Solve : HardDisk failure?

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Answer» Hello friends, I have a Maxtor 40 GB IDE HDisk i bought it 6 YEARS ago i used as slave suddenly stoped working, the computer is not detecting i took it out tried in a another computer as Master and Slave changed the jumbers not responding. Is there anyone can give me directions how can i get my information back from this HD or make this thing working again? sharifGo to Maxtor's web site and download the manufacturers utilities. Test the drive using these utilities.Can you give me please more explanation in a easy way. How can i download from maxtor website? i tried to locate manufacturers utilities but no success, can i reinstall the hard disk back to my pc as slave like before and go to the website and download, i need more clarifications. SHARIF thanks,Seagate bought out Maxtor, so Seatools has replaced the Maxtor diagnostics software. Click here to download seatools (for DOS or Windows)i had the Seatool downloaded but the computer is not detecting this HDisk and that is the problem the pc stops booting just freeze not going further when i remove the HDD the computer boots normal. i went through the Bois or Setup not detecting there either just freezes too, if you folks have other ideas let me know. thanksIf the drive is not correctly recognized in the BIOS, all bets are off. All hard drives fail eventually and data recovery is very expensive, if it can be done at all. If it is hooked up correctly as a slave and is not seen, unless you are wealthy you can PROBABLY kiss the data goodbye.Yeah i did hooked up correctly and the bois can not recongnized i guess that thing is gone, sure i lost all my data. thanks folks, sharifDid you try to reformat the drive or repair it ? using the windows CD all your data will probably be lost either way but you may be able to save the drive and still use it...I am doing it now lol with the same exact drives a 40 gig Maxtor there real pieces of work aren't they ? lolQuote from: Rooster on August 24, 2007, 07:33:30 AM Did you try to reformat the drive or repair it ? using the windows CD all your data will probably be lost either way but you may be able to save the drive and still use it...I am doing it now lol with the same exact drives a 40 gig Maxtor there real pieces of work aren't they ? lol When someone is looking to retrieve data PLEASE do not mention reformat or format...kinda makes it more difficult.Quote from: sharif on August 14, 2007, 03:57:31 AM I have a Maxtor 40 GB IDE HDisk i bought it 6 years ago I had 2 Maxtor drives that I bought in 2002 and 2003. They have both failed. These drives run hot. 6 years is a long time for any disk drive. The drive is dead. The data on it is gone. I stated the data will be lost due to reformatting.....but it won't be lost doing a simple repair... should understand the question first before you open that yapper eh? Quote from: Rooster on August 25, 2007, 06:24:10 AM should understand the question first before you open that yapper eh? Should make few more posts than 5 before acting like one of the big boys eh?Dude if you hooked it up right in 2 computers and tried everything and it doesn't show in the BIOS then your datas gone. I will make sure never to buy maxtors. To be honest the only reliable data medium is dvd since its not magnetic data wont be lost in a electro magnetic pulse due to nuclear blast or electro magnetic pulse weaponary or just simple wear and tear of hard drive spinning at 7200 rpms and downloading torrents to 50 users simultaneously over 4 years straight . Although DVD's are easy to break I think if you really want a reliable backup then burn to dvd and safely secure away Im using western digital sata drives from now on. Im quite paranoid about data loss. I work as a computer technician and this week alone we've had 3 laptops come in that the hard drive needed to be replaced. Its a PAIN reactivating xp on laptops too and the customers recovery cds don't work any more which sucks for them.Hard drives are electro-mechanical devices. They have moving PARTS. Read/write heads move over the platters. A motor moves the arms which hold the heads. There is precise positioning needed. There are bearings. If any of the moving parts wear or break or the lubricant dries up, that's IT. To suggest reformatting a dead drive might be the same as saying "Your car won't start? Just drive it to the garage!". DUH.

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Hello friends,
I have a Maxtor 40 GB IDE HDisk i bought it 6 YEARS ago i used as slave suddenly stoped working, the computer is not detecting i took it out tried in a another computer as Master and Slave changed the jumbers not responding. Is there anyone can give me directions how can i get my information back from this HD or make this thing working again?

sharifGo to Maxtor's web site and download the manufacturers utilities. Test the drive using these utilities.Can you give me please more explanation in a easy way. How can i download from maxtor website? i tried to locate manufacturers utilities but no success, can i reinstall the hard disk back to my pc as slave like before and go to the website and download, i need more clarifications.

SHARIF
thanks,Seagate bought out Maxtor, so Seatools has replaced the Maxtor diagnostics software. Click here to download seatools (for DOS or Windows)i had the Seatool downloaded but the computer is not detecting this HDisk and that is the problem the pc stops booting just freeze not going further when i remove the HDD the computer boots normal. i went through the Bois or Setup not detecting there either just freezes too, if you folks have other ideas let me know.

thanksIf the drive is not correctly recognized in the BIOS, all bets are off. All hard drives fail eventually and data recovery is very expensive, if it can be done at all.

If it is hooked up correctly as a slave and is not seen, unless you are wealthy you can PROBABLY kiss the data goodbye.Yeah i did hooked up correctly and the bois can not recongnized i guess that thing is gone, sure i lost all my data.
thanks folks,

sharifDid you try to reformat the drive or repair it ? using the windows CD all your data will probably be lost either way but you may be able to save the drive and still use it...I am doing it now lol with the same exact drives a 40 gig Maxtor there real pieces of work aren't they ? lolQuote from: Rooster on August 24, 2007, 07:33:30 AM

Did you try to reformat the drive or repair it ? using the windows CD all your data will probably be lost either way but you may be able to save the drive and still use it...I am doing it now lol with the same exact drives a 40 gig Maxtor there real pieces of work aren't they ? lol

When someone is looking to retrieve data PLEASE do not mention reformat or format...kinda makes it more difficult.Quote from: sharif on August 14, 2007, 03:57:31 AM

I have a Maxtor 40 GB IDE HDisk i bought it 6 years ago

I had 2 Maxtor drives that I bought in 2002 and 2003. They have both failed. These drives run hot. 6 years is a long time for any disk drive. The drive is dead. The data on it is gone.

I stated the data will be lost due to reformatting.....but it won't be lost doing a simple repair... should understand the question first before you open that yapper eh? Quote from: Rooster on August 25, 2007, 06:24:10 AM

should understand the question first before you open that yapper eh?

Should make few more posts than 5 before acting like one of the big boys eh?Dude if you hooked it up right in 2 computers and tried everything and it doesn't show in the BIOS then your datas gone.

I will make sure never to buy maxtors. To be honest the only reliable data medium is dvd since its not magnetic data wont be lost in a electro magnetic pulse due to nuclear blast or electro magnetic pulse weaponary or just simple wear and tear of hard drive spinning at 7200 rpms and downloading torrents to 50 users simultaneously over 4 years straight . Although DVD's are easy to break I think if you really want a reliable backup then burn to dvd and safely secure away

Im using western digital sata drives from now on. Im quite paranoid about data loss. I work as a computer technician and this week alone we've had 3 laptops come in that the hard drive needed to be replaced. Its a PAIN reactivating xp on laptops too and the customers recovery cds don't work any more which sucks for them.Hard drives are electro-mechanical devices. They have moving PARTS. Read/write heads move over the platters. A motor moves the arms which hold the heads. There is precise positioning needed. There are bearings. If any of the moving parts wear or break or the lubricant dries up, that's IT.

To suggest reformatting a dead drive might be the same as saying "Your car won't start? Just drive it to the garage!". DUH.

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