maxtor onetouch 200gb usb i.o problems - Tech Support Forums

Freeza · October 26th, 2004, 07:05 AM

when i click on the drive letter, i get this notice:

"f:\ is not accessable.
The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error."

what hapened? is the drive board dead? can it be fixed? is tgere a recovery tool i could get?

dustybottoms · October 26th, 2004, 07:57 AM

What operating system?? have you used the disk before?? do you have any drivers/utils? are you using a usb hub? have you tried in dirrerent PC?

Freeza · October 27th, 2004, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dustybottoms

What operating system?? have you used the disk before?? do you have any drivers/utils? are you using a usb hub? have you tried in dirrerent PC?

os: xp home

i won't work on other comps and no usb hub. no cds to go with it and it woirked for a while. it suddenly went bad

redacidman · October 29th, 2004, 11:16 AM

bad driver i'm guessing or bad cable

if you don't have a cdrom with driver on it, goto the manafacturer of the usb device and download its drivers..

if the driver doesn't fix it, try a different cable as it is possible that the cable might be faulty...

Freeza · October 31st, 2004, 09:08 PM

other drives i use inside the shell work. a 40 gig i'm using and even an old seagate work.

redacidman · November 1st, 2004, 04:11 AM

maybe you have a hard drive.. if you pulled out the 200gb and tried the 40gb...

if your still an io error try changing out the usb cable, if this still doesn't work, try pulling the hard drive out its caddy connecting to an ide cable and see if it can be seen by an mainboard, then reseat in its caddy and see if its being detected by the usb, if the io st persists there's a fault somewhere between the hard drives docking port and the usbs cable connection.. you should of got a cd or a 3.5" floppy disc with the driver for the caddy on it... is this a namebrand hard drive caddy... does your main board support usb2.0????

Freeza · November 2nd, 2004, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by redacidman

maybe you have a hard drive.. if you pulled out the 200gb and tried the 40gb...

if your still an io error try changing out the usb cable, if this still doesn't work, try pulling the hard drive out its caddy connecting to an ide cable and see if it can be seen by an mainboard, then reseat in its caddy and see if its being detected by the usb, if the io st persists there's a fault somewhere between the hard drives docking port and the usbs cable connection.. you should of got a cd or a 3.5" floppy disc with the driver for the caddy on it... is this a namebrand hard drive caddy... does your main board support usb2.0????

i ALREADY changed the hd out of the caddy. and i have a laptop. no ide.

redacidman · November 3rd, 2004, 04:42 AM

use an adapter from hdd to the cable size you want

Freeza · November 5th, 2004, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by redacidman

use an adapter from hdd to the cable size you want

on a notebook? all i have is usb and a mini firewire.

i still need help. will reinstalling windows help? i did that,.

redacidman · November 6th, 2004, 09:41 AM

he can buy an adapter plug to convert the hard drive to laptop serial face, if he chooses to install the hard drive on his laptop