Users will also be able to deliver linked pictures and video to social networking sites, such as MySpace, Facebook and Twitter. With simple installation and an intuitive web-based interface, the DockStar network adapter will change the way people control the access and sharing of their content by creating their own personal storage 'clouds' while keeping the security and privacy of the drives' content because it is located within their home. "Devices that make home networks easy to use and manage by consumers will have vast market appeal."
"The market for networked devices is growing rapidly with the proliferation of broadband and the rise of the 'Anywhere Consumer'- those desiring to be connected everywhere they go," said Carl Howe, director, Yankee Group. In a matter of minutes a drive can become accessible through any Internet connected computer, as well as through an innovative iPhone application.
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It allows the FreeAgent Go portable hard drive to be added to a network, giving access to its content from anywhere within or outside of the home, as well as allowing for selective sharing of files with friends and family. The DockStar network adapter reinvents how people think of anywhere access and the concept of sharing their digital files. Increasingly, people are enjoying the benefits of being always connected, yet there still remains a gap in easily connecting people back to their content at home and sharing it with others. I've replaced the SATA cables with new ones multiple times just in case and that didn't change anything.Īny ideas on why my secondary internal drives would be dropping when moving GBs of data? It dropped at 7GB of data transferring from the Western Digital Blue to the Samsung SSD primary drive.Extending the company's line of easy-to-use storage solutions that help people enjoy, share and store their digital content, Seagate today announced the next evolution of network storage - FreeAgent DockStar network adapter, an amazingly simple way to access and share your digital content with anyone from anywhere. I put in a new CMOS battery the other day too so that's not the issue. I'm using a Rosewill Capstone 750W power supply. The situation happened with both the Seagate and Western Digital hard drives when they were internal. The Seagate was the secondary drive before, and since I thought it was the problem, I got the Western Digital to be the secondary drive. The files I was moving were between the 1TB Samsung SSD and the secondary drive. So I know that the WD and Seagates work, but for some reason there is only a disconnect of them when they are internal and moving a lot of data onto them or off of them from another internal drive. Then I was able to get a SATA drive dock that plugs in using USB3 and tested the Seagate hybrid drives and they worked just fine for moving 1TB of data to the new Western Digital Blue internal SATA hard drive. Previously thought that it might be that the Seagate hybrid hard drives were the problem. My internal SATA hard drive keeps disconnecting. I looked through every angle I could to find the solution. NOWHERE on the internet have I found anyone finding out this was their problem.
I almost bought a new mobo and new power supply just to fix this stupid problem but it was the plugs all along. With all that crazy amount of bending that you have to do to get the plugs in and shut the case, it's no wonder that stupid problem happens. So if you have hard drives dropping but they were showing up for any amount of time and any amount of transferring before dropping under transfer load, it's probably the plugs.
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Then when it was disconnected the wires would cool quickly and allow me to reconnect via the software I have without turning the PC off. I'm assuming it was connected, but just barely and the tiny amount of power for transferring would cause heat and cause a disconnect. The drive would show on but it would on one of the plugs only transfer 4 MB, yes 4 MB before disconnecting the drive. I tested a bunch of the plugs and got some interesting results. So it turns out the power supply is fine and the SATA power cables are fine BUT the SATA power plugs were NOT fine.