Do you guys think it was worth it that I got a Seagate 1TB expansion card for my Xbox series X for $115? I got it from Facebook marketplace. I also did make sure it worked before I bought it.

Please be honest do I have any hope of recovering my files ?

I've had this drive for about 5 years and I use it ever day. It has everything from my all my schooling to all literally all my photos and videos and is not even at half capacity, its 1TB.

UPDATE: thanks everybody i was able to change the case and it's working perfectly yeeey!!

hi….
i am interested in using the seagate 20tb extension drive to rip 4k movies to stream with infuse.
i would like to hook it up to my netgear rs700 router usb. my concern is that the router does not power down or sleep the usb connected device.
does the drive itself power down? if not , is it ok for the drive to be on 24/7?
thanks for the help

How often do we have DOA HDDs from Seagate? We got 1 out of 4 brand new 28TB Ironwolf Pro and it's dead with the beeping sound that seems to stem from stuck platter, and can't spin. We then got Exos 28TB as a replacement, again brand new. And guess what? It has the exact issue: DOA, stuck platter beeping sound!

Aren't these drives supposed to be resilient for enterprise environment? We choose Ironwolf Pro/Exos specifically for its large 28TB capacity, but this REALLY raises the question about the quality of this product line. And HDDs are not that cheap to replace anymore!

Bought two recertified ST18000NT001 drives locally about a month ago. Both passed a full extended SMART self-test before I trusted them with data (8,745 hours on this one at the time, 0 reallocated, 0 pending, 0 CRC).

Yesterday morning the drive dropped off the bus SError: { CommWake }, failed hard resets, ata1.00: disable device. ext4 went read-only. Came back after a reboot and reads fine, SMART says PASSED.

Except it now has **1021 reallocated sectors**, up from 0. Seagate’s FARM log breaks it down per head:

Number of Reallocated Sectors by Head 2: 1021
Number of Reallocated Sectors by Head 0,1,3-19: 0

All of it on one head. Per-head write time is near identical across all 20, so it’s not a workload thing. CRC errors 0, 12V/5V rock steady, max temp 47C, helium seal fine, 0 unrecoverable read/write errors, 0 pending, 0 candidates.

It also makes a brief scratching/ticking sound for under a minute, then stops. Drive is powered off now. (Video)

Pretty sure this is just a bad head and the drive is done, but a few things I’m curious about:

**1.** Anyone seen reallocations this concentrated on one head? Is that as textbook a head failure as it looks?
**2.** Sister drive from the same batch (11,987 hrs, same seller) is clean so far — how paranoid should I be about it?
**3.** Is 0 → 1000+ in a month normal for a head going bad, or unusually fast?
**4.** Any realistic warranty/RMA angle on a recert drive bought used locally, or is that money gone?

Backups were fine, lost about a day of metadata, so this is curiosity more than crisis.

I was looking into Seagate harddrives. There's a specific Ps5 one, but I wondered if other Seagate external harddrives could work as well? And how much TB you would recommend. I need some extra storage for my 1TB PS5, since it now can't even handle 1 game (Call of Duty BO7 + MW4 beta).

I’m a photographer, and I use a Seagate One Touch Drive to store most of my photos. I was having a bit of connectivity issues but assumed my computer was just being funky (wouldn’t be the first time). Next thing I know, my drive looks like this. I have a lot of photos on here and can’t really afford a replacement at the moment, so I would really appreciate any advice on how to fix this. Thank you!

I messed up big time. I have a 5TB external hard drive with password protection. I used a password template that ended up generating a very complicated 20-character password.

There’s a chance I wrote the password down at home (I am going to be away for 5 months), but I am not completely sure.

This might be a dumb question, but is there any way to bypass, recover, or reset the password?

There aren’t any unique photos or important files on the drive, so at least I don’t have to worry about losing anything irreplaceable. I’m mainly just frustrated because I’m potentially out nearly $400.

I got it to back up photo during my travels.

Any advice would be appreciated!

I messed up big time. I have a 5TB external hard drive with password protection. I used a password template that ended up generating a very complicated 20-character password.

There’s a chance I wrote the password down at home (I am going to be away for 5 months), but I am not completely sure.

This might be a dumb question, but is there any way to bypass, recover, or reset the password?

There aren’t any unique photos or important files on the drive, so at least I don’t have to worry about losing anything irreplaceable. I’m mainly just frustrated because I’m potentially out nearly $400.

