Seagate FreeAgent Pro - 500GB, 7200 RPM, USB 2.0, eSATA, External 500 GB Hard Drive "connect ear plug pc" Questions

...connect it either 1) directly into your computer or 2) into another external hardrive case. As this hard drive has eSATA, it is probibly a safe bet that it is a SATA drive, so that's probibly the ...

...plug it in, does it spin? Listen with ears, whirl'g sound is normal. no , its bad, or the power cable is dead. try another, if it spins good, shut it off. next connect the data cable. to the drive. ...

ear. I have got to get my data and pictures back. Thanks Pamela Bennett An external storage-device has four major components: * the USB cable * the power-adapter * the disk-drive inside the enclosure

...the leads from your"((MOTHERBOARD TO YOUR HARD DRIVE))"make sure they have a secure connection and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty make sure all leads that

plug it in, like it used to. All I can think of is that I dropped it about an inch or two, but it hardly even had much impact, so I didn't think it should have been affected. Any idea what the problem

...plug in USB , w7 must go Ding dong or the USB is DEAD. (use this as #1 fact to follow) then put ear to the case of drive, hear it spin? if not ,there is no power, for SURE. solve that first. ok, it ...

...EAR to IT ;-) and Now flip the power switch ON. Does it spin up, make clickety-clicking sounds and then get quiet? That my friend is HDD POST and Head0 track0 sector0 seek. It will try this 3-10x and ...

...ear to the drive. If it is "ticking / clicking" repeatedly, then the drive is probably bad. Further: Right-click [My Computer] [Manage] [Disk Management] See if your drive is shown on the list or the ...

...connect directly inside a PC to fully check it. You should also do this to cheack the drives connections are not bad inside the enclosure Note that if you hear a drive clicking or pinging this could ...