Hi,
Had this healthty unformatted external hard drive for 2 weeks and everything about the drive was ok until I accidentally installed its included installers/programs.
How can I format a drive when it is:
1. Not detected anymore by vista, xp nor mac.
2. Whenever I connect it to a USB slot, the cursor changes to a circular object and rotates continously.
3. In SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE it says that it is a storage device in (F). So in command prompt (running as administrator) I typed < format f: > and nothing happened ..after waiting for 2 hours.
4. When I access Disk Management, again the cursor rotates continously and the drive can be seen from there as Disk 0 and no health status whatsover. Nothing happens when I right click any drive from Disk Management.
5. Tried also installing all applicable softwares (Vista, XP and Mac) from Seagate for the drive to be recognized but when I run the program, the cursor again starts rotating continously without any detected drive.
6. Tried to use another cable. Connected it two USB slots, same things happen. The light from the drive would blink for a few minutes, then remain lit and then blink again.
Seems like I should end a process that is keeping my drive busy before formatting it but I have no idea what process to end. Or are there any softwares that can bring my external hard drive to life again???:4-dontkno
Thanks in advance.
Had this healthty unformatted external hard drive for 2 weeks and everything about the drive was ok until I accidentally installed its included installers/programs.
How can I format a drive when it is:
1. Not detected anymore by vista, xp nor mac.
2. Whenever I connect it to a USB slot, the cursor changes to a circular object and rotates continously.
3. In SAFELY REMOVE HARDWARE it says that it is a storage device in (F). So in command prompt (running as administrator) I typed < format f: > and nothing happened ..after waiting for 2 hours.
4. When I access Disk Management, again the cursor rotates continously and the drive can be seen from there as Disk 0 and no health status whatsover. Nothing happens when I right click any drive from Disk Management.
5. Tried also installing all applicable softwares (Vista, XP and Mac) from Seagate for the drive to be recognized but when I run the program, the cursor again starts rotating continously without any detected drive.
6. Tried to use another cable. Connected it two USB slots, same things happen. The light from the drive would blink for a few minutes, then remain lit and then blink again.
Seems like I should end a process that is keeping my drive busy before formatting it but I have no idea what process to end. Or are there any softwares that can bring my external hard drive to life again???:4-dontkno
Thanks in advance.