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BluShift
August 11th, 2009, 05:39 AM
Hey all, I have never seen this before...

I think the drive might be dieing, but I accidently dropped it at one point, and now it makes little scratching sounds when it reads; that however is not the issue. When I reformatted the drive and reconnected it to my computer, it stays silent for a few minutes but then begins to thrash endlessly. I do move anything to the drive, nor try to read from it, but within a minute or two of connecting it, it thrashes.

Any idea why? Is the drive dead?

roharme
August 11th, 2009, 05:49 AM
Same prb here.
My new 250 gB freagent is gone!!! for no reasons