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bigdir · February 27th, 2007, 05:16 PM

DJScotty, from a number of Maxtor faults that I've read about, a spinning drive but no data can mean the PCB board (the circuit board on the back of the drive) is not working.

If your drive just "disappeared" from Windows without any signs,
there are a few things I would try in order of increasing difficulty:

1) Is your USB drive just not being allocated a logical drive in Windows? Go to Start->Run->compmgmt.msc and see if your disk appears (if Windows is making a "dink" sound when it's being plugged in, then that's a good sign).

2) Now it's out of the case, plug it directly into a PC's IDE interface. Is it recognised by the BIOS? Yes? Then get a number of utilities such as SpinRite to retrieve your files.

3) Replace the PCB board. You'll need to find a matching PCB board from somewhere like the same drive or http://www.softcom.com.my/Maxtor_Latest.htm

Hope this helps.

February 27th, 2007, 05:16 PM	#210 (permalink)
bigdir Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 5	DJScotty, from a number of Maxtor faults that I've read about, a spinning drive but no data can mean the PCB board (the circuit board on the back of the drive) is not working. If your drive just "disappeared" from Windows without any signs, there are a few things I would try in order of increasing difficulty: 1) Is your USB drive just not being allocated a logical drive in Windows? Go to Start->Run->compmgmt.msc and see if your disk appears (if Windows is making a "dink" sound when it's being plugged in, then that's a good sign). 2) Now it's out of the case, plug it directly into a PC's IDE interface. Is it recognised by the BIOS? Yes? Then get a number of utilities such as SpinRite to retrieve your files. 3) Replace the PCB board. You'll need to find a matching PCB board from somewhere like the same drive or http://www.softcom.com.my/Maxtor_Latest.htm Hope this helps.