I have a problem and need help desperately. About 6 months or so ago, my hubby bought an external hard drive, a Maxtor 3200 to use to store the novel he's writing. He got it just in case if the computer ever crashed, he wouldn't lose his book. Its been working great, no problems, etc. Until tonight. He got home from work, logged on and the I drive (which is the drive for the external hard drive) was gone. He couldn't access his novel. I went to the control panel and checked under device manager and it said it was working properly. I tried unplugging it, rebooting, plugging it back in and everything, but no matter what I do, I can't get it to come back. I've tried different USB ports and everything, with the same results.
Can you please please tell me what I can do to get this back, or else he's screwed. Thats the only place he saved it in.
I appreciate any help you guys can offer. But please, if you aren't sure what to do, don't advise, I can't afford to lose this.
2007-01-05 15:06:00 · 4 answers · asked by Sandi A 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
It was originally plugged into one of the front USB ports, I tried both and then unplugged my printer from the back USB port and plugged in back there, nothing happened. Its a plug and play device with no disc if this helps.
2007-01-05 15:20:53 · update #1
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some drive problems can be easily fixed by yourself using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful. Try this site, if you can get what is required
2007-01-08 23:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do other USB devices work?
If not, then the desktop may have a problem with the USB controller.
If others DO work, the internal controller in the Maxtor may have died. It might be under warranty, but that won't help recover the novel.
Your last resort may be to send the Maxtor to a data recovery service.
2007-01-05 15:16:21 · answer #2 · answered by ckm1956 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Inside the case is a maxtor hard drive. It is fairly easy to remove the drive if you are careful, and at the worst you will only pop some clamps.You can then install the drive as a slave on your computer and recover your data if you are lucky. There are many causes for this , and a failed hard drive usually is not the problem. I really can't guess, but I will: external hard drive power supply Kaput.
2007-01-05 18:02:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recommend plugging contained in the Freedom9 freestor Mini 210 80Gb exterior troublesome force to a diverse computing gadget to envision if the information is there or perhaps if it truly is defective(try diverse computer with diverse OS like XP). once you've copied it with none challenge the information must be nevertheless there. If there are problems with the exterior troublesome force i might want to signify taking it to records restore technician. really mistake i can see right here's, you by danger deleted the exterior troublesome force area with Gparted... it truly is the reason it truly is arising as Unallocated area? in case you'll discover the subsidized up records on diverse computer, then perhaps the abode windows 7 isn't recognizing the exterior troublesome force ideal. you may want to favor to receive the motive force(mass storage motive force) for the exterior troublesome force for abode windows 7 to note of.
2016-12-01 21:43:19 · answer #4 · answered by lemmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