cw123
Jun 17 2008, 06:24 PM
| | I just bought that disk (seagate SATA 500G) half year ago and found it stop working randomly, resulting the whole system to be dead. BTW, I am using Win XP. I tried to use seatool, provied by seagate, to scan and repair the error, the program stop at the half of the process. I even can't format entirely, just do quick format. I don't know what I can do and have been pissed off for a few days.
hope some people have this kind of experience and give me any idea. I don't want to loss my 500G data storeage.
thanks in advance. |
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bluedragon
Jun 17 2008, 06:46 PM
First, I didn't get your problem exactly, Is your drive working now or not ? second, Did you try running a chkdsk before going in for the seatool ? most of the time the problem is with the directory structure or some corrupt file and ppl start thinking that their hdds are busted  thirdly, when you run this CHKDSK, run it with both the option, I mean the 'automatically fix file system errors' and 'Scan and attempt to fix bad sectors'
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cw123
Jun 17 2008, 09:41 PM
QUOTE(bluedragon @ Jun 17 2008, 06:46 PM)  First, I didn't get your problem exactly, Is your drive working now or not ? second, Did you try running a chkdsk before going in for the seatool ? most of the time the problem is with the directory structure or some corrupt file and ppl start thinking that their hdds are busted thirdly, when you run this CHKDSK, run it with both the option, I mean the 'automatically fix file system errors' and 'Scan and attempt to fix bad sectors' thanks for the caring.... well, I would say the disk is working, but not stable. I don't know the reason. I did run chkdsk, not one time, when I check both options, the process would stop unexpectedly. same problem happened when I use seatool to run test in pure dos mode... perhaps, I had to change another disk for data safety. anyway, thanks for help
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mm22
Jun 18 2008, 04:37 AM
I agree you should try chkdisk first and, as that failed, you can probably find some lower level tools, those that address the disk in binary mode... that way you can at least create a disk image for later retrieval if your hd condition worsens.. certainly it's a good idea you back up your data before doing anything else if you can do that in a simpler way (i.e. from windows) 
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litchy
Jun 18 2008, 06:20 AM
Have ago at asking a friend to try it and also check the disk. You never know the results trying in a different computer can give.
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bluedragon
Jun 18 2008, 07:23 PM
QUOTE(cw123 @ Jun 18 2008, 03:11 AM) thanks for the caring....
well, I would say the disk is working, but not stable. I don't know the reason.
I did run chkdsk, not one time, when I check both options, the process would stop unexpectedly. same problem happened when I use seatool to run test in pure dos mode...
perhaps, I had to change another disk for data safety.
anyway, thanks for help No problems I try to help ppl and some ppl think i am spamming NEways.. I'll say since its a 500 GB it might take up time to analyze for bad sectors. Its a deep scan and does take a lot of time. I had an 80 GB and took around 5 hrs to analyse. it does not depend too much on the processor and other things. May be a SATA would take less time but still since its 500 GB I am assuming it would take like 4-5 hrs atleast for the surface scan. I would suggest you get a backup and get the disk replaced. By the way , assuming you have a partitioned drive this could be a problem with MBR. Could you try running a FIXMBR command using the recovery option on Windows boot disk. It might solve the problem. Give it a try before taking it for the replacement.
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Saint_Michael
Jun 21 2008, 04:27 PM
I say RMA the hard drive and get yourself a new one, sounds like it got damage in someway, most likely some bad sectors or something. However, the hard drive maybe corrupted and so you might have to reinstall the operating system as that could be the culprit in all of this.
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Galahad
Jun 21 2008, 06:48 PM
Do all your tests halt at the same position on the disk? It could be that the disk is physically damaged, perhaps it's PCB is malfuncioning, preventing even seagate's tool to access the hard drive... Also, if your hard drive is still under warranty, use it, and have the disk replaced... And of course, don't forget to get all the data you can from it...
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iGuest-
Sep 7 2008, 07:05 AM
Seagate 750GB hard drive corrupted
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
I have a 750GB seagate hard drive which I use as an external hard drive through usb cord since I'm using a laptop. Already I used to have some problems with delayed writing failed problems and never really got to solve it. Again today it said this and the hard drive just stopped working. Usually I just needed to restart it, but today it wont work. It'll turn on and my laptop notifies me that I have plugged in a usb but when I try to open it it says " the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" I have about 400gb of important stuff on it... Cant afford to lose it. Please help! thanks.
