Windows 10: Seagate External Drive Not Waking

Discus and support Seagate External Drive Not Waking in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have a Seagate external drive that I save my backups to. I run my backup around midnight, when the computer has not been used for a good 5-6 hours. I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Gator5000e, Sep 14, 2015.

  1. GATOR5000E
    Gator5000e Win User

    Seagate External Drive Not Waking


    I have a Seagate external drive that I save my backups to. I run my backup around midnight, when the computer has not been used for a good 5-6 hours. I have been getting errors with the backup that the drive has not been accessible and thus the backup is not successful.

    When I double click on the drive icon in This PC , is takes about 20 seconds for the green bar to scroll across the top of the dialog box before I can see the full contents of the drive. The old Seagate software used to allow me to adjust the properties of the drives to make sure the drives stay awake at all times. As has been posted elsewhere, Seagate has not updated its software to be compatible with W10.

    So my question is are there any other ways to make sure the external drive remains accessible after not being used for a while? Thanks for any thoughts.

    :)
     
    Gator5000e, Sep 14, 2015
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  2. RYANPASTORE
    RyanPastore Win User

    Is widows 10 compatible with seagate freeagent external drives?

    I am not able to access my seagate freeagent external hard drive with windows 10. I installed the Seagate software on my surface pro 3, I can see the Seagate drive in windows explorer. However, when I open the Seagate manager no external drive is shown.
    Is windows 10 compatible with Seagate external drive?
     
    RyanPastore, Sep 14, 2015
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  3. KEITH.M.SCOTT63
    Keith.M.Scott63 Win User
    Retrieve the files on Seagate external hard drive

    Original title: Seagate external hard drive

    How do I retrieve the files I have on my Seagate external hard drive?
     
    Keith.M.Scott63, Sep 14, 2015
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