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Diagnostics

SEATOOLS for Windows is a comprehensive, easy-to-use diagnostic tool set that helps you quickly determine the condition of the disk drive in your external hard drive, desktop or notebook computer. It includes several tests that will examine the physical media on your Seagate or Maxtor disc drive and any other non-Seagate disc drive.

SeaTools for Windows tests USB, 1394, ATA (PATA/IDE), SATA and SCSI drives. It installs onto your system. SeaTools for Windows is completely data safe.

Sounds like your best recourse would be to pull the hard drive and test it in a Windows Machine, or dual-boot Windows on your Mac. Software that's actually useful, like Seatools, which does far more than Smart Monitoring, and is far better than the sub-standard disk utility built into Mac.

SeaTools for DOS is also available for SATA and PATA drives. Because the software boots to its own operating system, you can test your drive regardless of the OS installed on it. You can even test a new or completely blank drive.

1. This page contains information about installing the latest Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Drive for Mac driver downloads using the Seagate Driver Update Tool. Seagate Backup Plus Desktop Drive for Mac drivers are tiny programs that enable your External Hard Drive hardware to communicate with your operating system software.
2. SeaTools is a well known utility from popular HDD manufacturer Seagate, SeaTools free hard drive diagnostic software comes in two flavors one for DOS and other for Windows OS. While both hard-disk diagnostic tools are excellent, they are different as SeaTools for DOS is more powerful because it is able to access the disks more directly.
3. SeaTools, from Seagate is a freeware to that helps the user to test and analyze his hard disk on a hardware level to find errors and bad sectors. Though it’s a tool from Seagate Labs, it works.

Download SeaTools diagnostic software now at http://www.seagate.com/support/seatools.

Drive Cloning and Data Migration

DiscWizard is your choice if you are upgrading and want to migrate your operating system and data from the old drive to the new drive. DiscWizard automatically partitions and formats the new hard drive and adjusts the size of the partition for the new capacity.

Download DiscWizard drive cloning software now at http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard

Firmware

Seagate products are run by firmware. Having the latest firmware can improve performance and or reliability of your product. Seagate recommends applying new firmware to enhance the performance and or reliability of your drive.

Check for new firmware now at Document ID: 207931.

Drivers

Drivers are files normally provided by software and hardware vendors. Hard drives are connected to hard drive controllers which are devices usually located on a Motherboard</font>
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The hard drive is usually supported by drivers that are built into the operating system.

Be advised, drivers are not the same thing as Firmware</font>
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Seagate and Maxtor-brand External Hard Drives</font>
External drives contain a standard computer hard drive in an enclosure that makes it possible to connect it to in of your computers external data ports (USB, FireWire or eSATA). This makes it easy to add a drive for backup or data storage to any computer with a compatible external data port.', OFFSETY, -50, FONTCOLOR, '#C1C1C1', WIDTH, 225, BORDERWIDTH, 0, JUMPVERT, true, SHADOW, false, FADEIN, 100, FADEOUT, 100, STICKY, 1, DURATION, -300, CLOSEBTN, false, CLICKCLOSE, true, BGCOLOR, '#232323')' onmouseout='UnTip()'>external hard drives do not require additional drivers to function in Windows Vista</font>
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Microsoft Windows XP is the successor to Windows 2000. ', OFFSETY, -50, FONTCOLOR, '#C1C1C1', WIDTH, 225, BORDERWIDTH, 0, JUMPVERT, true, SHADOW, false, FADEIN, 100, FADEOUT, 100, STICKY, 1, DURATION, -300, CLOSEBTN, false, CLICKCLOSE, true, BGCOLOR, '#232323')' onmouseout='UnTip()'>Windows XP, Windows 2000</font>
Microsoft Windows 2000 is the successor to Windows Me.', OFFSETY, -50, FONTCOLOR, '#C1C1C1', WIDTH, 225, BORDERWIDTH, 0, JUMPVERT, true, SHADOW, false, FADEIN, 100, FADEOUT, 100, STICKY, 1, DURATION, -300, CLOSEBTN, false, CLICKCLOSE, true, BGCOLOR, '#232323')' onmouseout='UnTip()'>Windows 2000, or Mac OS X</font>
Mac OS X is the operating system that is produced by and comes standard on Apple computers.', OFFSETY, -50, FONTCOLOR, '#C1C1C1', WIDTH, 225, BORDERWIDTH, 0, JUMPVERT, true, SHADOW, false, FADEIN, 100, FADEOUT, 100, STICKY, 1, DURATION, -300, CLOSEBTN, false, CLICKCLOSE, true, BGCOLOR, '#232323')' onmouseout='UnTip()'>Mac OS X. These external drives are supported by the standard device drivers that are already included in these operating systems out of the box. Installing Serial ATA drives requires the installation of drivers from the Serial ATA motherboard. See Document ID: 188411 for more information on this subject.

