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Old 05-12-2008   #1 (permalink)
Brian Thomas


 
 

seagate freeagent external hard drive just stopped connecting

my segate external hard drive just stop connecting with my new vista OS. i
placed the cords in various usb ports and turned off and even unpluged the
drive. even rebooted the pc. that didnt work. please help

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Old 05-12-2008   #2 (permalink)
Nonny


 
 

Re: seagate freeagent external hard drive just stopped connecting

On Sun, 11 May 2008 23:46:01 -0700, Brian Thomas
<proudtexan.brianthomas@xxxxxx> wrote:
Quote:

>my segate external hard drive just stop connecting with my new vista OS. i
>placed the cords in various usb ports and turned off and even unpluged the
>drive. even rebooted the pc. that didnt work. please help
Sounds as if it's time to go shopping at newegg.com
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Old 05-12-2008   #3 (permalink)
Richard G. Harper


 
 

Re: seagate freeagent external hard drive just stopped connecting

Have you tried it on a different PC to make sure the drive is still working?

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"Brian Thomas" <proudtexan.brianthomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Quote:

> my segate external hard drive just stop connecting with my new vista OS. i
> placed the cords in various usb ports and turned off and even unpluged the
> drive. even rebooted the pc. that didnt work. please help
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Old 05-12-2008   #4 (permalink)
Brian Thomas


 
 

Re: seagate freeagent external hard drive just stopped connecting

something similiar to this happened the other day. the light would not come
on. this happened on my old puter. i just got this hard drive a few months
ago. i know the drive has to be working. the light is on the puter and its
warm etc. im wondering is there somewhere to download any drivers etc for
this. first my ethernet port is acting funny now this. always something huh
lol. would appreciate any help u could give.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:
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> Have you tried it on a different PC to make sure the drive is still working?
>
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>
> "Brian Thomas" <proudtexan.brianthomas@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:5B3A924B-075B-430F-B9A3-EF540772D2B1@xxxxxx
Quote:

> > my segate external hard drive just stop connecting with my new vista OS. i
> > placed the cords in various usb ports and turned off and even unpluged the
> > drive. even rebooted the pc. that didnt work. please help
>
>
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Old 05-12-2008   #5 (permalink)
Malke


 
 

Re: seagate freeagent external hard drive just stopped connecting

Brian Thomas wrote:
Quote:

> something similiar to this happened the other day. the light would not
> come on. this happened on my old puter. i just got this hard drive a few
> months
> ago. i know the drive has to be working. the light is on the puter and
> its warm etc. im wondering is there somewhere to download any drivers etc
> for this. first my ethernet port is acting funny now this. always
> something huh lol. would appreciate any help u could give.
Your assumption that because the drive is new it can't be defective is
erroneous. In fact if hardware is going to fail, it will usually do so
quite quickly or go for years. You need to do what Mr. Harper suggested and
attach the drive to a different computer. If the drive is not seen, contact
Seagate for replacement under warranty.


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