Raid Recovery Tips

My Macintosh (running Apple OS 8.6 – 9.2.2) freezes during system startup when my 1394 Personal Storage/External Storage drive is attached to the FireWire port.

This error happens if you installed the optional Maxtor FireSCSI Extension Set at the same time you installed the Maxtor Utilities.

At the Apple Menu choose: Control Panels / Extensions Manager. From the View menu, select as Items. Click on the Name column (near the top of the Extensions Manager window). This will lists extensions in alphabetical order. Find the following extensions and uncheck each one to disable it from loading:

• FireSCSI Expert
• FireSCSI Maxtor Enabler
• FireSCSI RBC RAID Enabler…

Linux Offsite Resource Links
(All links point to sites outside Seagate Technology. See Disclaimer below.)

• http://www.nyx.net/~sgjoen/disk.html This document describes how best to use multiple discs and partitions for a Linux system. Although some of this text is Linux specific, the general approach outlined here can be applied to many other multi tasking operating systems.

• http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html
  This document describes how to copy a Linux system from one hard disc to another.

• http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition-Rescue/index.html
  This document describes how to rescue your Linux partition if MS-DOS deleted it.

• http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Partition/index.html
  This document explains how to plan and layout disc space for a Linux system. It talks about disk hardware, partitions, swap space sizing…

What is Seagate BlackArmor and how does it differ from Maxtor BlackArmor?

The name BlackArmor was first introduced in 2008 as a portable Full Disc Encryption drive, however, at that time it was termed the Maxtor BlackArmor.  Now we are extending the use of that product name under the Seagate brand. Seagate BlackArmor is now the family name for a suite of storage solutions packaged for small business.  The Seagate BlackArmor NAS 440 and Seagate BlackArmor NAS 420 network storage servers are just the first two solutions in what will be a complete lineup of BlackArmor products, to include 4 Bay,…

When you connect a WD external drive to your Mac computer, and you have the WD Drive Manager installed on it, a little blue WD icon appears in the upper right corner of your desktop. Depending on the status of your drive, or dual RAID drive, the WD icon will do different things.

1. The WD icon is also the way that you access the drive’s status, or as in this case, the drive’s RAID status. When the RAID is healthy, you will see the blue WD icon. Clicking on the WD icon opens a short menu that leads to launching the RAID Manager. From there, you…