seagate freeagent external hard drive just stopped connecting

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Brian Thomas

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
 
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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Sounds as if it's time to go shopping at newegg.com
 
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 said:
Have you tried it on a different PC to make sure the drive is still working?

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Brian Thomas said:
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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Brian said:
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.
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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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