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New Seagate SATA laptop hard drive problem.

slemons · 2009-10-28 09:40:07

Hi Guys! I recently got a new 300gig SATA drive from SEAgate since the last one died while in warranty. Now this one hasnt shown any life yet. It just sits there in a SATA external case and softly clicks twice a second Im running XP on a netook n110 Ive tried Disc Manager in Windows to access, but it doesnt see it at all.…

28-10-2009 9:40am

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slemons

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Hi Guys!

I recently got a new 300gig SATA drive from SEAgate since the last one died while in warranty.

Now this one hasnt shown any life yet.
It just sits there in a SATA external case and softly clicks twice a second
Im running XP on a netook n110

Ive tried Disc Manager in Windows to access, but it doesnt see it at all.

Acronis True Image doesnt see it either.

Any help?
Could this be another dud?
Thanks
John

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#2 28-10-2009 9:47am

Gone Drinking

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It clicks? send it back. And make a deal out of it, you might get an upgraded version.

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