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  1. C

    [SOLVED] Seagate NAS 4-Bay Transfer Speeds

    Hi All, I recently purchased a 2nd hand Seagate NAS, I am currently moving over my media from older drives to the NAS. I am experiencing really low transfer speeds though. I peak at about 11 mb/s, which means that my stuff will take a couple of DAYS to transfer over. I wasn't expecting my...
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    Question Seagate External USB 2TB Hard Drive Becomes Sluggish/Unresponsive?

    A couple of months ago, I purchased a Seagate "Basic" 2TB USB external hard drive (STJL2000400). Looks exactly like this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Seagate-Basic-STJL2000400-Hard-drive-2-TB-external-portable-USB-3-0-gray/694094792 During light usage, it functions fine. However, I've been...
  3. Z

    [SOLVED] Secondary slave hard disk error

    Disk- Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1 TB HDD I was having some troubles booting up my computer for a few past mornings and thia morning it slowly booted till the desktop but the desktop was unresponsive (i could use mouse and keyboard, but couldn't run anything. So i thought to try my spare 250 GB...
  4. J

    [SOLVED] My external SSD stopped working suddenly, not showing anywhere in Windows ?

    Hi, I've got a 1GB Seagate Expansion portable SSD. I have used it for over a year with this laptop and It was working fine until last night on my MSI GE62VR Apache Pro laptop. I was downloading something on the Microsoft Store to the external drive last night. I was at the same time trying to...
  5. mrmike16

    [SOLVED] Looking for a good, reliable desktop backup drive- and it seems impossible

    Hi everyone, As the title says I've been looking for a reliable desktop backup drive. I don't need much, 3-4 TB. I tried the new Seagate Backup Hub once and it was failing from the start- Then I noticed the reviews. On all of them. This is a bit worrisome, since based on reviews there don't...
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    Question Bricked hdd

    Hello, I am currently having problems with a seagate 2tb external hard drive. I have had this issue in the past, but I cant seem to figure out how to fix it this time. so, the drives purpose is to store games on my Xbox but when the drives reaches a certain capacity it fails and the Xbox wont...
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    Question Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 4tb not working, making loud mechanical sound (video attached), Can i fix it ?

    Hi all, just bought new pc and all is working fine except HDD. Seagate IronWolf Pro NAS 4tb - short video with sound to show the problem under that link. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1c46JKS-MWf6c04scO__Yqlyp6qaNtnqB/view?usp=drivesdk If the video wont load up,. ill reupload it on Vimeo...
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    Question The weirdest Hard drive failure

    The weirdest thing happened 2 days ago. My EXFAT formatted portable Hard drive (Seagate Slim), suddenly Unmounted from my Mac and never came back on again. The drive spins when I connect it, the light shows but it doesn’t get recognized on the Mac or on disk utility or even system profiler on...
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    [SOLVED] HDD detected in bios but not in windows

    Hi. So here you go, I have a Seagate Barracuda HDD with a capacity of 250GB. I installed the HDD in my PC (Internal). After I checked the HDD bios it was detected and I restarted my PC. After my PC booted windows there was a text "To skip disk checking, press any key within X second". So I wait...
  10. M

    [SOLVED] External Seagate SSD not detected ?

    I'm having some trouble with a desktop I built (I already submitted a different thread for that) and after months of frustrating troubleshooting decided to go the extreme route and just wipe everything and start from scratch. However, I wanted to move a few things onto an external SSD I have...
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    [SOLVED] Seagate External Hard Disk Not Detecting On Windows 10 Pc!

    My 2 TB Seagate external hard disk (Seagate Backup Plus Slim / STDR2000200 ) is not detecting on windows 10 PC. The light in the HDD is turning on and the USB connection sound can be heard in the PC when connecting. But its not showing up on 'This PC' and in disk management. It is showing up on...
  12. C

    [SOLVED] External Seagate Barracuda LP ST2000DL003 is not powering up

    I have an external Seagate Barracuda LP ST2000DL003 which I am using with a Windows 10 Laptop I am green with hardware The power-cord broke, and I may have overvolted it's enclosures with the wrong power adapter before I got the right one. I have removed the enclosure & attatched photos of...
  13. GTRSILENTX

    Build Advice Need help in choosing parts for a new build

    Hey guys, I am planning to build a new PC for gaming and productivity (mostly Software Development). For the time being, I'll be using a single 1440p monitor for the time being with no plans on upgrading to a 4k display for at least 2 years. Budget Range: ~$2500 System Usage from Most to Least...
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    Question Seagate external HDD light blinks, but disk not reading, need help!