Note: If Windows Vista is prompting for a driver for an external drive, please see Document ID: 201235.

However, we understand you may be troubleshooting or experiencing an error condition that may suggest that you need to obtain a driver from our web site.

Here are some common reasons you may be looking for a driver or a download to use your drive. These links will direct you to documentation that will aid in the resolution of the actual issue.

• My drive is Locked</font>
  The Maxtor OneTouch line of drives have a Drive Lock feature that will lock the drive with an ATA Password. The Maxtor Manager or One Touch Manager software must be installed on any computer that the drive is connected to when this feature is enabled in order for the computer to be able to unlock the drive and the drive to be useable.', OFFSETY, -50, FONTCOLOR, '#C1C1C1', WIDTH, 225, BORDERWIDTH, 0, JUMPVERT, true, SHADOW, false, FADEIN, 100, FADEOUT, 100, STICKY, 1, DURATION, -300, CLOSEBTN, false, CLICKCLOSE, true, BGCOLOR, '#232323')' onmouseout='UnTip()'>locked.
  - Maxtor BlackArmor - Understanding Maxtor Manager Security Settings
  - How to Unlock a Maxtor OneTouch 4 Drive
  - How to Unlock a Maxtor OneTouch III Drive
  - How to Unlock a Maxtor OneTouch II Drive
  

For more information on how to solve problems related to undetected drives, please check the following useful articles:

• How to install a Serial ATA drive in Windows Vista
  

Bundled Software

Numerous Seagate/Maxtor hard drives (mostly external models, such as FreeAgent GoFlex, FreeAgent, OneTouch and Maxtor Basics) do have available bundled software downloads. This article will summarize and link to them. For any Seagate/Maxtor ATA/IDE</font>
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SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) is a set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices. There are mainly variations of this connection type.', OFFSETY, -50, FONTCOLOR, '#C1C1C1', WIDTH, 225, BORDERWIDTH, 0, JUMPVERT, true, SHADOW, false, FADEIN, 100, FADEOUT, 100, STICKY, 1, DURATION, -300, CLOSEBTN, false, CLICKCLOSE, true, BGCOLOR, '#232323')' onmouseout='UnTip()'>SCSI drives no driver is needed.

Please see My USB device is detected with a ! or ? in Device Manager for more information on when Windows reports a problem with drivers in the Device Manager or when it seems to require a driver refresh.

Why doesn't Seagate provide a driver for my hard drive?

Seagate manufactures its hard drives to work with the drivers that are already present in Windows (and MacOS, where supported). No additional driver support is required except for Windows 98SE with Legacy Drives</font>
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More information on troubleshooting driver error messages for external products:

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Occasionally, when you plug in any Seagate external hard drive to PC, it may not show up or be detected by your PC. Consequently, the disk itself and the folders and files saved on it become unapproachable and unluckily this is a common problem with Seagate drives. If you don't have any important data on the hard drive, you can just format it easily. However, if it contains lots of important data, how can you recover data from it? In this article, we'll tell you why is your Seagate external hard drive not showing up or detected. Then, we'll cover the methods to fix it as well. And what's important, we'll tell you how to recover data from the hard drive after making it work again.

1Why Seagate External Hard Drive Not Showing Up or Detected?

In most cases, you can access the Seagate External Hard Drive through Windows File Explorer. However, there is a great possibility that the hard drive doesn't show up in the devices and drives list. Apart from that, the Seagate external hard drive might also not show up in Disk Management. The problem can be caused by one of the following reasons:

• Broken USB port or broken USB cable

• Unsupported File System

• Partition issues on the hard drive

• The hard drive driver is corrupted or outdated.

In the following part, we'll talk about how to fix the Seagate external hard drive not showing up in the computers based on the above possibilities.

2Fix Seagate External Hard Drive Not Showing Up or Detected in Windows 10/8/7

Seagate external hard drive is always used to back up important data or transfer data between computers. So, it's essential to make it works fine all the time. The following are some solutions to solve 'Seagate external hard drive not showing up or detected'.

• Method 1: Try a Different USB Port or USB Cable

• Method 2: Initializing the External Hard Drive

• Method 3: Create a New Partition

• Method 4: Change or Assign Drive Letter

• Method 5: Reformat Hard Drive

• Method 6: Update or Reinstall the Device Driver

Method 1: Try a Different USB Port or USB Cable

If your Seagate external hard drive is blinking but is not detected by your PC, then you can try to unplug it from the USB port and should plug it into a different USB port. Besides, you can reboot your PC and try to connect your Seagate external hard drive to the computer again. You can also connect it to a different computer or use a different USB cable. If this simple solution works then your problem is resolved. If not then move on to the other solutions offered here.

