Question What does this sound indicate?

[YARZ]

I bought a Seagate Backup plus slim 1 TB last year and it had no problems at all. But now I plug it on my computer and it does this beeping noise. The beeps always come in the same pattern every time I power it on.
The light also does not light up.
I think it is a power issue.
I tried different cables and computers.
You can hear the sound in this Video

Any solutions?

 

[jojesa]

The drive is not receiving enough power or it has failing or bad heads.
Did you dropped it or hit it hard recently?

 

[YARZ]

The drive is not receiving enough power or it has failing or bad heads.
Did you dropped it or hit it hard recently?

No, I didn't drop it. It just at once when I tried using it that it started the noises.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

i would make backups of any data on it that you care about.

Download these tools and test the drive

SeaTools | Support Seagate US

SeaTools – Schnelldiagnose-Tool zur Überprüfung des Zustands Ihrer Festplatte

www.seagate.com

 

[YARZ]

i would make backups of any data on it that you care about.

Download these tools and test the drive

SeaTools | Support Seagate US

SeaTools – Schnelldiagnose-Tool zur Überprüfung des Zustands Ihrer Festplatte

www.seagate.com

I cannot access the drive. It is not recognized by windows but it shows up in the device manager.
I tried the tool. It recognizes the drive but can't do any test on it.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Then that drive is dead. Test it on another PC

 

[mdd1963]

If it does the same thing on different PCs and with different cables, the only thing missing is a quick funeral for it, and, of course, hoping it did not have anything on it you actually needed...

See if there is a warranty on it....perhaps you can get a replacement..

 

[USAFRet]

I cannot access the drive. It is not recognized by windows but it shows up in the device manager.
I tried the tool. It recognizes the drive but can't do any test on it.

It's dead.

 

[jojesa]

I cannot access the drive. It is not recognized by windows but it shows up in the device manager.
I tried the tool. It recognizes the drive but can't do any test on it.

In case is the enclosure or a damaged USB port, you could try opening the case (no tools required), removing the drive and connecting it to a PC via SATA interface.
Or you could use a SATA to USB adapter.