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    seagate freeagent goflex hard drive question

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by chomper, Dec 26, 2011.

  1. chomper

    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    I just bought a portable 500GB seagate freeagent goflex hard drive. I want my computer to recognize it like a normal hard drive without all that software on it. for example I dont like to do the autoback up process and the seagate dashboard or the memeo. I like to manually back up my stuff like you would normally do on a flash drive or older hard drive. Like dragging it to the drive or send to drive e and it send it.

    but if i send something to the drive, it says windows cannot create a shortcut here. do you want the shortcut to be placed on the desktop instead ?

    Its like windows detects whats on the drive as a software not a storage device.

    I have windows 7, what can I do to fix it how I want to do it.

    ALso I have an HP DV7 with an esata port, I cant find on ebay or on other sites the Esata enclosure for the freeagent. I see one on amazon for 21 bucks, but does anyone have any recomendations of where else to get one ? I thought ive seen em before for 15 bucks.
     
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  2. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    Can you format the drive to NTFS? If you can, you should be able to use it as a giant USB 'key'.

    If not, I would return it (I too want full control of what gets put on an external - and when).
     
    tilleroftheearth, Dec 26, 2011
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  3. chomper

    chomper Notebook Consultant

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    Its already an NTFS drive but I formatted it and its letting me do what I need to do now. Thanks.

    also any advice on where to get a good deal on an esata enclosure for a freeagent goflex HD ?
     
    chomper, Dec 26, 2011
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  4. hydra

    hydra Breaks Laptops

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    You should have bought the bare drive and enclosure to protect your F.A.warranty if the case is damaged to open. Newegg is a good source for enclosures and bare drives.
     
    hydra, Dec 27, 2011
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  5. mangle

    mangle Notebook Enthusiast

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    check out microcenter
     
    mangle, Dec 27, 2011
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