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| Thread ID: 102887 | 2009-09-05 05:32:00 | Seagate Stopped working | lakewoodlady (103) | Press F1 |
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| 806999 | 2009-09-05 05:32:00 | Hi all, My Seagate Free Agent Go has just recently stopped working withing the past few days. I tried to reinstall it and it came up with an error message about a App data file missing. I tried again and the second time it said there was a different file missing. Same thing after third try. Could it have been upset by some Windows update withing the past few days? Cheers LL :groan: |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 807000 | 2009-09-05 05:34:00 | Has there been any nothing in since last month on XP | gary67 (56) | ||
| 807001 | 2009-09-05 05:36:00 | Sorry, forgot to mention that it is on a VISTA machine, Home Premium. The Seagate Ext hdd is 160 BG. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 807002 | 2009-09-06 07:05:00 | What do you mean by "reinstalling"? EHDs should be plug and plug-you shouldn't need to install anything |
Blam (54) | ||
| 807003 | 2009-09-06 23:34:00 | Hi Blam6 I reinstalled the Seagate, by first uninstalling the whole thing (in Programs and Features) and removing it from the VISTA machine. Then I reinstalled it on the XP machine and everything worked fine, it synced everything automatically like it is supposed to. When I reinstalled it on the VISTA I tried to set it up to sync and got the error that "FreeAgent Tools has stopped working and Windows will try to find a solution and will close the program". I can send files and folders to it manually, but should be able to set it for automatic. I am sure there is something wrong in VISTA that is stopping it. I have checked in Services and it is enabled in there. Seagate says it is VISTA compatible. LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 807004 | 2009-09-06 23:59:00 | Ah so it's the software that died, not the drive itself. Just use Syncback. BTW got your RMA replacement back from Seagate yet? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 807005 | 2009-09-07 00:10:00 | Hi Blam6 I reinstalled the Seagate, by first uninstalling the whole thing (in Programs and Features) and removing it from the VISTA machine. Then I reinstalled it on the XP machine and everything worked fine, it synced everything automatically like it is supposed to. When I reinstalled it on the VISTA I tried to set it up to sync and got the error that "FreeAgent Tools has stopped working and Windows will try to find a solution and will close the program". I can send files and folders to it manually, but should be able to set it for automatic. I am sure there is something wrong in VISTA that is stopping it. I have checked in Services and it is enabled in there. Seagate says it is VISTA compatible. LL Have you tried running it as admin? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 807006 | 2009-09-07 01:33:00 | PCTek, Wasn't me who sent Seagate RMA away anywhere. Where do I find Syncback? Blam6, Yes have tried as Admin, and tried just about everything else. Will have to buy a wig soon, haven't got much hair left! I think I'll just give up and save things on it manually from now on. Cheers LL |
lakewoodlady (103) | ||
| 807007 | 2009-09-07 02:06:00 | You can get syncback from here: www.2brightsparks.com Are there updates to this peice of software available on the Seagate site? |
Blam (54) | ||
| 807008 | 2009-09-07 02:19:00 | It is supposed to get updates automatically. However, I have been to the Seagate site and there were none available for it. I'm pretty sure it is a VISTA problem. I'll be going over to taranaki at the end of this month and will take the ehd with me to try on my sister's VISTA laptop and see if it works on there. I looked at the syncback site, I guess to buy it is $30 US. I'll have to think about that. LL |
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