Win 7 Won't recognize 2 Seatgate FreeAgent Drives: Any ideas on this?
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I had a similar problem on Windows 7 after using a USB portable drive on a trip with my XP laptop. I plugged it into my Win7 desktop and the device was recognized, but did not come up with a drive letter. Using the control panel disk manager, I found and error message that it was offline because of some kind of a resource conflict with another drive. I was able to correct the problem by using a right click in the disk manager to put it online. I think this is a Win7 bug, not a problem with the drive.
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Your computer should be able to read more than one external drive at the time. Most likely, the issue seems to be a conflict of IDs assigned to each (ED) when we connect an (ED), then when we connect a 2nd (ED), then the 2nd (ED) is trying to use an ID that has already been assigned to the 1st (ED), therefore, the 2nd (ED) stays "offline" to avoid a conflict with the 1st (ED). The technical term is "The disk is offline because it has a signature collision with another disk that is online" To make the 2nd and 3rd, and 4th (ED) to be online, then you have to go to: - Computer Management - Disk Management - Scroll down so you can see your external drives - You will notice that the 1st (ED) is "Online" - You will notice that the other (EDs) are "Offline" - Right-Click on "Offline" and a shortcut menu will give the option to turn (ED) "Online" - Wait for a few seconds and now that (ED) will become available to be used. I hope these findings will help you guys minimize your frustrations as I had them before I found this solution
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I have the same issue but mine is with Windows 7. My MAC sees it fine too. I have a RAID 5 setup.
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It auto-detected and istalled in Win7 for me. I think Windows supports and is bundled with most "stardard" drivers (eg. FTDI?). If it didn't detect/install I suspect you either have a conflict(check device manager) ot the device is broken.
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Could be more is an issue with the drive encolsure you are using. i have had similar issues with BestBuy's Rocketfish brand enclosures. The Sabrent ones i have oened just had the ide/sata to usb controller die on me.
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You shouldn't have to. Try a different port. And also wait up to 60 seconds for the drive to be recognized.
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I only have windows 7. But had a similar problem with a western digital USB drive. I returned the drive & problem was solved.
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I have two drives, a combo drive with Apple Firmware and another non-Apple SATA DVD drive on the same ribbon. Mac OS X 10.4.11 sees them both.
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If your desktop machine is the same as mine, you can add another drive in the removable slot. It must be a sata drive.
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None but its independent of the os so it should function like any other jump drive
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I've had bad luck trying to install from a usb drive, had to use the original dvd. Another possiblility is occasionally windows 7 does not have the correct ahci/raid drivers, but it should ask for them if needed.
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I have two 4TB drives of different models. I'm running Windows 8, and I occassionally have to run "chkdsk /f y:" due to corrupted disks. I have 2 3TB drives that don't have this issue.
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I wish I had an answer to help out - I am running win 7. The product works, though.
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I think its vome with a litle disk but windows 7 and 8 did auto detect by its self dont need a drivers the sacanner works fine
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There's 4 holes on the NVR chassis , they should line up with the HDD,ale sure you are using SATA hard drives
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I don't know yet. The list of drivers, by Windows 7, only lists an ATA driver. Have not had the cover off (I am disabled). My understanding is that ATA drives have ribbon cable and SATA have a 'cable' cable.
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When I first added this card, Windows 7 will recognize it, but I then installed the correct driver from the CD that came with the card. In Windows 7, under Device Manager, Storage controllers, you should see "Marvell 92xx SATA 6G Controller" after installing the correct driver. I have attached 2 hard drives to this card at the same time, and both are recognized and both operate fine. Currently, I do not have a 3rd hard drive attached to this card, but I am quite sure that I had put a 3rd hard drive on (when I was transferring files) and it also worked fine. I had emailed tech support with SYBA and they have been quite good in responding. So I suggest you email them if you still have problem. Good luck. When I first added this card, Windows 7 will recognize it, but I then installed the correct driver from the CD that came with the card. In Windows 7, under Device Manager, Storage controllers, you should see "Marvell 92xx SATA 6G Controller" after installing the correct driver. I have attached 2 hard drives to this card at the same time, and both are recognized and both operate fine. Currently, I do not have a 3rd hard drive attached to this card, but I am quite sure that I had put a 3rd hard drive on (when I was transferring files) and it also worked fine. I had emailed tech... » Read More When I first added this card, Windows 7 will recognize it, but I then installed the correct driver from the CD that came with the card. In Windows 7, under Device Manager, Storage controllers, you should see "Marvell 92xx SATA 6G Controller" after installing the correct driver. I have attached 2 hard drives to this card at the same time, and both are recognized and both operate fine. Currently, I do not have a 3rd hard drive attached to this card, but I am quite sure that I had put a 3rd hard drive on (when I was transferring files) and it also worked fine. I had emailed tech support with SYBA and they have been quite good in responding. So I suggest you email them if you still have problem. Good luck. « Show Less