    Hi all, I have an External 2 TB Seagate HDD, and today i noticed that the blue light blinks and i cannot open the HDD, even the drives shows in windows explorer. No sound coming out of the HDD. When i connect the HDD via USB, it asks me to format the HDD: https://bit.ly/3orF6dR On Device...
  15. tkahn

    [SOLVED] HDD SMART errors 197 and 198 count went from 20 to 0 (zero) after wipe and reformatting. Can I use the drive?

    I have a Seagate Barracuda 8T drive (ST8000DM004 ). Yesterday I got a warning from CrystalDiskInfo regarding the SMART parameters: 197 (Current Pending Sector Count) 198 (Uncorrectable Sector Count) It reported a RAW count of 8 for both these parameters. I unmounted the drive and ran chkdsk...
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    Question Not booting after installing M.2 NVMe

    I have ASRock X399 Taichi with two M.2 NVMe (Intel 660P 2TB). One is used for the OS (Ubuntu) and the other is for the storage. I installed another NVMe (Seagate FireCuda 510 2TB), but the system does not boot (the boot drive is still one of the Intel 660P drives). When I remove the third NVMe...
  17. monmon77

    [SOLVED] my seagate hdd 2tb not blinking and not working

    5mos ago my seagate hdd stopped working, I just plugged it in when there's no blinking and it cant be detected by my laptop. I've got a large number of files in there so I've been really careful using my hdd. please help! I've got important files in it.
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    [SOLVED] Seagate Exos X18 Enterprise 18TB

    hi, can I use this HDD in my desktop PC, mainly for storing my movies and music collection ? Seagate Exos X18 Enterprise 18TB HDD CMR 3.5" Hyperscale SATA 6Gb/s 7200RPM 512e 4Kn Fast Format Low Latency with Improved Caching Model Number: ST18000NM000J thanks
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    [SOLVED] New Seagate Exos 16TB hdd making noise?

    I just got a new seagate Exos 16TB hdd and sometimes I hear it making noise. Its like a low clicking buzzing noise. Sometimes it will start then go away. I haven't had any issues with crashes or data lose so far. There doesn't seem to be any specific task that makes the drive noisy. Is this a...
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    [SOLVED] Can't fully plug in sata cable into HDD

    As written in the title, I found this thing happen to me today, to make it clear I'm using the 2.5" Seagate Barracuda 1tb for my ITX build since it won't fit the 3.5" drive. It never happen to me before, it first I thought it might works just fine but it didn't, my pc even shows nothing in the...
  22. Skydaz

    Question Local Disk Keep disconnect and reconnect sometimes while producing a Buzz sound.

    Specs ; Windows 10 Pro Version 1909 Ryzen 5 2600 Zotac Rtx 2060 16GB XPG ram B450m asrock steel legend 120GB SSD Gigabyte GP-GSTFS31120GNTD Health 97% 1 TB HDD Seagate ST1000NM0033-9ZM173 Health 100% source hddsentinel* Hi, so my weird problem is, when ever im using my PC {not idle} ...
  23. D

    [SOLVED] Hdd is not booting

    My friend ask me to help him troubleshooting, but I'm stuck with this issue. He has an Asrock H61M/U3S3 motherboard with an older Seagate 1TB drive, the hdd was working fine without any issue till last sunday. Now it's not booting and somethimes it is not visible in bios. If the HDD in plugged...
  24. Chris David

    [SOLVED] Is my Seagate 4TB EXT dying ?

    Title. Got a Seagate EXT 4TB that near 2019. That being said, about a few months back, I was using it on a trashcan PC and it constantly kept throwing errors at me, I was sure as hell that the HDD was dying on me and just kept wrapped so as to not lose my data. I live in a area with constant...
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    [SOLVED] Why can I only use an hdd, and not an ssd?

    I am trying to add a second hard drive to my laptop. The SSD will not show up in window's information about my computer, but it will show up in my computer's bios. When I put an old broken HHD in though, it will show up in both the bios and windows. When I contacted acer customer support about...
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    [SOLVED] Looking for the "best" HDD (2021) - Any recommendations?

