On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Guest <notconfusedaboutthattoday at gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry to double up on your answer like this, but is there any chance that > the i/o errors are due to a bad usb cable, or usb card in the main > computer? I didn't mention before that the external hdd that the seagate is > replacing also reported a lot of i/o errors and kept disconnecting itself, > which is why I replaced it.... > Have you tried using a different USB cable, and maybe a different USB controller? That would narrow down your search parameters a bit. You can also try running Seagate's Seatools program - it is available for Linux from their web site, but you have to poke around a little to find it. Also, have you tried any other diagnostics to see what might be the problem? mhr