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Old 01-08-2009, 02:41 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Seagate power light flashing and no longer works

I have seagate Baracuda 300gb external drive. It has worked fine for 2 years. I have just went to use it and the light on the power code is solid green until i swith the hard drive on, then that light starts to flash as well as the hard drive light. Both lights used to be solid green!The computer no longer recognises the drive. please help!
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Old 01-08-2009, 05:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Seagate power light flashing and no longer works

First step is to get the drive out of the external enclosure and connected directly to the IDE or Sata ports on the PC. This will eliminate any question of the the enclosure failing and allow you to work with some recovery tools. Let us know how it behaves when it is slaved onto the PC and we can go from there with recovery as needed.
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Re: Seagate power light flashing and no longer works

Thanks for the reply. I know this might sound stupid, but how to i get in to the casing as no screwdriver seems to fit the screws! thanks again.
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Re: Seagate power light flashing and no longer works

also i am new to all of this, how exactly do i slave the hard drive to the sata port or the ide port. many thanks really appreciate the help
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