Guys,

I have got a problem with an external Seagate FreeAgent 2TB USB drive that frequently gets detected by Windows as an "Initio Default Controller".  Occasionally when I connect it to the power and the USB connector, Windows fully detects the drive.  Crystal Disk Info detected that the drive was in good health and its temperature stayed in the safe range longer than my OLD FreeAgent drive, which still gets detected properly EVERY time.  Currently copying music files to my only external drive that does not NEED an external power source.

Any suggestions on getting the drive to be fully detected every time?  At the moment of writing this, the drive is fully detected and in use to get those files copied over.  The original location for those files is the old FreeAgent drive, which is currently put away in its original box, which I kept all these years.  I copied all the files off the old FreeAgent drive before it had a chance to start dying, as Crystal Disk Info said its health was bad.  The second FreeAgent drive, which is what this post is about, was a lucky find.  I do not want to seek a REFUND from the seller.  At least it is not dead.

The drive is one of Seagate's silver colored units.