Seagate goflex finema drive lost data

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torretjunkie

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hi ive bought a seagate 2tb home cinema goflex 2 times this is 2nd time its lost data saying that folder is empty. at 1st i thought it was just a hick up with transfer i was doing wrong. so i returned it , right i moved some files well movies and again it says folder is empty or files are corrupted or data not readable , so my question is is this goflex hard drives all faulty??? or am i just unlucky getting two in a row. so im thinking ok i wil reformat the drive an try again. as 2 tb is alot to lose yes ive back ups off most files, but g/f lost her boxing folder which cannot be replaced or do i give this hard drive a mis an except ive a good media player best on market but rubbish hard drive sorry seagate but i was looking forwards to 4tb or higher but not now ill just buy a cheap hard drive and again back up my stuff as to cheap is asking for problems how do i upgrade the firmware please ,?> many thanks to who reads my blogg and bad english an grammer
 
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TackStout

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I sympathize with your issue, for I've discovered 26,000 files missing from my Seagate 3TB GoFlex. The files were written 2 years ago. The drive was on and connected to my PC for long periods of time. I never fully trusted the Seagate and thankfully kept backups.

In all honesty, I know that some "utility" has been updating ID3 tags. Could there have been a virus or other mechanism by which the files were "disappeared"? I dont know. Judging by some other posts I cannot rule out drive issues. To date, I have not resolved the issue. I suspect:
1) The Drive
2) Suspicious internet activity
3) A virus

To be sure a HARDWARE WRITE PROTECT SWITCH would render all vulnerabilities moot.

Dear Seagate: I would pay an extra $50 for HARDWARE WRITE PROTECT SWITCH. Please take note.



 
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I can't comment about the drives you have mentioned but I have had bad experiences with large Seagate external drives. I had two fail within a matter of just a few months after purchase. In both cases all data was lost. I now back up everything. I'm not saying all Seagate external drives are bad as I have two small ones (less than 500GB each) and both have worked well for years.
 
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Filip Wilssens

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I had the same problem with the Goflex cinema. I think it has something to do with the indexing on it. Anyway, i solved my problem by doing a disc repair (disc utility) on mac. It fixed the disc and all "lost" files where back. Not sure if check disc utility on windows will have the same result but it's worth the try.
 
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