I am having seagate 500 GB harddisk. My computer is not able to detect it. Its light is blinking almost 4-5 times per second and there is beep coming from the hard disk.

Claire,

Have you tried connecting the drive to another computer using Windows 7 or later. You could try chkdisk /f at a command prompt or get the testdisk app to identify deeper issues with the drive.

Chappo07

depends on where you are

try these guys out

i have one and what u need to do it open it the free agent cones with the software onit

hi ajmalnizar_n,

Try to check if your harddisk is detectable in Bios if so,
The problem is in the installation of windows xp. install a new copy
of Xp. Reformat the disk using ntfs then create your partion if you like.

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Thx
Banaple

yah you must buy a Y-USB cable for your external hardisk. this is connection both ends are one is for hardisk and the other two cable is for USB slot of computer. why it two wires connection to usb because one wire is for Data and the other is for Power. If doesn't work..it might be a problem in your Operating system. i recommend to you to reinstall your Windows OS.. theres a 4 reasons why it happen appear the error... deffective USB cable..corrupted driver of USB device for seagate, virus infected of your systems..and maybe your hardive is deffective. Please rate if this is HELPFUL..thanks

technically, handling damage is not covered by warranty. the warrenty will get you a new drive.

i am afraid costly data recovery service is the only way to go. the noise is probably coming from head/media damage. the light simply indicates the drive is busy (trying to execute the command host has posted).

same problem

I'd take a look at the <a href="http://segate.com">Segate</a> website.

what version of linux are you using, suse, mandriva, fedora etc...
and which release is it (eg. suse 10.1... or whatever)

The problem is that u have done partitions for 160 GB harddisk, so do all the partitions of 40 GB or less than that.