I have 3 seagate barracuda 500 gb sata drives in my computer, and yesterday one of them stopped working. when i try to boot from it it says "choose another boot device" or something to that effect, and when i boot from another drive, the affected drive doesn't show up at all! i have no idea what could cause this, as it never made any noises or anything to indicate failure was imminent, and it is only a few months old. if anyone has any ideas on what the problem could be, please let me know!
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Hard drive suddenly isn't recognized
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If you look in the BIOS is it listed there with the other 2?
What operating system are you running?
Can you here/feel the drive spinning when you turn on the machine if you place a hand gently on it?
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Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
What operating system are you running?
Can you here/feel the drive spinning when you turn on the machine if you place a hand gently on it?
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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.
I'm afraid you are the victim of one of the duff firmwares that Seagate has installed on it's 500/1000 & 1.5TB 7200.11 drives.
There are two threads going on this forum that give you the answers you need (general and hard drives I think)
Basically you need to download Seagates SD1A (latest repaired version) which will bring your ST3500320AS back to life: basically downloading an ISO boot image to burn to disk, setting your CDrom as first boot device, then follow the onscreen prompts.
I would flash one at a time (don't leave them all connected together, also make sure you know exactly what models you have (I'm betting they are ST3500320AS) with one of the effected firmwares (think SD14 through to SD19)
Martin
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There are two threads going on this forum that give you the answers you need (general and hard drives I think)
Basically you need to download Seagates SD1A (latest repaired version) which will bring your ST3500320AS back to life: basically downloading an ISO boot image to burn to disk, setting your CDrom as first boot device, then follow the onscreen prompts.
I would flash one at a time (don't leave them all connected together, also make sure you know exactly what models you have (I'm betting they are ST3500320AS) with one of the effected firmwares (think SD14 through to SD19)
Martin
On wings like angels whispers sweet
my heart it feels a broken beat
Touched soul and hurt lay wounded deep
Brown eyes are lost afar and sleep
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looks like that's what it is =(. my hard drive fits all the criteria. i can't find where on their website to get the download, so i sent their support an email so hopefully they'll get it to me. in the mean time i guess i'll just see if i can find it on a torrent or some other way. anyone know an easy way to download it? thanks for all your help, also!
looks like that's what it is =(. my hard drive fits all the criteria. i can't find where on their website to get the download, so i sent their support an email so hopefully they'll get it to me. in the mean time i guess i'll just see if i can find it on a torrent or some other way. anyone know an easy way to download it? thanks for all your help, also!
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no luck =(. i got an error that said something like "error: unspecified drive found. expected ST3500320AS", but that is what i have! i am so confused. also, when i tried the option to scan drives, it didn't find any, so i am not sure, but maybe this means my hard drive isn't even powering up?
Could be. Check the power connector with a meter or use another connector. Once it powers up,it should be easy to tell whether it's running by touching the metal parts of the case. It should also show up in BIOS at POST if all connections are good.
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it seems to be powering up, i can feel a couple of almost shudders when it turns on, like as if it's revving up. however, it doesn't show up in the bios at POST. do you know if there's any other way i could make sure that it is definitely powering on?
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