I have an 80 GB external hard drive which is crammed with important documents, pictures and videos. Suddenly the dard drive wouldn't open on any computer. Anytime I try to access it, the computers say that the device is corrupt and give options to format it before it can be used. Kindly help me with a way out. Thanks

LOL, the ole netbooks, Not worth the money they cost in my opinion, specifically because of the problem you're having. There is no Optical Drive to reinstall the operating system.

You either have to run the Recovery Program which wipes out all your data, documents, music, pictures and videos or you will need an external DvD/CD drive to attach to the system and have a operating system disc to reinstall the operating system.

did you use the same leads to check it on another computer
click start control panel administrive tools ,computer management ,device manager look through all of your devices if you see a yellow question mark?or exclamation mark ! or red x
right click to reinstall drivers or
if you can see your usb but its not working
ports(com&lpt)right click update driver:
sometimes the wires inside the cable will be damaged due to bending or stretching or placing heavy equipment upon the cable,
just replace the cable of the hard disk, when you plugged the external disk drive you got that windows could recognize the USB device change the cable everything should work fine again,
check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red-white-green-black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems
hope this helps

If you get no joy using the Troubleshooting Guide then try this...
You will need to check You Tube to find a Dismantle on your product and follow the step guide on here, the procedure should be similar.
Check 1st that your External HDD has an P.C. internal HDD inside, from You Tube, before dismantle of your External HDD. Connections for an Internal Laptop HDD may have same connections as P.C. not sure though.
Once your happy that it has continue reading and follow the step guide on the link below.
My neighbour has the Seagate FreeAgent Desk 500GB, and in under 2 weeks it started to beep and was not recognized by any Laptop or P.C. if this is the same for you with any FreeAgent Desk series ( not GO series, different procedure for GO products). You maybe in luck click this link, you may have to register in the forums to view thread.... http://www.yo-lid.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=32&t=84 Thread can be found in 'Technical' under 'General Technical Issues',
Only attempt this option if you have important information saved in it, you will find that you will be charged by your product makers for retrieval of any information saved on your product.
Thumbs up please if it's any use to you Thank you.

If you are clicking on opening and is not opening and also explore and is not bringing anything try opening it from Start >> Run>> then type in the format either E: or F: if didn't open then the hard disk as been attack by virus which will need to scan with anti virus then retry opening it.

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The throughput of the connection to the computer, including the latentcy time of the external drive, is too high so the video has to buffer up more data before continuing the video. This is NORMAL.

have you tried to disconnect it both your 80gb and 320 gb external? if so try to goto your system properties, then click the hardware button then the device manager button...there you will see the specs of your PC and try to check if there is and yellow ? symbol in that area. if there is check if what is port spsecialy your usb area

Do not despair - check out the documentation on page 3 (you'll need Adobe Reader to open this PDF file):

http://www.seagate.com/support/freeagent/FA_Pro_15_QSG_US.pdf

Hope this helps

If you really can not get it to work anymore, you could try opening it up and connecting the hdd directly on a IDE/SATA port in your computer. This will only work if you have a desktop, for a laptop you would need all kinds of converters.

iskh iskh...very pity man...simple problem...just used yor house key...just simple as that...

if they are on the drive... drag and drop them to the spare drive... for downloads you can choose where you want a file to download