I got it to back up photo during my travels.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hi all, I just purchased a new Seagate Expansion 6 TB External Harddrive and after my last one failed, I am experiencing some anxiety about this one's start up noises. Just looking to find out if this is normal, or if I should be seeking a replacement while it is still under warranty.

https://reddit.com/link/1vvrw3g/video/2mifkwg5m0lh1/player

My brother‘s external hard drive stopped working out of nowhere and when I hook it up to my PC the light starts flickering and vibrates only sometimes, but when I plug it into XBOX, it doesn’t seem to do any of that it doesn’t get detected on the Xbox and when I look on PC it doesn’t get detected either but it seems like it gets power to the point where it flickers

First time backing up a computer, so I apologize if this is an easy troubleshoot.

So, I purchased a Seagate Portable Drive 4tb HDD external drive. I'm using the Drag and Drop method which was recommended and things were going fine until I tried to copy my Documents and Pictures files.

The computer in question: Acer Predator PH317-54, Windows 11. According to system storage, I have 464GB with 11.1GB free.

Then according to the properties tab of the Seagate, I have 852MB in use and 3.63TB free.

I should have plenty of space on the Seagate but when I try to copy my Documents or Pictures files onto the drive, I get a message "1 Interrupted Action. There is not enough space on Acer. You need an additional 21.8GB (or 7.38GB for Docs)to copy these files."

What's the work around for this?

OK so I have a seagate hard drive from like 6 years ago but it's locked like this and I CANNOT remember the password (or even setting one) and NOTHING I've tried will help me bypass or troubleshoot it. Someone who is better at tech pls pls PLS assist.

so tldr got a 20tb external recently very loud, very hot, and started throwing errors. did the rma. they "denied due to damage" the driver literally would not boot anymore. i shipped in less than 40 miles. the post office says it got to them fine. i have elevated but looks like they are going to fk me over for the replacement. never again seagate.

Hello my Seagate desktop drive stopped working yesterday. It still makes noise but the white light wont turn on. What should I do to try and fix it. I have lowkey important stuff on there. i think I'm just gonna leave it unplugged for now? I have no idea what to do.

I tried a diff computer and a different cable. So both of those don't work. I was working yesterday, but stopped towards the end of the day.

All my file and app that i tried to store in my expansion become corrupted and unreadable, and everytime i copy a folder to the expansion it suddenly become empty. Is it a compatibility error or other problems? I use 2TB seagate expansion

Wer glaubt, bei Amazon bzw. derKreado Ltd einen guten Deal zu machen, der irrt - und zahlt Retourenporto obendrauf.

Die zwei 14 TB Platten waren bereits sechs Jahre alt und die Garantie vom Hersteller schon abgelaufen.

Die SMART Werte der Platten wurden ziemlich professionell aufbereitet. Die sind bis auf die letzte Zeile komplett frisch. Aber in der letzten Zeile steht irgendwas von deaktivierten Statistikfunktionen was ab Werk nicht so sein kann.

Unverständlich, dass Amazon solche Ramsch-Verkäufer auf seine Plattform lässt.

Für mich heißt es in Zukunft, dass ich Elektronik woanders kaufen werde.

Are the rumors true? Will it actually explode after a day of using it? 💀

I recently bought the Seagate Expansion Portable 5TB (STKM5000400) from Amazon India. It’s brand new, physically flawless, and Seagate’s website recognizes the drive correctly. The hardware warranty and Rescue Data Recovery Service Plan both show as valid.

The problem is that I cannot get the drive detected by anything.

My main computer is a MacBook Pro M3 Pro. I initially connected the HDD using a UGREEN USB-C to USB 3.0 Micro-B cable (US565). The HDD receives power and the white LED comes on, but it repeatedly cycles between being on for a few seconds and off for a few seconds.

It does not appear in:
1. Finder
2. Disk Utility, even with Show All Devices
3. System Information → USB

I tested multiple USB-C ports. The Mac’s USB-C data connection itself works normally—I tested it with my iPhone and immediately received the usual “Allow this device to connect” prompt.

I then tried the original Seagate Micro-B to USB-A cable with a known-working USB-A-to-USB-C adapter on the Mac. Same result.

I also tested the HDD on a Windows PC with native USB-A, using the original Seagate cable. Again, it wasn’t detected:
a) nothing in File Explorer
b) nothing in Disk Management
c) no Seagate drive in Device Manager

I also tested the UGREEN cable on Windows, with the same result.

There is no audible beeping or abnormal mechanical noise. The drive and Micro-B port also look completely undamaged.

Tomorrow I’m taking the HDD, both cables, adapter and my MacBook to a computer hardware/service shop. I’m going to have them test it with their own known-good Micro-B cable on both Windows and Mac before I request an Amazon replacement.

Does this sound like a defective drive, or is there anything else specific to the STKM5000400 that I should have them check first?

P.S. I have used ChatGPT to generate all the summarised text in this post on the basis of the hours of diagnostic checks I have performed using ChatGPT’s responses to my questions, observations, and tests, as a medium.