Method 2: Initializing the External Hard Drive

When you find the Seagate external hard drive is not showing up in your computer, the first place you should check is Disk Management. You can right click on the Windows button and choose 'Disk Management' from the list. Or press Windows button + R to bring out the dialog. Enter diskmgmt.msc to proceed. This will also open Disk Management.

You'll see the available hard drives which are connected and recognized by the computer. If you are attaching a brand new external hard drive to the computer for the first time, you'll see it here but it's not initialized. Follow the simple steps below to initialize the disk.

Step 1: Right click on the disk and select 'Initialize Disk'.

Step 2: Choose a proper partition style and click 'OK' to confirm it.

Method 3: Create a New Partition

If you see that your disk is simply unallocated, you only need to create a new partition for it. Here's how to do it.

Step 1: Right click on the unallocated disk and choose 'New Simple Volume' from the options.

Step 2: A 'New Simple Volume Wizard' will show up. Follow the wizard to specify the volume size and assign drive letter or path.

Once done, remove the Seagate external hard drive and connect it to the computer again. Then, you'll find that the disk is detected and showing up in the Windows File Explorer.

Method 4: Change or Assign Drive Letter

If the Seagate external hard drive does not have a drive letter or the drive letter conflicts with other disks, the hard drive won't show up in your computer. Under this circumstance, you need to assign or change the drive letter.

Step 1: Right click on your hard drive and select 'Change Drive Letter and Paths'.

Step 2: Select 'Add' option if your hard drive doesn't have a drive letter, and select 'Change' option if it already has one and you want to change it.

Step 3: Choose a letter for the drive and that's all.

Method 5: Reformat Hard Drive

As we have mentioned in the Part 1, the unsupported File System will cause the 'Seagate external hard drive not showing up' issue. If you find your hard drive is partitioned but still not show up in your computer, it is possible that it's partitioned with a different file system. For example, if you have formatted the hard drive with APFS File System on Mac, this problem will certainly happen when you connect the hard drive to Windows computers. To fix it, you need to reformat your Seagate external hard drive with NTFS File System or FAT32 File System.

Step 1: To do this, right click on the hard drive and select 'Format' option.

Step 2: Choose 'NTFS' or 'FAT32' from the File Sysetem.

Note: Reformat your Seagate external hard drive with new File System with erase all the data on it. If you can, please remember to back up your data before formatting. However, if you do not have the chance to back up the data, you can use a professional tool to recover the data after formatting.

Method 6: Update or Reinstall the Device Driver

Maybe your Windows has a driver problem with your device and by using the Device Manager you can check it. You can open Device Manager by pressing Win+R together to open the 'Run' dialog then enter devmgmt.msc. Next, Expand the Disk drives category and check for any devices with a yellow exclamation point next to them, right-click on its name and select 'Update Driver'. If it works then it's ok otherwise uninstall and then reinstall the driver. To uninstall the driver, click on Uninstall that will help you completely uninstall Drivers.

3Bonus: How to Recover Files from Formatted Seagate External Hard Drive?

Due to the 'Seagate external hard drive not showing up' issue, you might not be able to back up your data before initializing or reformatting the hard drive. Luckily, there are loads of powerful data recovery programs nowadays. One such program is iMyFone AnyRecover which can help you recover data from the formatted hard drive easily and quickly. Furthermore, it is compatible with all the versions of Windows. Together with the accessible interface, the software does not require any technical knowledge. You can do it by yourself without anyone's assistance.

Why Choose iMyFone AnyRecover?

It proves helpful to support 1000+ file types including documents, musics, images, audios, emails, archives and others.

Based on the all-round scan and deep scan, it guarantees the highest recovery rate in the market.

After scaning, you can preview the data freely. And you can use the free version to recover 3 files for free.

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By using the program, your data security is 100% ensured.

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Simple Steps to Recover Data from Formatted Hard Drive:

Step 1: First of all launch AnyRecover software. Then select a disk under the 'External Removable Devices' tab.

Step 2: After selecting the location, hit 'Start' button to start scanning.

Step 3: The program will start scanning, and show you all the lost files in the list. You can select to preview them and click 'Recover' to get back your data.

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Overall, it is not too difficult to fix Seagate external hard drive not showing up only if you take proper action. If you tried the above-mentioned solutions and the Seagate external hard drive still not detected or recognized the cause might be the hard drive itself. If you accidentally format your Seagate external hard drive, iMyFone AnyRecover can help you recover data from it.