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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All of the drives are combined into one drive. There are no options to create two logical disk drives.
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I just checked mine and on Windows 7 it shows as "Transcend1tbUSBDisk (F:)".
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on my copy of windows 7, the adapter isn't even recognized in the device manager
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I had exactly the same situation and the same mSata drive. It would not work. I contacted the seller and they have sent a replacement board (not the entire enclosure). I have not got round to trying it yet since the mSata is now in my laptop. Suggest you contact the seller.
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I do not have an answer to your problem, but with both seagate and WD drives I just attached the drive enclosure and the hard drives were recognized. I am using Win7 64
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I can't speak to a specific drive but it works for all of my data and data drives
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Windows 7 will except this devise!,drivers included, what you might need to do is use another usb cord so that windows 7 will recognize this devise. sometimes it's the usb cord!
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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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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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call the company....they are very helpful or email them. I own two of their drives and have been very happy
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I have the same problem with one of my LaCie's, I have 6 of them. I know the reason it doesn't work on Win7, and it's my fault. I didn't format the drive correctly when I first got it. All the others work great with all systems. So I can't blame the company.
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I do not have an answer to your problem, but with both seagate and WD drives I just attached the drive enclosure and the hard drives were recognized.
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If it shows up in the BIOS I'd check and see if it's listed in the Device Manager. I have 2 of these drives and they work very well on my Win7/64 host and are listed in the Device Manager in my 8 and 8.1 VMware VM's. If it's listed in your Device Manager you should be able to see it in Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management under Storage|Disk Management. If it's there you will need to initialize the drive so it can be formatted and used as either an extension of an existing drive or new partitions. Hope this helps.
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I left my sad attached to the SATA II port, installed the IO Crest card, and then started up windows 7...it detected the card and I installed the drivers. Shut down the system and moved my SSD to the SATAIII port. When rebooting go into the bios and double check that your boot drive is still correctly set. Mine changed, probably because I have multiple drives. After making sure the correct drive is set as the boot drive, win7 came up fine.
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You have to open the back and look at how the first drive is mounted. Make sure there are connection wires available and connect it the same way the other one is set up. If you have any difficulty, check with Gateway or a Computer geek shop in your area. EC
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Thank you. So I ordered the drive and followed instructions for installing but it is not recognized by Windows 7 and the trouble shooting guide is useless. Then I tried it on a laptop running Vista and it started installing but finally gave up saying to contact the manufacturer. This is the 3rd time I have bought an item based on information from persons who claim to own the product that turned out to be a big mistake