Unsolved PlayStation Game Drive; wont read on PlayStation or computer
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My buddy has a PlayStation Game drive from seagate - 2Tb drive that after his move he can't get it to load up. I plug it into my computer, and nothing happens. Game drive turns on, but I'm not seeing it in my device manager or disk manager.
Checked for Drivers to install and installed 2 tool kits and a seagate driver that matches the model number. still no luck. It's USB only so I can plug it into a different computer as the hard drive to see if it boots up. I'm not sure what else to do.
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@WrCombs sounds like it might have died. Do you have a Linux box to plug it into? If so, plug in and do a lsblk and lsusb and see what shows up.
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@scottalanmiller said in PlayStation Game Drive; wont read on PlayStation or computer:
@WrCombs sounds like it might have died. Do you have a Linux box to plug it into? If so, plug in and do a lsblk and lsusb and see what shows up.
I do not, at the moment but I have an old PC in my work area I can throw linux on and try that. I just heard it beep a whole bunch so I think your right.
I'll have to work on that another time, but Thank you! -
@WrCombs said in PlayStation Game Drive; wont read on PlayStation or computer:
@scottalanmiller said in PlayStation Game Drive; wont read on PlayStation or computer:
@WrCombs sounds like it might have died. Do you have a Linux box to plug it into? If so, plug in and do a lsblk and lsusb and see what shows up.
I do not, at the moment but I have an old PC in my work area I can throw linux on and try that. I just heard it beep a whole bunch so I think your right.
I'll have to work on that another time, but Thank you!You can also boot from a LiveUSB or Installer and they should have lsblk and lsusb, I'd think.
But I'm leaning towards dead as well.
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@WrCombs said in PlayStation Game Drive; wont read on PlayStation or computer:
Checked for Drivers to install and installed 2 tool kits and a seagate driver that matches the model number. still no luck. It's USB only so I can plug it into a different computer as the hard drive to see if it boots up. I'm not sure what else to do.
huh drivers for a drive?
I'm guessing you could have a similar issue to connecting a Tivo drive to a windows machine - Tivo uses a file system that windows can't read.
Booting from Linux Live or attaching to Linux based OS provided additional file system support and instructions on how to access/copy, etc.