    Hi there! My old WD Black internal harddrive from 2013 just went toast and I need to replace it. I'm considering replacing it with and SSD, but I have to check compability with my motherboard first. In the meantime I'm wondering which HDD's are the fastets and most reliable on the market today...
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    Question Brand new Seagate 5TB External drive fails Seatools Short Generic

    Hi, Today I received a brand new 5TB Seagate External Drive (STHP5000403) from Amazon US. The drive appears twice in SeaTools, once under SAS-SCSI-FC and once under USB-1394, as shown. My new hard drive, Seagate Backup Plus Portable 5TB, appears twice in SeaTools, once under SAS-SCSI-FC and...
  28. msrsuvo

    [SOLVED] Which SSD will be better- S700 vs maxtor z1 Vs barracuda q1

    Which one will be better for my laptop from these three- HP SSD S700 2.5" (500GB) seagate maxtor z1 2.5" (480GB) seagate barracuda q1 2.5" (480GB)
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    [SOLVED] WD Blue or Seagate barracuda?

    They are both 2tb, and the seagate costs like 5 dollars more where i live. Their performance is equal i guess, and what matters to me is reliability. Which brand is more reliable? In my experience witn the seagate i currently have, it failed on me like 1 year after use. It causes severe lag to...
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    [SOLVED] I've had this problem after building my new PC. I've tried lots of things to try and fix it but nothing has helped.

    I've just built my new PC and decided to use a Seagate Barracuda 3TB HDD to use as a file space. The HDD was bought from Amazon new but I think the drive is broken. I hear no bad noises from the drive and the computer recognises it but doesn't want to boot to Windows. Instead an American...
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    [SOLVED] My Seagate HDD having health issue

    https://prnt.sc/weuq06 https://prnt.sc/weutce Plz, refer to these images. Showing caution on Crystal disk info and HDD sentinel but when I checked with cmd , seatools and repair test in HDD Sentinel no issues found. https://prnt.sc/weuqxw Please help me with this
  32. glarrrgh

    Question Dell bricked my HD with the bios wipe function

    Hi. I have a dell precision 3620 that i pulled out of the garbage somewhere. It is working fine, but I wanted a fresh experience. So I reset the bios and clicked the "wipe internal disks on reboot" function. It started up, and the progress bar moved along. But after about a minute or so, it...
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    [SOLVED] Seagate 5TB external HDD not powering up

    Hello, I have a seagate 5TB external HDD. Two days ago, it would not power up. It was working fine about 5 days ago. I checked the power adaptor on another different drive from western digital and the adaptor works. So, the issue seems to be with the hdd. Can something be done to revive it...
  34. Legacy140254

    Question TagSpaces Portable can't search for files on my Seagate Expansion HDD ?

    A little background: So i owned a seagate expansion portable 4TB for my family video and photo. I also use Tagspaces Portable to organize my file as it appeared to be recommended on the forum. Now i think the problem is the drive itself, or maybe the window system issues. When i run tagspace...
  35. JA1881

    [SOLVED] Seagate backup slowing down

    I've been using seagate discwizard that came with my 2tb drive for backups for a few months now but recently they have slowed down a lot. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to fix this.
  36. Aliency

    [SOLVED] M.2 Pcie 3 Vs 4

    Hi guys I have currently my windows + my games on my Samsung 970 pro M.2. I am looking to expand my storage and was thinking to add an extra M.2, gen 4 (seagate firecuda 520 1tb). My plan is to leave the windows (as will take a lot of time to format everything) on the Samsung (existing m.2)...
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    [SOLVED] Motherboard and BIOS not detecting m.2 drives.

    I have just recently built a new machine and on our first boot we realized that the M.2 SSD we have installed was not being detected by windows setup. Then we took a look into the BIOS and noticed it wasn't being detected in there either. We tried both M.2 slots, cleared CMOS, and updated the...
  38. DesDog5121

    [SOLVED] My brand new hard drive isn't being detected by the bios or device manager...

    Hi, I recently bought a brand new Seagate Barracuda 2 tb HDD, and my computer isn't detecting it in the bios or in disk management. I have tried resetting the bios through cmos battery and loading optimized defaults. Heres my full part list: Ryzen 7 2700x Gigabyte aorus m pro wifi Redragon rx...
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    Question Seagate SSHD PCB burned?

    hi, i have a SSHD from Seagate and it's been 2 years since i bought it, now it doesn't appear in any bios or disk management from windows, it appears to trigger an error on it, the disk sounds like it's running tho. what should i do... should i try to repair it removing/replacing the diode...
  40. NitehookYT

    Question My hard drive won't show up in Disk Management but it shows up in Device Manager

    My PC: Ryzen 7 3700x 16GB RAM (2x8GB) 3600Mhz CL18 EVGA RTX 2060 Super XC Ultra. Hyper212 Evo Cooler MSI B550 Tomahawk Max Motherboard. Hi so this is my first time here and I'm facing a problem. I have 2TB HardDrive from Seagate...