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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: phoshall on September 10, 2007, 07:29:50 PM

Title: Maxtor hard disk failure
Post by: phoshall on September 10, 2007, 07:29:50 PM

I have an external maxtor hard disk which, dutin a power failure began to blink rapidly and when power was restored continued blinking and is not recognized by Windows XP as being attached to the system.  Any suggestions?

Title: Re: Maxtor hard disk failure
Post by: The Saviour on September 10, 2007, 07:42:23 PM

If it's a USB drive, try unplugging it while the computer is turned off...

Turn the computer back on and then plug the cable back in to see if Windows recognizes it.

If it doesn't, see if the Device manager shows any errors...you may have to reinstall the driver for it if Device Manager is showing any type of error...you may also need to go to Maxtor's site to see if they have a Diagnostic Utility you can use in Windows or DOS to see if you can test the inegrity of the drive...

Here's a link to their DiscWizard (http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=DiscWizard&vgnextoid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD) software program.