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[cw123]

I just bought that disk (seagate SATA 500G) half year ago and found it stop working randomly, resulting the whole system to be dead. BTW, I am using Win XP. I tried to use seatool, provied by seagate, to scan and repair the error, the program stop at the half of the process. I even can't format entirely, just do quick format. I don't know what I can do and have been pissed off for a few days.

hope some people have this kind of experience and give me any idea. I don't want to loss my 500G data storeage.

thanks in advance.

[bluedragon]

First, I didn't get your problem exactly, Is your drive working now or not ?


second, Did you try running a chkdsk before going in for the seatool ?

most of the time the problem is with the directory structure or some corrupt file and ppl start thinking that their hdds are busted


thirdly, when you run this CHKDSK, run it with both the option, I mean the 'automatically fix file system errors' and 'Scan and attempt to fix bad sectors'

[cw123]

bluedragon, on Jun 17 2008, 06:46 PM, said:

First, I didn't get your problem exactly, Is your drive working now or not ?
second, Did you try running a chkdsk before going in for the seatool ?

most of the time the problem is with the directory structure or some corrupt file and ppl start thinking that their hdds are busted
thirdly, when you run this CHKDSK, run it with both the option, I mean the 'automatically fix file system errors' and 'Scan and attempt to fix bad sectors'

thanks for the caring....
well, I would say the disk is working, but not stable. I don't know the reason.
I did run chkdsk, not one time, when I check both options, the process would stop unexpectedly. same problem happened when I use seatool to run test in pure dos mode...

perhaps, I had to change another disk for data safety.
anyway, thanks for help

[mm22]

I agree you should try chkdisk first and, as that failed, you can probably find some lower level tools, those that address the disk in binary mode... that way you can at least create a disk image for later retrieval if your hd condition worsens.. certainly it's a good idea you back up your data before doing anything else if you can do that in a simpler way (i.e. from windows)

[litchy]

Have ago at asking a friend to try it and also check the disk. You never know the results trying in a different computer can give.

[bluedragon]

cw123, on Jun 18 2008, 03:11 AM, said:

thanks for the caring....
well, I would say the disk is working, but not stable. I don't know the reason.
I did run chkdsk, not one time, when I check both options, the process would stop unexpectedly. same problem happened when I use seatool to run test in pure dos mode...

perhaps, I had to change another disk for data safety.
anyway, thanks for help

No problems
I try to help ppl and some ppl think i am spamming

NEways.. I'll say since its a 500 GB it might take up time to analyze for bad sectors. Its a deep scan and does take a lot of time. I had an 80 GB and took around 5 hrs to analyse. it does not depend too much on the processor and other things. May be a SATA would take less time but still since its 500 GB I am assuming it would take like 4-5 hrs atleast for the surface scan.

I would suggest you get a backup and get the disk replaced.

By the way , assuming you have a partitioned drive this could be a problem with MBR. Could you try running a FIXMBR command using the recovery option on Windows boot disk. It might solve the problem. Give it a try before taking it for the replacement.

[Saint_Michael]

I say RMA the hard drive and get yourself a new one, sounds like it got damage in someway, most likely some bad sectors or something. However, the hard drive maybe corrupted and so you might have to reinstall the operating system as that could be the culprit in all of this.

[Galahad]

Do all your tests halt at the same position on the disk? It could be that the disk is physically damaged, perhaps it's PCB is malfuncioning, preventing even seagate's tool to access the hard drive...

Also, if your hard drive is still under warranty, use it, and have the disk replaced... And of course, don't forget to get all the data you can from it...

[iGuest]

Seagate 750GB hard drive corrupted
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

I have a 750GB seagate hard drive which I use as an external hard drive through usb cord since I'm using a laptop. Already I used to have some problems with delayed writing failed problems and never really got to solve it. Again today it said this and the hard drive just stopped working. Usually I just needed to restart it, but today it wont work. It'll turn on and my laptop notifies me that I have plugged in a usb but when I try to open it it says " the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" I have about 400gb of important stuff on it... Cant afford to lose it. Please help! thanks.

[bluedragon]

iGuest-, on Sep 7 2008, 12:35 PM, said:

Seagate 750GB hard drive corrupted

Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!
I have a 750GB seagate hard drive which I use as an external hard drive through usb cord since I'm using a laptop. Already I used to have some problems with delayed writing failed problems and never really got to solve it. Again today it said this and the hard drive just stopped working. Usually I just needed to restart it, but today it wont work. It'll turn on and my laptop notifies me that I have plugged in a usb but when I try to open it it says " the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable" I have about 400gb of important stuff on it... Cant afford to lose it. Please help! thanks.

Sorry Dude your drive is screwed ..

