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3TB Seagate Problems

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Hey guys,  my seagate drive after minutes of being in windows it would disappear from the drive entirely.  It would come back every so often but then disappear again.  Also when its plugged in it makes windows 7 boot 20x slower.  (windows is on a sperat SSD)  What do you guys think?  Ive tried it on different PCs and the same thing would happen.  Your thoughts?  

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Have you tried a different SATA cable? Is the cable you're using frayed or damaged in any way?

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If I remember correctly, arent the 3TB models the one Seagate drive that has some awkwardly high failure rate? Maybe that has something to do with it?

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Have you tried a different SATA cable? Is the cable you're using frayed or damaged in any way?

 

No I used different high quality cables each.

 

If I remember correctly, arent the 3TB models the one Seagate drive that has some awkwardly high failure rate? Maybe that has something to do with it?

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Hi there @Nikolithebear!

 

You can try the basic troubleshooting steps:

 

1. Since you've already tried a different SATA cable, you can plug the drive in a different SATA port of the motherboard.

 

2. In case the issue continues, try to plug it in a different computer - that is the best way to see if the problem is with the drive, or with the motherboard of the computer.

 

If there's still an issue, check the drive's health by using chkdsk /r command in the CMD, or look if the  manufacturer has it's own diagnostic tool that you can download and test the drive with. 

 

Hope this helps.

 

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