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bluedragon
Sep 27 2008, 06:19 PM
QUOTE(iGuest- @ Sep 7 2008, 12:35 PM) Seagate 750GB hard drive corrupted
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
I have a 750GB seagate hard drive which I use as an external hard drive through usb cord since I'm using a laptop. Already I used to have some problems with delayed writing failed problems and never really got to solve it. Again today it said this and the hard drive just stopped working. Usually I just needed to restart it, but today it wont work. It'll turn on and my laptop notifies me that I have plugged in a usb but when I try to open it it says " the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" I have about 400gb of important stuff on it... Cant afford to lose it. Please help! thanks. Sorry Dude your drive is screwed ..  The only chance to recover that data would be by using some lower level tool that can perform sector level recovery. Take help from Professionals if its really urgent. Even Seagate is offering their services for data recovery. I Hope you get your data recovered. An Advice .. Next time you buy a hard-drive Don't go for Seagate. They have reduced their quality too much. Even one of my hard-disk failed and its not even six months.. I heard they are putting chinese parts in their drives.. May be thats the reason of the price cuts -- REDUCED QUALITY
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iGuest
Nov 17 2009, 03:51 AM
Error in reading my external HD (driver Needed)
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
Hi;
I have this little probs of mine,,,my external HD is having error when I plug it in the usb port..Error said I need to install a driver..It doesnt show in 'My Computer " either..Any help from you guys?
thanks
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templehost
Nov 13 2009, 01:04 PM
aaah 500gb hd nice seagate is a nice and reputed company but currently i am not using seagate but i think you will never face any problem with seagate as its the best one can say but also if you use or overload your hd then it might get screwed so take care of your hd
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iGuest
Nov 11 2009, 02:32 PM
Seagate Barracuda 1tb/sata/7200 rmp/32mb cache
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
I hope this is the right place to ask this question.
I wanted an external hard drive for additional storage space.
I bought the Seagate Barracuda SATA 1tb 7200 rpm 32mb cache.
I bought an enclosure with both usb and eSATA.
I put the two together. Installed the sata connection in my computer, plugged in the drive and in My Computer the drive was not listed. It was listed in Device Manager.
I put in the disk that came with the Seagate drive, installed the wizard software, and let it walk me through formatting the drive. Now the problem:
It seems to run slowly. When I move a movie file from my hard drive to the external, the transfer speed seems really slow for a sata connection.
I started copying over about 119gb of files and let it run overnight. When I woke up the computer had re-started, and the files had not transferred. Computer also told me a driver was missing in my Raid?
Should I reformat the external using windows instead of the seagate wizard?
I'm a newbie at this stuff and appreciate the help.
Oh, I'm running Vista on an HP quad core with a 500gb internal drive.
Thanks!
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iGuest
Nov 10 2009, 12:23 AM
Seagate 500 GB External drive crash
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
I have a Seagate FreeAgent (R) 500GB external drive which has crashed without notice. I plug in the external power cord but the external drive does not light up and the drive makes a steady off-and-on humming sound every few seconds that sounds like the drive is trying to spin but cannot. In addition, my computer does not recognize the drive so I cannot run a diagnostic on it. I cannot see a means to open the drive and examine it.
The drive has a LOT of business and personal information I've backed up over the last year and I would hate to see it lost without a solution...Especially an expensive one. Any solutions.
Your help would be appreciated!
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iGuest
Sep 3 2009, 03:11 AM
Seagate 500gb sata Hard disk is not responding
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
hi I have Seagate 500gb SATA few days back I had bad sectors in my c: drive (like 8kb) since then c drive don't get full formate and its disturbing my operating system alot so I delete the c drive and attach seagate 40gb ATA and having 40gb as primary had a window xp on it and having 500gb as slave so I can use my data which is on 500gb but yesterday I start my computer it stuck between logo screen and welcome screen. I reatart my computer again to check that is it 500gb detected yes it was but having the same problem so I formate the 40 gb and install a new window xp maybe it will work but no having the same problem. As I attach the 500gb computer got stuck and having the same problem but as I remove it window is working perfectly
Please can anyone help me I had a really important data approximatly of 400gb on it
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