SOURCE: Maxtor One Touch
The harddrive itself has gone bad, only solution would be to replace the HDD inside the enclosure :-( sorry.
SOURCE: Maxtor OneTouch 500gb external; delayed write failure, etc., on disconnect
1) Always make sure your system is clean of viruses and use scandisk to
check the file system's integrity - no point making changes to a system
based on corrupt files, as things will likely stay corrupt. Try
scanning the registry too with your favourite registry scanner.
2) Use a program like Sysinternals (Winternals now under Microsoft)
ProcessExplorer. If a process really IS using the USB drive, then you
can do a search for exactly what is being used by searching for
"<DRIVE LETTER>:" and interpreting the results. Malware could be
using it or just a program you were running hasn't correctly
'signed-off'. You can force-close the offending item if nothing else
works. Then the drive should allow itself to be safely removed.
3) Check your USB chipset drivers. Install any updates available, or if none are, then uninstall & reboot, then re-test.
4) Power is the baseline for everything electronic, people forget this
too often. If you can, check the PSU (an external one I assume with
this model of drive) with a multimeter.
5) Try on another PC (preferably with the same OS) at length.
6) Try with a different USB cable.
7) Try with the Firewire cable as a workaround (the hardware/chipset
used is different, so likely to encounter different hardware/software
issues, but interesting to check if any similarities).
GOOD LUCK - I hate USB, it's so fiddly with all the different
driver/chipset/hardware implementations that it can be a nightmare to
troubleshoot.
SOURCE: Disk Boot Failure
You may not have to do that just because it failed to boot doesn't always mean it's unrecoverable. You need to get a good HD testing programs, Get the Seagate, hard drive software. You could try to repair it, if you startup on your DVD you can try and repair your installation. Also there are some great tools such as. If you go to the web site below there are a few programs to download and try.
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/collid,1295-order,1-c,downloads/files.html
Also look here, maybe you'll get it done free?
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/collection/collid,1295-order,1-c,downloads/files.html
SOURCE: I get this error message... Windows unable to
It most likely means your hard drive is going bad. Try another hard drive.
SOURCE: I have Seagate FreeAgent Desk
Either the disk-drive is "full", or the disk-drive has become defective.
If the former, then delete some files.
If the latter, buy another external drive, and copy all the files from the "old" drive to the "new" drive, before the drive COMPLETELY "fails".
If the warranty for the Seagate still is active, then exercise the warranty to get a free replacement.
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