Yeah i've tried booting without the card reader in there already but thanks for the tip. :)

Trust me, I'm going to try every option possible however, I've talked to a friend who knows a lot about these drives and he says they're NOTORIOUS for having a firmware problem. I'm going to contact Seagate today and see if they'll be any help. it's worth a shot, no?

Like I said, the biggest problem is that I've had 2 computers that completely won't acknowledge that there's a drive hooked up to them. That's the biggest issue here. :(