Rorty
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| posted on 6/12/04 at 04:38 AM |
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Problem with Maxtor external drive.
Anyone else using a Maxtor external hard drive? Mine started playing up on Friday and now I can't access any data off it.
Tried backing it up to another hard drive, but an error came up stating "IO error".
I'm scared shitless of loosing all the data on it. 
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 6/12/04 at 08:17 AM |
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You mean you never backed-up? 
Oh dear... I got the same message on an old Maxtor Drive... it's looking at me now from the confines of my workstation. It's never worked
since...(OS won't recognise it!) I was considering having it stripped down and sorted, but at £180 then £!!!!/hour for TRYING to get it to be
recognised... I never bothered. Also the work is not guaranteed to reclaim all data. I may open it up myself (nothing to loose!) and have a look.
Though I do know it's not to be recommended...
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simonH
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| posted on 6/12/04 at 09:10 AM |
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Getting data off
the most common cause of thoses errors are the interface. ie the cable from the drive to the connecting board in the casing. if you open the casing
you will find it is a standard HD and could be temporarily fitted internaly to allow backup of data. you should find the data is good. if the drive
is faulty there are a number of ways of getting the data off, many very expesive. but the first thing to try is attach it to your PC as a slave to a
working drive
Fixed some spelling and grandma problems
[Edited on 6/12/04 by simonH]
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/12/04 at 10:50 AM |
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Does it spin up?
If it does you are in with a shot, if it doesn't you are in the sh*t. As said, hook it up as a slave to a drive you know is o.k. What size drive
is it, what system is it running, fat16,32 or NTFS? Try the manufacturers website for any stuff that they do.
http://www.maxtor.com/portal/site/Maxtor/menuitem.8db0c3d6932ced37294198b091346068/?channelpath=/en_us/Support/Software%20Downloads
http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html
Free recovery software is available but if the drive isn't recognised in bios you may be in for a hard time.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Rorty
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| posted on 6/12/04 at 12:04 PM |
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Thanks for the replies chaps. Iwas just about to do my Friday back-up when it went pear shaped. It's a 120 Gig and does spin up and is running
on Win2k, FAT32.
I'll have a play with it and see what transpires.
Thanks again.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 6/12/04 at 12:16 PM |
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Good luck - let us know how you have gone on please.... it may help 
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 08:33 PM |
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HDs are the single PC part that is most likely to get zapped by static. I have never seen a memory module or processor zapped but five HDs -- two
by me three by others.
I use extenal HDs but only for data transfer -- for backup I just don't trust them enough .
[Edited on 15/12/04 by britishtrident]
[Edited on 15/12/04 by britishtrident]
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Rorty
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| posted on 15/12/04 at 09:22 PM |
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Holy crap! That could well explain it. I had the damned thing sitting on the raised shelf along side the monitor.
An update: I found if zI disconnected the HDD I could boot the puter, and once it was running, I could re-connect the HDD and accesas it. I could copy
files and folders in small packets, but it couldn't cope with folders within folders for some reason.
Anyway, all's well that ends well. I spent some hours at it and now have everything backed up to a new external drive and DVD too.
I'll move the new HDD away from the monitor now.
Cheers, Rorty.
"Faster than a speeding Pullet".
PLEASE DON'T U2U ME IF YOU WANT A QUICK RESPONSE. TRY EMAILING ME INSTEAD!
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