Well, aparently everything started when I tried to access some folders of my hard drive and it gave an "inpage error" thingy, I restarted the computer (sometimes it acts retarded so I thought it would fix it) when I check my computer both my hard drive partitions (D and E) are gone.
I rly don't know what happened, my main disk is working, DEVICE manager and add and remove hardware says I got the other disk but it doesn't RECOGNIZE it (doesn't know up at my computer, etc).
I was hoping you guys could help me :SHave you tried running the manufacturers software test
to see if it reports the drive good ?

GoHerewell, I did just tried running them, it seems the one that could actually help doesn't run on "servers" lol.
but aniways, in the device manager, when I check my maxtor disk it says It's running correctly...
Still got the same problem, He shows up at a secondary slave at restart and all but I can't access it on logical drives / My Computer.Windows isn't a reliable indicator of whether a drive is fine or not, it can only do very limited diagnostics. You will NEED the manufacturer's diagnostic tool in order to perform a proper test.
What do you mean when you say it doesn't run on servers? It shouldn't matter if it's a server or not. What tool did you try?I tried Maxtor MaxBlast and when I try to install it doesn't cos I'm running a server platform unfortunately, and it only works on "workstations"MaxBlast isn't a diagnostics utility, it's for setting up a new drive.
What you need is SeaTools. The reason it's from Seagate is because Seagate bought up Maxtor a while back. Oh yeh of course...SORRY if I sound like a noob...I have a basic knowledge of computers but I never had a problem of this sort and stuff so :SOh don't worry, you're not. Keep us updated on any progress you have and don't be afraid to ask more questions.oh sorry I forgot to post, I know for bout 2 days now that the hard drive is actually BROKEN beyond repair (full of bad sectors) I'll just have to buy a new one and pass the data to the new one, thx for all the help
I still can't beleive this came from a RESTART, Now I'm afraid to do another one hahaha Too bad about your drive, unfortunately these things happen from time to time. Don't worry too much about doing a restart, it was most likely not the cause, just the last straw.