I plugged my seagate hard drive into my computer with the original cable and it came up but wouldn't let me go into it or even format it. I played with the cable cleaned it at both ends and where it plugged in and then plugged it back in and it worked for about a minute then it started giving me error messages. I unplugged it and plugged it in again and it went back to not letting me access it. I tried a brand new cable and it didn't even show up on my system. So I plugged the old cable back in and held it at a certain angle and there it was again giving me full access. My question is why does it only work with that cable and what would be different from that cable to the 4 other ones I tried?
I should mention that no matter what cable I plug in the light still turns on but the hard drive itself doesn't seem to start unless I use the original cable at the right angle.
I should mention that no matter what cable I plug in the light still turns on but the hard drive itself doesn't seem to start unless I use the original cable at the right angle.