Purchased my Seagate June 6, 2008 and have used it just a few times with my Win XP. I recently bought a new PC with Win 7 onboard (naturally). Now I want to transfer (copy) my music and photo files from the XP to my new Win 7. Will the Seagate unit (120 Gb), and/or the Ceedo program work with (play nicely with) Win 7?

you cannot use more than 2TB of volume in WIN XP. As it does not support GPT initialisation, without it you cannot use the hardrive. More information can be found on this link. support microsoft com

all that typing and you still didn't list your motherboard make and model ?? different motherboards have different BIOS's and their respective beep codes are different for each

try looking in the BIOS and checking the video section for a PCI-e setting. sometimes it has to be set to look for a PCI-e card first, especially when the motherboard has on-board video.

It may be that you need a driver for that particular external hard drive.

Visit: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/ and search for your specific model and see if a driver for 64-bit Windows 7 is available.

when you install windows 7 dont download the drivers from there website unless you can find the 32bit version. if not. windows 7 will find the drivers right for you that will solve the problem. i have seen this on a few asrock m/b issues with win 7

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Is the Seagate ST3200822AS an External Drive ( like USB connectivity ) or actual Hard Drive ? Even if it is Internal Hard Drive, You can make connect it to Win 7 and still keep it as Seperate Drive.

Connect the Hard Drive to Win 7 PC and Make it Slave ( partition ) by changing the Jumper on the Hard Drive ( jumper is a small pin or a lock that makes a Hard Drive Primary or Slave.

Once you connect the HD to Win 7, you will find new Drives Created in Win 7, this way you will differentiate between the Win 7 Drives and XP Drives

This link will how you the jumper position : Remove the jumper from slot 1 and put it in slot 2

http://www.google.com.sg/imglanding?q=changing%20jumper%20on%20Hard%20drive&imgurl=http://www.mysuperpc.com/build_your_own_computer/sata_hard_drive_connectors_jumpers_cr.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mysuperpc.com/build_your_own_computer/pc_install_sata_hard_drive.shtml&usg=__iTyJjkCN501Kstme6LZ42u0Q3ZU=&h=538&w=600&sz=95&hl=en&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=2EXt5zyA0OXYxM:&tbnh=121&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchanging%2Bjumper%2Bon%2BHard%2Bdrive%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&sa=N&tbs=isch:1&start=8#tbnid=t42Gq31Rw32OCM&start=13

It sounds like you're not concerned about the data on the drive, just the drive itself.
If that is the case, the drive will still be under warranty. Most seagate drives have a 3-5 year warranty.
Take the drive back to where you purchased it and they can get it replaced for you. Alternatively you can send it to seagate direct, however there may be a minor courier fee.
http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/warranty_&_returns_assistance

As you know,the Seagate sometimes has the firmware problems,so it seems that this firmware designed only valid in XP or Vista system,you may find the firmware update from the seagate official website

http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support/downloads/firmware/ http://atulchitnis.net/files/seagate.pdf follow indications carefully

I would suggest you have to put it on a Windows 95 computer as I have a unit and the Driver should go with a windows 95 just to get your data.

Cheers

i suggest u to re instal u r windows........win-xp-sp2

remember- dont keep 2 operating system on u r hardisk man

dont forget to tell me u r problem solved or not
best regards & best of luck..