Anyone having problems with Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex external drives?

Try this

http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/195771en?language=en_US

If you are stuck with a dud Goflex drive don't throw the adapter away - it might be useful for breathing new life into an old Mac. See my tips for creating a bootable SSD drive using a Goflex adapter here:

http://www.mpainesyd.com/filechute/BOOT_OSX_SSD.pdf

Mark, I have OSX on a 2010 Mac Book pro. Is there anyway to reformat this drive to work with my Mac? Am I just screwed and need to go get a Western Digital? What's the back up drive solution for someone that has a 2010 Mac Book pro recently reconditioned with new battery, ram and running OSX? Help.

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I have the same problem too!

Tried to format Seagate GoFlex Home (set up as network backup, but no need for network anymore), it did some weird things to my system, like not being able to recognize my Admin password. Wasted all day trying to resolve, boot from another drive, safe mode, etc. Cannot change anything due to the correct Admin password not being recognized.

Finally decided to change Admin password with much trepidation (as I know I don't know enough to mess with Terminal.) Knowing that if I messed up, I would have to reformat anyways, so reBoot with command r, thought I'd try my original ssd boot drive once more, and OMG, everything came back normal! Don't know what happened, but I'm never buying another Seagate external drive again!