Top 20 Seagate Free Agent Go Small 12 GB USB External HD ST600121GSA1E1-RK USB 2.0 Hard Drive - Page 7 Questions & Answers

Plug it into a different USB port.

Use Disk Utility, free app on every Mac, go in Applications/Utilities.

The same way you would any other drive. Copy to the Seagate or do a backup with it as the target.

is your drive SSD or ATA

Yes.

This error for all the listed cores in device manager? This typically a root system driver and without the need to ever change. I'd first remove all cores from device manage. Right click and uninstall device...however do not "remove software". Let Windows reinitialize the hardware and reinstall. It's also possible your hardware may have some additional chipset drivers that need to be installed to work correctly. Download the Intel chipset installer from your PC's manufacturer support page. This most likely just OS issue if it's just an isolated event. However if you have intermittent odd errors like this all over the place then there could be a deeper issue like HDD causing corruption. Hope this helps...

Find the file, right click on it and delete.

What's the brand and model of your computer? Maybe you need to install additional drivers for the hard disk to be detected by the computer

Believe it, get a new hard drive and copy files to it. You can use a drive copy program such as Reflect, they allow downloading a demo version that works.

How often does this happen?? Did you reboot and everything come back fine? How long have you had the 3 TB installed? You may need a BIOS update for your computer to handle the 3TB HD if you recently installed it

Usually there is a diode in place to prevent spurious voltage reaching the hard drive. Replacing the power supply may work. I would replace the whole enclosure.

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Look for an Archive feature in your go daddy web mail user interface.

There are no local service centers. Go to Seagate's web site and start a warranty claim.

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its the BIOS that checks the hard drive, if you don't want this message you can disable smart feature in bios itself, but i think its better if you replace your hard drive because it will crash

Hi Dave, Thanks for putting your concerns here and I'd pleased to assist any suitable reply. The drive comes with an USB 3.0 cable which you'll need to connect the USB port situated on the back of your CPU or any corner (either left or right) of your Laptop. You'll need to insert one cable to the power cord as well if there is no internal source of power supply. At last, if you're struggling while making your hard drive to work, feel free to ask.

The Smart features on hard drives are for hardware diagnostic purposes. This is a sign that your drive may be failing. I would backup any files just in case. Then consider replacing the drive.

Sorry for the information request, just noticed that it was dropped. Chances are the port where the power goes in was damaged, or the controller board. When I break a port, I jiggle the cord in the slot a bit to see if it will suddenly turn on, almost instant proof it's the port. Ports can be easily re-soldered or replaced on the board if the device is out of warranty. Anything other then the power port will likely require a competent technician. It's also likely that the drive inside can be removed and placed in a computer to retrieve your data, but this will also void your warranty. The way I see it, the problem will be how to retrieve your data if you do have a warranty, since Seagate sends you a replacement drive and you send them the damaged one, they usually charge for data recovery.

I would get a bootable linux distro and boot up and use the partion manager there. (knoppix) If that does not work I would get the factory diagnostic tool from seagate and if it gave errors return it for warrenty or if not under warrenty least you will know there is something funny with the hardware.