maxtor hd

[v3rdigo]

hi every1,

I got a maxtor 250gig hd that the logic board went out on, i got one with the same firmware and main controller a M8fyb and the firmware was yar41bwo,  well i got my new logic board and swapped them out(alot easier than i thought it was going to be) put it back together and hooked it into my pc.  Booted up and bios reconized it, NICE.  Windows boots and i see the drive has its original name and everything iam happy as all *censored*, well windows installs new hardware and prompts me to reboot.  so i reboot and then i get the s.m.a.r.t command failed error and go into windows after hitting f1.  I can no longer access the drive windows prompts me to format the drive........Im not certain what happend but any help would be great....


PC specs

intel 2.6 ghz duel core
nvidia 7950 gx2
1gig of ram


thx a billion.....l8r

[SHENGTON]

What's the error? Kindly post the error so that we can help you.

[patio]

I would say you may have gotten lucky with the logic board swap.
This has only worked for me about 10% of the attempts i have made.
The SMART failure is not a good sign
I would prepare to do quick backups of the data hooking it up as a slave drive on a known working machine.
But be ready ...you may only get one more chance...
The more you try to use that drive the farther away your data becomes.

[v3rdigo]

i stated the error ( s.m.a.r.t. command failure) also i forgot to mention that when i do get into windows the drive posts as local drive :h and when i click on it iam asked if i want to format this drive, i select no.......iam certain that the info is gone but iam hopeful

[v3rdigo]

oh and patio, the drive has always been a back up drive never been boot drive so ive hooked it up to my pc to do a transfer to a new external.  but like i said  when i click on the drive iam asked to format the drive

[v3rdigo]

sigh thx every1

[patio]

When you right clik the drive in Disk Management and select properties how is it being reported ? ?
I hope it's not RAW...