- Sep 7, 2015
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I've had this Seagate 2TB GoFlex 2TB for a few years now and am just now starting to have some problems with it.
I'd left my computer running (nothing actively running from the external HD) for about 6 hours while I was away. Before leaving, there were no problems. When I returned, the drive had a lot of trouble accessing data. I decided to restart my computer, but it refused to bring me to the Windows login page until I tried unplugging my external HD (it started making some strange noise, so I thought it was worth a shot). Once I logged in, I plugged the HD back in and it kept continuously making a noise as if it was repeatedly trying to access something on the drive, then it would vibrate hard and, once again, start repeating the noise in a loop. I tried accessing the HD and it would run extremely slowly.
I decided to try it on my laptop and, unfortunately, it had the same problem. Plugged it back into my desktop and it began disconnecting occasionally without apparent reason. At this point, I tried to be patient and try copying some data to see if a backup would be easy. It struggled at first, but then the noise would stop and the files would copy at full speed. As soon as copying was complete, the noise would return. So I'm thinking it's doing something strange while idling (even partially; playing a video causing it to make the noise sporadically and only load about 5 seconds of video at a time).
Any idea what the problem might be?
I'm running it through USB 3.0, though I tried the 2.0 and no difference. Running Windows 7 Ultimate on the desktop and Windows 8 Basic on laptop.
P.S. Just remembered that my motherboard's monitoring software (AI Suite II) has been giving my voltage shortage notices the last several days, but I've been disregarding it as it seems many people report this as being inaccurate. I would suggest that maybe the drive isn't getting enough power (if that would make sense; I don't have a lot of technical knowledge on this subject), but, like I said, the drive runs at full speed when occupied with copying files.
I'd left my computer running (nothing actively running from the external HD) for about 6 hours while I was away. Before leaving, there were no problems. When I returned, the drive had a lot of trouble accessing data. I decided to restart my computer, but it refused to bring me to the Windows login page until I tried unplugging my external HD (it started making some strange noise, so I thought it was worth a shot). Once I logged in, I plugged the HD back in and it kept continuously making a noise as if it was repeatedly trying to access something on the drive, then it would vibrate hard and, once again, start repeating the noise in a loop. I tried accessing the HD and it would run extremely slowly.
I decided to try it on my laptop and, unfortunately, it had the same problem. Plugged it back into my desktop and it began disconnecting occasionally without apparent reason. At this point, I tried to be patient and try copying some data to see if a backup would be easy. It struggled at first, but then the noise would stop and the files would copy at full speed. As soon as copying was complete, the noise would return. So I'm thinking it's doing something strange while idling (even partially; playing a video causing it to make the noise sporadically and only load about 5 seconds of video at a time).
Any idea what the problem might be?
I'm running it through USB 3.0, though I tried the 2.0 and no difference. Running Windows 7 Ultimate on the desktop and Windows 8 Basic on laptop.
P.S. Just remembered that my motherboard's monitoring software (AI Suite II) has been giving my voltage shortage notices the last several days, but I've been disregarding it as it seems many people report this as being inaccurate. I would suggest that maybe the drive isn't getting enough power (if that would make sense; I don't have a lot of technical knowledge on this subject), but, like I said, the drive runs at full speed when occupied with copying files.
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