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MD1032 · November 17th, 2007, 02:07 AM

Hey guys,

I have a "Maxtor Personal Storage 3100" according to what I've seen on the internet. It's an older 200GB Maxtor external hard drive that I've used for a long time now as my external drive. Unfortunately, I had a shelf collapse on me today and it dropped a foot or so onto another shelf on its side. I noticed a high-pitched whine coming from it, so I cut the power. Unfortunately, it now no longer works. When I plug in the power, it makes a minor arpeggio which repeats with increasing volume a couple times. Plugging in the USB connector yields the same result, and it's not showing up, and the drive itself is not turning on.

This is an absolute catastrophe. I have years and years of saved music and pictures on that drive. The kind of stuff that I would NEVER be able to get back nor replace. It would be an absolute tragedy to lose the amount of stuff I have on that drive. It is so essential, I am sure I would be willing to do anything to get it back.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

November 17th, 2007, 02:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
MD1032 Ultimate Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,647	Maxtor External Hard Drive failure? Hey guys, I have a "Maxtor Personal Storage 3100" according to what I've seen on the internet. It's an older 200GB Maxtor external hard drive that I've used for a long time now as my external drive. Unfortunately, I had a shelf collapse on me today and it dropped a foot or so onto another shelf on its side. I noticed a high-pitched whine coming from it, so I cut the power. Unfortunately, it now no longer works. When I plug in the power, it makes a minor arpeggio which repeats with increasing volume a couple times. Plugging in the USB connector yields the same result, and it's not showing up, and the drive itself is not turning on. This is an absolute catastrophe. I have years and years of saved music and pictures on that drive. The kind of stuff that I would NEVER be able to get back nor replace. It would be an absolute tragedy to lose the amount of stuff I have on that drive. It is so essential, I am sure I would be willing to do anything to get it back. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.