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Discussions about Seagate FreeAgent external hard drives cover a range of issues including physical components like a metallic strip inside the case, data corruption where a folder turns into a 0KB file, partition visibility problems in Windows 7 after formatting under Linux, drives not appearing in My Computer despite being detected in Device Manager, Windows Backup errors when using a FreeAgent drive as the backup location, and installation failures on Vista. Common themes involve troubleshooting connectivity, partition recognition, and data recovery for these Seagate drives.
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    Windows 7 Seagate Free Agent External HD: Silver Strip Inside Case: What Is It For, Please ?

    Hello, I popped the case off of a Seagate external FreeAgent HD. Inside there is a thin metallic silvery strip running along one of the edges inside of the case. 6" long. Has a black and red wire going from it into the drive PC board. And a yellow and black wire connecting both ends of this...
    • Robert11
    • Thread
    • barracuda drive case electronics external drive freeagent hardware pc boards pc components seagate storage
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 Folder turned into a 0KB file?

    Hi, On my FreeAgent 250GB Hard Drive, set up as a network hard drive, I have a folder with 60+GB of movies (avi. mp4. etc) and all of a sudden in turned into a 0KB file. I would really like to fix this, anyone got some ideas? Link Removed
    • Tony Noel
    • Thread
    • avi data loss file recovery file system freeagent hard drive movies mp4 network drive storage issues
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows 7 Seagate 1Tb - second partition not visible in windows 7

    Hi all, I just installed Windows 7 and I have this problem: I have external drive 1Tb Seagate FreeAgent which I split into two partitions and format them under linux with fdisk with code 7 (NTFS). Both partitions are visible with my linux and Windows XP, but the second isn't in Windows 7...
    • kode
    • Thread
    • data recovery external drive freeagent linux ntfs partition seagate storage issues usb settings windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
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    Windows 7 External Hard Drive Troubles.

    Hi. I recently did a custom install of Windows 7 Ultimate. I backed up all of my files (music, movies, documents etc) onto my 500GB FreeAgent External Hard Drive (I was previously using XP Proffessional) However, now the external hard drive won't show up on My Computer. It can be seen in...
    • J-Dog
    • Thread
    • backup custom install data recovery device manager external drive file access freeagent troubleshooting windows 7 windows xp
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Windows Hardware
  5. DeeBees

    Windows 7 Windows Back Up Problem

    Hi, this is my first post on this forum and I hope my explanation of this problem is clear. I am running Wondows 7 Evaluation Copy 7100. When I run the Windows back up it stops after about 20% and I get an error message. This has happened everytime I tried and again this morning. The contents...
    • DeeBees
    • Thread
    • backup disk issues error evaluation copy freeagent ntfs system image true image volume windows 7
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista Seagate FreeAgent Desktop install

    Hi all Just got a new laptop (Dell XPS M1530 800Mhz, 4GB memory, 250GB hard drive - sweet machine) with Win Vista Ultimate. On my old machine I had attached 2 external hard drives to hold photos/music/etc. Transfered the USB cables over to the new machine expecting them to just work. My Seagate...
    • dickeddy
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    • 500gb hdd data transfer dell desktop driver compatibility external drive freeagent hard drive hardware installation port issues seagate storage devices tech support troubleshooting usb issues user experience windows vista
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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