I spoke with Seagate support and we got as far as the recommendation to test on another machine. I'm beginning to think there is some sort of compatibility issue with my hardware, but it could still be some sort of software that is conflicting. * I have tried different USB ports and different wall plugs. * I have disabled virus scans, media servers and other apps (that I know of) that sometime run in BG. * I have disconnected other drives to see if that helps. * I have disabled Time Machine backup to a TimeCapsule to see if that helps. * I have tested the drive on a MacBook running the same OS as my iMac (10.6.6) without a problem. * I have disabled drive sleep under Energy Saver. * I have used Seagate Diagnostics and the drive passes all tests. * The drive has been reformatted Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I've been trying to solve this problem for a couple weeks now without success, so I thought I'd turn to the Mac community here. I can force quit the app and/or Finder, but they will not be available for use until I force quit the entire machine. The same will happen if I'm using an app trying to access files on the drive. even navigate down some recently used directories, but then I'll go too far, get the beach ball and have to force restart the entire machine. The drive seems to go to sleep after a period on non-use and consequently crashes the Finder and various apps when trying to gain access. Unfortunately, there seems to be a conflict with either my hardware or software. I recently purchased a 2TB Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Desk external hard drive.
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