Maxtor I bougth a maxtor External Harddrive aboutt 5 weeks ago..It worked fine until the 3rd week,then i could not see it when i clicked on Computer. I can find the Hardware of the External HardDrive but i cant find it on computer..Soo i googled Harddisk recovery and found RecoveryFix for Windows and i got all the photos that i had in the HardDrive,.That problem is solved... But can you tell me how i can make i to work again og give me a link to some HardDrve repair program? Os: Windows Vista premium.
Now there comes a message every time that i start the Computer,that the computer cant find the driver software to the External Harddrive.It ask's if i want to let the computer search for the software but,it cant find it.
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Now there comes a message every time that i start the Computer,that the computer cant find the driver software to the External Harddrive.It ask's if i want to let the computer search for the software but,it cant find it.
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1.) Right click My Computer
2.) Click on Manage
3.) Click on Disk Management at the left side panel of Computer Management
4.) Right Click on the USB device in the Disk Management panel
5.) Click on Change Drive Letter
6.) Assign an Alphabet from E-Z to the USB device
7.) Click Ok
Go to My Computer and find the drive letter that you have assigned.
- Make sure that the hard drive (HD) is properly connected to the computer.
- Try connecting it to a different computer to make sure that the HD is the problem.
- Check the Disk Management in your computer to see if the HD could still be detected. Once detected, reformat the HD and it should work again.
To check the Disk Management:
NOTE: Make sure that the external HD is connected and turned ON.
1. Right-click "My Computer" (XP) or "Computer" icon (Vista) 2. Select Manage and click on "Disk Management". 3. From the Disk Management, you will see a drive letters 4. Write down all the drive letters and then disconnect the Maxtor HD from the computer. 5. If there's a drive letter that disappears, then that is your Maxtor HD. 6. Reconnect the Maxtor HD and reformat it. You may right-click the drive letter and there's an option to format the HD.
If you're hearing a clicking sound while the HD is turned on, mostly, it's already defective.
Seagate troubleshooting Error Code 10, states that drive has failed. (Seagate bought out Maxtor)
Before you resign yourself to everything is lost on this harddrive, how about trying one more thing?
How about putting the harddrive inside in a new external enclosure, and see if it works? I suggest that perhaps the external enclosure it's in, is bad. The harddrive inside is a 3.5 inch harddrive. Same width as used by a desktop computer. It is a Sata harddrive.
Here's an example of a 3.5 inch Sata, external enclosure, http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3901268&CatId=2780 Just pop the external enclosure open that holds it now, take it out, and install it into an external enclosure like the example above. Plug in the USB cable.
Don't know if this applies to your particular Maxtor Personal Storage 3200, but when I went to search for the type of harddrive it uses just now, I ran into thsi, and thought I would pass it along. http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/personal_storage/ps3200-sw)
im going to assume your on XP for these instructions. other wise you still need to do the same thing.
right click the my computer desktop or the start menu. go down to properties. open the hardware tab. open the device manager. Scroll down to it, remove the driver, just delete the whole entry. unplug the hard drive, then plug it in again. See if that works.
I have the same problem, but havent found ay way around it.......i am also getteing pritty desperate here................the old one had this problem...cant fint it in device mannager, dos or anywhere else....no matter which computer i try, xp, vista no deifference...
The way I solved my problem was to make sure when I restored Windows to the default settings that I did it up to the same support packs and hot fixes then when backing up the system with the Maxtor HD. It took me many days to figure this out... was written it the Maxtor HD documentation and it works fine.
If you really want those files, try DriveSavers.com. They do wonders with dead hard drives (known to have recovered files off a burned hard disk). But it comes with a hefty price. So check their website, http://www.drivesavers.com/.
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Now there comes a message every time that i start the Computer,that the computer cant find the driver software to the External Harddrive.It ask's if i want to let the computer search for the software but,it cant find it.
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