The only chance to recover that data would be by using some lower level tool that can perform sector level recovery. Take help from Professionals if its really urgent. Even Seagate is offering their services for data recovery.

I Hope you get your data recovered. An Advice .. Next time you buy a hard-drive Don't go for Seagate. They have reduced their quality too much. Even one of my hard-disk failed and its not even six months..

I heard they are putting chinese parts in their drives.. May be thats the reason of the price cuts -- REDUCED QUALITY

[iGuest]

SegateHelp For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!I totally agree with you I bought a segate 320GB a week ago. Suddenly my system just froze, after cold booting the drive is detected in BIOS but reads 0 bytes, it had three years of my work all gone.BTW:OS: Windows XP SP3BOARD: ASUS 

 

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[iGuest]

Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive! - hard drive stops working randomly, please help!
Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

I bought a seagate 500gb with my new pc and after a video card crash the drive died, only 4 months old. I had it replaced under warranty but also bought a western digital 500gb to be my new primary drive.

A week ago I initialized the replacement drive and formatted it. Today I was getting ready to transfer data to it when and-Tune caused the video card to crash and windows to dump physical memory. Now the seagate HDD has died.

Is it just Seagate that sucks? Should I just insist on my money back?

-reply by Dasher

[iGuest]

i am not able to format my seagate hard disk please help me ....Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

 well the problem is that whenever I tried to format my hard disk, at frist the blue screen appears and it start to load the operating system but after a while it suddenly shut off the pc by itself ,what could be the problem please help me ...

-question by jakho

[iGuest]

the file or directory is corrupted and unreadableHelp For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!Run chkdsk /f For detail, please refer to http://support.Micro...46/EN-US/-reply by Frank TSOi

[iGuest]

I have a seagate external drive. I have had it for 6 months noproblems, then all of a sudden I let my room mate attach it to hislaptop to get some of my music and the next time I plug it into mycompter my comp completely freezes up.

No message appears, just a complete freeze. Then when I try toreboot, with the external still plugged into my comp, my bootup getsstuck at Initializing.. (the HDDs I'm pretty sure) and doesn't move. Ithen unplug my HDD from my comp and it runs fine.

Is this a virus I contracted from my friends laptop? If so(or not so) what is a way that I could attemp to fix this.

Maybe something changed because he has XP and I have vista?

I have my music collection which I have been building for thelast 7 years. This, among with many other things on there, I do notwant to lose!

[iGuest]

Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive! - hard drive stops working randomly, please help!Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

CHKDSK is the worst thing you can use, it will chunk your files up into file1.Chk files. All CHKDSK wants to do is repair the file system, it doesn't care about your data. There is obviously a problem with bad sectors, the drive is dyeing. The trick is to duplicate your hard drive (see HD Clone.Exe free cloning utility that ignores bad sectors). Take it out of the USB enclosure and clone it to another drive equal or greater in size. Once you have the cloned drive, you can run GetDataBack from Runtime.Org. If you need additional help I can help, Data Recovery Lab. Or you can call me directly

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-reply by Joe Keys

[iGuest]

Seagate 250 GB disk read errorHelp For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

I have 250 GB Seagate Intenal Hard disk , System stop to detecting the hard disk,

I have data on the hard disk, what I have to do to keep the data or take bach up.

Operating system not runnig and no hard disk error or disk read error .

What to do to recover the data

-reply by Aftab

 

[iGuest]

Replying to cw123This information applies to HP and Compaq computers with Seagate 320GB, 500GB, 750GB and 1TB hard drives.Seagate recently informed HP of a potential issue concerning certain Seagate SATA hard drives installed in a small number of HP computers.If the computer is affected, after turning on the computer, the computer stops responding (hangs) and the following error (or similar) displays:Error - Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready.

 

[iGuest]

First of all use any good data recovery software to recover your data.

second, check the SMPS power cable I mean there must be proper EARTHING.

third don't  power your monitor from SMPS, use another power cable fromUPS

finally delete all partions and recreate them with FULL format not quickFormat.

 Actually seagate's 500GB hard disk are very sensitive to POWER andEarthing, 

and usually we think that there is some problem with Motherboard and HardDisk.

Still if problem persists then no choice but RMA.

Thanks.

[iGuest]

Barracuda 7200 500g stopped workingHelp For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

I have a 500g seagate that stopped working here's some background info.

-Used on a windows xp

-Slave drive for media,

-Less then 1/4 full,

-One year old.

-Internal

Ive done everything on my end to recover the data, switched cables, switched motherboard inputs, tried my coolmax usb reader, tried seagate's hd wizard, read every forum out there and it looks like I'm screwed. The computer dosnt see the hard drive from bios to disk management. Like everybody else I have gigs of music and personal pictures that are on it. The hard drive just stopped accessing information for some reason it spins and makes a little bit of noise like its its trying to read but, the noise stops and it continues to just spin.

