Peripherals: seagate freeagent hd rescue
seagate freeagent hd rescue
by nofret - 8/11/09 4:40 PMOne of my free-agent 500g external hds crapped out. Oh no I thought. Another bunch of stuff gone. Then I took it apart. I slid it in the bay of an ext. hd I use for testing. The hd was ok. Just the electronics fried. At least no lost data. Hope this helps someone.
Thanks for sharing.
by R. Proffitt
- 8/11/09 4:47 PM
In reply to: seagate freeagent hd rescue by nofret
This is one of the best kept secrets about failed USB drives. I've made your post a sticky for this week!
Thank you!
Bob
Just too good a secret.
by R. Proffitt - 8/28/09 10:07 AM
In reply to: Thanks for sharing. by R. Proffitt
I'm leaving this one as the sticky for awhile.
Seagate Freeagent
by JoJo_cat - 10/30/09 9:21 PM In reply to: seagate freeagent hd rescue by nofretI've had nothing but difficulties with my 500GB Freeagent back up drive.
I'm currntly on my third. The first one crapped out simultaneously to the hard drive on my computer about August of 2008. So I was forced to use Seagate's data recovery services for $1,200 bucks.
Since the drive was still under warranty and had failed they sent me a replacement. This second one only lasted a couple months before it would begin shutting down. By this I mean that the main computer would no longer recognize its presence even though it seemed to be running.
I've read posts online where people feel that it's the fault of the light along the front edge that causes these units to overheat. It is true that if you totally unplug them for about half an hour, and then plug them back in they will remount to the system. However this is a bad situation if you've got your computer making automatic back-ups. You never know when the drive won't be available.
Anyway I contacted Seagate and they sent me a third unit.
This one seemed to be operating well for about the first eight months I had it, but now it too has developed the symptoms I described above. I'm currently looking to purchase a different brand of back-up drive.
I'd be curious to know if your drive exhibited any of the symptoms I described prior to its crapping out. But based on my experience I'll never purchase another Seagate drive.
seagate freagent
by nofret - 11/1/09 2:18 PM In reply to: Seagate Freeagent by JoJo_catHi. Just got home from surgery so I couldn`t respond until today. Anyways; Fortunately, My freeagent showed none of the problems yours had. My other unit has yet to fail. The light strip is just a low powered led. Cant do no harm. But I`m not taking any chances. The freagent electronics suck, so I went and got a Nexstar hd case. I can slide off the cover and put in any hd. I want. The circuits look well built. It has an on-off switch and Esata as well for fast data transfer. The kit even comes with wiring if you want to tap into an Esata port on your mobo. I use it for all my extra hds. Including the seagate hd.
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