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I have a seagate 160gb, hardware id st3160023a
every now and then, the hardware id gets f'd up for no reason, and it's reported as WT714234 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ , as shown below.
the seagate drive volumes don't load, and i can't see or access them under My Computer.
I have to go to the device mgr and uninstall the drive, reboot, and the hardware id will go back to normal. I can then access the hdd volumes again.
what can cause the hdd to be identified under some random $$$$$$$$ name?
what part could possibly be corrupted?
every now and then, the hardware id gets f'd up for no reason, and it's reported as WT714234 $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ , as shown below.
the seagate drive volumes don't load, and i can't see or access them under My Computer.
I have to go to the device mgr and uninstall the drive, reboot, and the hardware id will go back to normal. I can then access the hdd volumes again.
what can cause the hdd to be identified under some random $$$$$$$$ name?
what part could possibly be corrupted?
