Completely Remove Seagate External Drive
Seagate External Drive is a helpful third-party software that provides computer users with many useful features and tools. However, many users got difficulty and problem in uninstalling it from the computer. Below, we have listed possible problems when uninstalling Seagate External Drive. If you also got such problem, you can find useful solution for it.
It seems that there are many computer users who have difficulty in uninstalling software like Seagate External Drive from the system. And some of them get into trouble when uninstalling the software and some of them can uninstall the software but get problem after the uninstallation. Some possible problems that people run into:
- *Seagate External Drive can not be uninstalled
- *Seagate External Drive can not be completely uninstall and removed
- *Seagate External Drive or other similar software can not be installed or updated again on the computer
- *The computer system runs much slower after Seagate External Drive is uninstalled
- *The computer gets strange errors
Causes of the above problems :
- *Seagate External Drive does not appear in the program list of Add/ Remove Programs
- *The uninstaller of Seagate External Drive can not completely remove all associated files
- *There is some software that is not compatible with Seagate External Drive
- *There are many remnants left in the registry and hard drive
- *The .dll, .sys or other files shared with other software are deleted
Automatic Seagate External Drive Uninstall Method (Recommended)
Manually Uninstall Seagate External Drive
Windows XP Users
1. Exit Seagate External Drive in your computer
2. Click Start and click Control Panel
3. Click Add or Remove Programs
4. Loate Seagate External Drive and click Remove button
5. Click OK or Yes to continue
Windows Vista and 7 Users
1. Click Start and then Control Panel
2. Click Uninstall a program
3. Find Seagate External Drive and click Uninstall
Windows 8 Users
1. Right-click in the screen's bottom-left corner and click Control Panel from the pop-up menu.
2. Click View by Small icons
3. Highlight Seagate External Drive and click Uninstall
Manually Remove Seagate External Drive from Windows Registry
It's very risky to manually remove entries in registry. If you do not have sufficient computer skills, please try the automatic uninstall method.
1. Open the Registry Eidtor
Windows XP Users
Click Start, click Run, type in regedit and hit OK
Windows Vista and Windows 7 Users
Click Start and type in regedit
Windows 8 Users
Press "WIN+R" key combination to launch RUN dialog box then type regedit and press Enter
If you see a UAC dialog box, click "Yes" to open the Windows 8 Registry Editor.
2. Delete registry entries of Seagate External Drive CAREFULLY
- *HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Seagate External Drive
- *HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Seagate External Drive
3. Search throughout the hard drive and delete all associated files
- *C:\Program Files\Seagate External Drive
- *C:\Documents and Settings\A\Application Data\Seagate External Drive
Automatic Seagate External Drive Uninstall Method (Recommended)
As you can see, it's very complicated and time-consuming to manually uninstall Seagate External Drive from your computer. And if you delete other files by mistake, you may receive computer errors and get additional troubles.
So, it's recommended that you use an automatic third-party uninstaller to uninstall Seagate External Drive and completely remove all of its components with ease. The uninstaller can automatically scan and find out all registry keys, exe files, DLL files, drivers, and other components in every corner of the computer and then thoroughly delete all of them. And you do not need to know which file and registry key belongs to the program and whether it will destroy your PC if you delete it. Therefore, completely uninstalling a program will not be that difficult for you any more.