seagate barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS

jurie

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Jun 29, 2014
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I have recently had problems with my hard drive after trying to install another OS, but after having problems (couldn't install), I currently have no OS on the hard drive.

But now my drive mostly does not show in the installation list or boot list.

I ran a test on seatools and the drive was detected, things came up normal. So I tried installing the OS again, but once more, the drive wasn't there. I wen't back to seatools, but this time, my drive wasnt there anymore I am trying to find a driver for the hard drive in the hopes that it would fix my problem.

I have checked on www.seagate.com, but i cannot recall my serial number from seatools to do so.

I appreciate any and all help anyone could give.
 
Solution
Well I think your best bet in that case would be to find another computer so that you could connect the drive to it either internally or externally via SATA to USB cable and run a diagnostic program to see if something alarming pops up.
Hey Jurie. You could check the serial number on the HDD's label. Other than that I would recommend that you try the HDD with a different SATA cable, because there might be something wrong with the connection and you should also try the drive with another computer if possible to see if the same thing happens. And as you said, updating the firmware or the the drivers of the HDD might help as well.

Hope that helps.
Boogieman_WD
 

jurie

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Jun 29, 2014
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I have already replaced the data cable, i got the serial number where you said it would be, but the only downloads seam to be for the firmware through windows>