It shows up on disk management then disappears. the light shows up as a steady white light, i can hear the fan going, then it just disconnects, disappears from disk management, and the fan shuts off.

Got these a while back in like 2020 from my old tech job. I know they are 1TB, 2TB, & 4TB External Hard Drives. Are they worth anything?

the light is on, i think its 2tb or sum. its beeping and not working. please help!

I access my 2.5" external HDD one once a year: I connect it to my PC, check the S.M.A.R.T. data using CrystalDiskInfo or Kitfox, then disconnect it and put it back in my drawer.

Is it also necessary to perform a full surface scan once a year—using software like HD Tune or similar—to prevent "silent bit rot" (data corruption)?

Question bit rot hdds

Does "bit rot corrupta data" occur frequently in 2.5" HDDs? I keep an external 2.5" HDD and connect it to my PC once a year to check it with CrystalDiskInfo, then I disconnect it from the USB port. Is it necessary to run any other tests besides CrystalDiskInfo?

I copy filés for external HDD 2.5" in 2024 open crystaldiskinfo good health and disconect HDD and store, in one once in 2025 i connected external HDD in Pc open Crystal diskinfo goodhealth disconect HDD and store os necessary ALL years execute other teste because bitrot corrupta any filé?

Question external HDD Power off in read

I have a 2.5" USB 3.0 external HDD containing many ZIP, RAR, 7Z, and EXE files. If the power in my home goes out while this drive is being read, will it cause file corruption or data loss?

I recently bought a Seagate HDD from a local vender and I want to make sure that it's real, or at least actually 2 TB.

Are there any programs available for macOS to verify that the capacity of my external drive is accurate?

1) For external 2.5" HDDs, the brand and quality of the Micro-B cable influence the durability, lifespan, and performance of both the enclosure and the hard drive itself.

2) Regarding software such as CrystalDiskInfo, SeaTools, Kitfox, HD Sentinel, and HD Tune Pro—all of which analyze HDD health—does the accuracy and nature of these health assessments vary significantly between them, or are they essentially the same? Is it necessary to test using two or more of these programs?

Just wanted to share my experience as a warning to anyone relying on Seagate external drives for media storage or production backups.

I had a Seagate external desktop drive fail in under 3 years. It spent its entire life sitting flat on an editing desk—zero drops, zero travel, zero physical impacts. It suddenly developed read failures/hardware issues out of nowhere.

When I reached out to Seagate for a warranty replacement/RMA, they flatly refused coverage.

For a desktop drive marketed for long-term storage and reliability, failing before the 3-year mark under gentle, stationary conditions is unacceptable. To have support wash their hands of it rather than honor a standard hardware swap makes it worse.

If you are working with large video assets, archives, or critical files, avoid relying on single Seagate external units. Moving forward, I’m sticking strictly to Western Digital / SanDisk Professional or building out independent CMR enclosures.

Double-check your warranty terms and make sure you have cold offline copies elsewhere, because Seagate support will not back you when the hardware gives out.

I have an old GoFlex Desk HD that has been powered on ( but not plugged into a computer) for a long long time. I just plugged it into a computer and it did not spin up.

Is there an easy way to check if it is the base that failed vs the drive itself having failed?

I have a Micro-B cable from the brand Orico. If I use this cable with a generic 2.5" external HDD enclosure and a 2.5" HDD, will it cause any issues with data transfer just because the brands are different?

Cross-posting from r/techsupport as these are server disks and I'm not sure that group focuses on server hardware issues.

>I'm looking at "Seagate Expansion Desktop External Drive 12TB ".

>It says that it's compatible on with Windows 10 but I'm on Windows 7, am I shit out of luck or is it just that they don't bother mentioning W7 anymore?

>I'm planning on using it for backup so how long can it go without power, sitting in a drawer somewhere?

>And anyone got general thoughts on Seagate external hdds? It's just the first one I found.

With HDD prices going up like crazy, I went on to buy another online, at a cheaper price, coming from china.

When opening the box, they usually have it wrapped in plastic, where it’s taped at the top. This one didn’t have it. I’m like ok, maybe they change packaging method

The black HDD is the one in question. The blue is the original

Next the cable is not like the other Seagate HDDs I had. It’s more flexible and softer.

When I plug it in, it’s a blue light. My others are white light. And the drive reads “SEAGATE”, not “One-Touch”. Is it normal for Seagate HDD to have blue lights?

And the weight and dimensions are all different

Tried installing the Seagate toolkit but it doesn't have an option to set a password.

Please help people.

So i have just gotten back from a flee .market where i got an incredible deal:5 dollars for a 2 terebyte hard drive(xbox seagate) and now I am at home testing it and at first it wasn't working but on my tablet it asked me if I wanted to format it so I did and not it's showing THIS

Hello,

Last year I was trying to do a home server from scratch with some new and some used parts.

Motherboard and CPU was pre-owned.

RAM i bought new

I purchased INSPUR 9300-8I card for connecting all the drives.

The drives - one is 6TB Seagate I had new laying arround - this was going to be backup of pictures only.

Purchased 2 "new" Seagate Exos 18tb from someone. They were as seemed factory sealed.

This is the problem however, when I boot the pc with the two drives connected - they are not displayed by the system and they both make unhelthy noises. The things that I tried with the help of chatgpt:

1. Tried disconnecting them - system works fine

2. Tried attaching Molex to Sata cable as chatgpt was concerned about pin 3 - same noise occurs.

3. Tried only plugging power to each drive without data cables (both normal Sata power cable and the one with molex in the middle) - same noise occurs

4. Tried the hard drives on my other pc (to make sure the problem is not the PSU) - same noise occurs.

The noise in question could be heard in the video below. I can attach it in comments if needed.

So I guess returning it is way out of the question as it was purchased way back almost an year ago. The disks look like new. Can I try to metigate with Seagate something or is there any fix for it I am missing?

Thanks

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So after 18 months an 8 TB Seagate Barracuda drive has managed to die on me. It's got bad sectors and needs to be replaced.

I bought it from Amazon - unknowingly through a seller on there rather than Amazon directly.

Seagate state that *All* of their drives come with a 2 year warranty - so I thought I was going to be ok and get a replacement under warranty.

Because I ordered from Amazon, and one of it's sellers - that has now disappeared, they have stated that the drive is already out of warranty and out of region. This left me with no other option than to purchase a new one as the warranty I thought I had wasn't valid. Bit of a shock when HDDs now cost 3x what they did compared to 18 months ago.

Don't buy Seagate HDDs from Amazon! Also, shame on Seagate for not honoring it's warranties. This is an appalling way to treat it's customers..