Those Amazon reviews from Ann's link are pretty darn revealing. I don't think I've ever seen that high a percentage of reviews giving something 1 star. "An Astonishing Experience: Three Drives Purchased - Three Drives Failed" is just one review.
Very sorry, Ann. Seagate offers troubleshooting advice here: http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/troubleshooting_assistance Seagate has had problems before with a product and offered free data recovery: http://techreport.com/discussions.x/16246 It is possible that they may offer something similar for this product, particularly with the disasterous record this one seems to have. You might also register for the Seagate forums. They have one devoted to the FreeAgent: http://forums.seagate.com/t5/FreeAgent-Products/bd-p/freeagent Squeaky hinge gets the oil and all that... Good Luck! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.