Before this incident I had no other problems with the hard drive. Seagate wants at least 1700 and up to 3500to recover the info, luckly I have two other hard drives with most of the information saved on them, but any info saved withen the last year is not on those hard drives my suggestion is to always backup your information and do it often, there is no such thing as a quality company out there anymore. I'm going to make one last effort and take it in to a local computer store for a free evaluation.

-reply by Brian B.

[bluedragon]

NEVER TRUST SEAGATE HDD

Failure rate on seagate is very high .. still people buy it because they give you a good warranty cover.

Maxtor WAS the best hard-drive manufacturer.. Sad Seagate bought it ..

Can someone suggest a better Hard-drive manufacturer coz I was hoping to buy a RELIABLE HDD for backing up my data .. preferably a 1 or 1.5 TB drive.. Price is not an issue

(G)Brian B., on Jul 20 2009, 08:58 PM, said:

Barracuda 7200 500g stopped working

Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!



<p>I have a 500g seagate that stopped working here's some background info. </p>
<p>-Used on a windows xp </p>
<p>-Slave drive for media, </p>
<p>-Less then 1/4 full, </p>
<p>-One year old. </p>
<p>-Internal </p>
<p>Ive done everything on my end to recover the data, switched cables, switched motherboard inputs, tried my coolmax usb reader, tried seagate's hd wizard, read every forum out there and it looks like I'm screwed. The computer dosnt see the hard drive from bios to disk management. Like everybody else I have gigs of music and personal pictures that are on it. The hard drive just stopped accessing information for some reason it spins and makes a little bit of noise like its its trying to read but, the noise stops and it continues to just spin. </p>
<p>Before this incident I had no other problems with the hard drive. Seagate wants at least 1700 and up to 3500to recover the info, luckly I have two other hard drives with most of the information saved on them, but any info saved withen the last year is not on those hard drives my suggestion is to always backup your information and do it often, there is no such thing as a quality company out there anymore. I'm going to make one last effort and take it in to a local computer store for a free evaluation. </p>

-reply by Brian B.

[iGuest]

Seagate 500gb sata Hard disk is not responding Help For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!hi I have Seagate 500gb SATA few days back I had bad sectors in my c: drive (like 8kb) since then c drive don't get full formate and its disturbing my operating system alot so I delete the c drive and attach seagate 40gb ATA and having 40gb as primary had a window xp on it and having 500gb as slave so I can use my data which is on 500gb but yesterday I start my computer it stuck between logo screen and welcome screen. I reatart my computer again to check that is it 500gb detected yes it was but having the same problem so I formate the 40 gb and install a new window xp maybe it will work but no having the same problem. As I attach the 500gb computer got stuck and having the same problem but as I remove it window is working perfectly

Please can anyone help me I had a really important data approximatly of 400gb on it

-reply by ShooterKeywords:

[iGuest]

Seagate 500 GB External drive crashHelp For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!I have a Seagate FreeAgent ® 500GB external drive which has crashed without notice. I plug in the external power cord but the external drive does not light up and the drive makes a steady off-and-on humming sound every few seconds that sounds like the drive is trying to spin but cannot. In addition, my computer does not recognize the drive so I cannot run a diagnostic on it. I cannot see a means to open the drive and examine it.The drive has a LOT of business and personal information I've backed up over the last year and I would hate to see it lost without a solution...Especially an expensive one. Any solutions.Your help would be appreciated!-reply by Dion

[iGuest]

Seagate Barracuda 1tb/sata/7200 rmp/32mb cacheHelp For My Seagate Sata Hard Drive!

I hope this is the right place to ask this question.I wanted an external hard drive for additional storage space.I bought the Seagate Barracuda SATA 1tb 7200 rpm 32mb cache.I bought an enclosure with both usb and eSATA.I put the two together. Installed the sata connection in my computer, plugged in the drive and in My Computer the drive was not listed. It was listed in Device Manager.I put in the disk that came with the Seagate drive, installed the wizard software, and let it walk me through formatting the drive. Now the problem:It seems to run slowly. When I move a movie file from my hard drive to the external, the transfer speed seems really slow for a sata connection.I started copying over about 119gb of files and let it run overnight. When I woke up the computer had re-started, and the files had not transferred. Computer also told me a driver was missing in my Raid?Should I reformat the external using windows instead of the seagate wizard?I'm a newbie at this stuff and appreciate the help.Oh, I'm running Vista on an HP quad core with a 500gb internal drive.Thanks!

[templehost]

aaah 500gb hd
nice
seagate is a nice and reputed company but currently i am not using seagate but i think you will never face any problem with seagate as its the best one can say
but also if you use or overload your hd then it might get screwed
so take care of your hd