Alright, so the past month or two we've been having issues with accessing the external hard drive. Turns out, what I thought I ordered ( Seagate STBV1000100) was actually apparently the older model (Seagate SRD00F2).
Now we had used this hard drive for about a year before we saw any of these issues. It is externally powered but I am running only a single usb cable (not a y).
I can look at the HD on my wii, but when I'm trying to acess data or download new games onto it, it's giving me errors. A few easy questions to see if it's worth my time to keep trying to use this HD or if I just need to get a new one.
1.) Do you think I would benefit from trying a y cable? I don't currently own one so I'd have to go out and get one. However, as I stated, this HD is already externally powered.
2) Do you believe that the issues I'm seeing are a result of slight incompatiability since it is the older model (bare in mind though I did buy it brand new in box about 13 months ago).
3) Am I hopeless trying to avoid spending money when it's obivious that my hd is currently nothing more than a black paper weight with a small blue LED on it.
4) Do any of you have a recommendation for a HD?
5) If a train leaves Pittsburgh Pennsylvania traveling 60mph and another train leaves chicago traveling 45 mph, how quickly do you think I can resolve this issue before I take it outside and smash the hard drive with a ball peen hammer.
Thanks for any help any of you can give me!
