so, if the drive is under warranty and there are no files you consider valuable on the drive, call the manufacturer for warranty support.

If you value the data more than the drive is worth then take it to your local hardware vendor and ask them to test the hard drive in a new enclosure. Good odds it will work this way but if not you may need the help of a data recovery specialist.

In North America I use Armor-IT, if you are in a different region and the new enclosure fails to garner results, comment back with your region(Country, State, City) and I will supply you with the closest reputable facility.

Chris