The Drive SHOWS in Device manager and is listed as 'Working Properly' in Properties. The Drive SHOWS in SeaTools for Windows AND has PASSED all Tests (short and long) today. Windows XP Compatible? (per the support pages at, but it may mean 64-bit only?) Seagate Expansion Desktop Drive (STEB5000100 5TB) Running: Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 3 (32-bit)ĪLL DRIVERS indicated in a scan have been updated today using DriverMax 9 (Full/Paid Version) SYSTEM Specs (if you need other data in order to help, please tell me): In fact, the new drive is still recognized by my laptop and is fully functional there. At that time I had a different Make/Model External Drive attached, that was inching toward failure (if the sounds it was making and perpetual write errors are any indicator.) I purchased this new 5TB Seagate model on Amazon, and transferred my files to it using my Windows 10 Laptop without any problems at all. protection and firewall up continuously since moments after initial power-on. With that said, the PC and all peripherals were working fine, all running normally, with full Antivirus, etc. It is probably important to note that I have not had the PC for very long, and I bought it Used/Refurbished because my original XP only PC (for this same purpose) died completely. That is the system I am writing about here. I have one program that I need to run on an XP Machine, so I have one rig just for that use. I dearly hope someone can help me, and that everyone will forgive me if I have missed a posted solution somewhere.

I have been searching here, there, and everywhere for a solution to this issue - for more than 16 hours now.

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