My computer will not recognize the hard drive since it started flashing. How do I fix this or reset the hard drive?
This may sound silly,but sometimes if you put the drive in the freezer overnight it will work long enough for you to retrieve your data.Make sure you are ready to copy the data to another as it will likely fail again once it warms up.
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my computer does not recognized my maxtor external hard drive. I cannot recover any data from it
I have not used ours for a long time. when I hooked it up all it does is flash. If I took it in to Best Buy, could they retrieve the dats?
same problem, not used it in a while, now it just flashes
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Same problem (computer does not recognize drive) with my Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 80 GB. Worked perfectly in the past -but now, nothing.
this is brand new, and was used as backup to last year's 1tb WD MyBookwhen I needed drivesavers to retrieve my data. Different problem with this one. Lighton drive just flashes but will not come to fully lit/on.
I have the same problem. I have a fairly new MyBook home edition. I read something on another forum but I cannot confirm its accuracy. It said that the circuit board is fried/damaged and the device is not getting enough power to make the device function (aside from the quick flashing lights).
I have an HD160 and the light does not stop flashing. A first time it started with the problem it sort of fixed on its own, however I can not get it to work. I checked the power supply circuit and voltages are working fine. Anybody knows how to reset it?
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