hard drive - Seagate Expansion power cable

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2014-04
  • user1603548

    I have a seagate expansion hard drive, the previous version. I lost my power cable. I'm from Sweden, and I can't find it (unless I ship it for $50).

    Maybe I can find the correct name of the power cable, and then see if it's a standard I can buy in Sweden. But I don't know how to identify it, thus my question.

    The symbol on my seagate looks like this

    - - - 
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    and here is a photo of it.

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  • ultrasawblade

    Get one of these. They're called "universal A/C adapters" and among the plugs provided you'll find one that fits the drive.

    A picture of a universal A/C adapter


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    I have most of it backed up, but I would still like to Ghost it before I send it off for repairs. I know my laptop is still under warranty.


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  • Chris S

    That clicking is the HD recalibrating the heads. Which means the disk is failing. It might take a very long time before it stops working all together, so no need to panic. But you should backup all your data soon, and send it in for replacement.

    There's a wiki article on the sound you described, the Click of Death.