Stopped working, i was formatting in my external case to get it ready for a clean install on another pc, it just about finished formatting and then an error came up and froze my windows, since i have tried to get it working and the light comes on and i can hear it working but it freezes if i go looking for it as it does not show up or auto run
Likely fatal drive failure.
Had the same happen to me.
Does it make multiple clicks/clicking sound?
SOURCE: Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA driver problem
If the laptop is also XP, the drive should be recognized without problems. Sometimes this may not happen if the disk is unusually partitioned (could happen if you manually dual-booted it with Linux, for example). Verify the enclosure is working properly and has enough power supplied to, and that it appears in Device Manager. If all this applies, the enclosure must be considered working and the problem might be in the partitioning or disk access.
In XP Pro, do Start > Run Command > DISKMGMT.MSC and press OK. See whether the disk appears (if it doesn't, it's the enclosure, or its drivers - or the disk was dying and is now dead, but that's not very likely), select the NTFS or FAT32 partition - ignore any others - right click and mount the unit as drive, say, G.
If it doesn't work but the partition is found, you may need a more powerful tool such as Paragon Partition Manager.
See also here:
http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B307889&x=12&y=12
SOURCE: seagate barracuda 500Gb USB External drive
Hi,
I have also experienced similar problem and found out that the problem is with the harddisk. It may have bad sectors which cannot be rectified. If your harddisk is older than 3 years then probablity for this this kind of problem is high. Better claim the warranty for your harddisk if its life is within 3 years as segate HDDs were given 3 years warranty.
I hope this is helpful to you
Right-click on "My Computer"
Click "Manage"
Double-click "Disk Management"
You will probably see Disk 0 and Disk 1 for your primary hard drive.
Go to lower right portion of box and scroll down until you see Disk 2. It is probably your USB drive without a letter. It should show the size of the drive.
Right-click in the left portion of that drive box (Disk 2)
Click "Initialize" and "OK" in the next dialog box. This takes just a few seconds and it should now say "Online" in the "Disk 2" box.
Right-click in the box to the right side of the "Disk 2" box (where it shows your disk drive size and says "Unallocated".
Click "New Partition" and a "New Partition Wizard" will open up.
Click "Next", then select "Primary Partition" and click "Next".
Verify partition size (use entire disk size available unless you are creating multiple drives) and Click "Next".
Assign drive letter ("F" is typical if CD-Rom is E) and click "Next".
Format this partition with "NTFS", "Default", "New Volume" and click "Next".
Then click "Finish" to exit the wizard and start formatting.
Be patient... this can take awhile (it took just over an hour for a 320GB drive).
When done, you should see an icon for your drive in Windows Explorer!
hope this helps
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i am only formatting it in this pc to get it ready to load windows in another pc, i set it to be a slave so i could but when it was just about done formatting it errored out, since, every time i turn it on, it runs but doesnt show or auto run and when i try to go into disc management windows freezes but when i turn the hard drive off windows free up and runs normally, i only want to format it to put it in another pc to do a fresh install, its not for this pc
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