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Maxtor 640GB Ext HD issue

  • 29-10-2011 6:49pm
    #1
    Shazer01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 124 ✭✭


    Hi,
    I have a Maxtor 640GB Ext HD. It is a few years old but I always thought it was ok cause I have it stored safely. It has photos, music, movies on it. I plugged it in tonight to my lap top and found that my lap top does'nt register that it's there. I also have no power light on the Ext HD. I'm thinking maybe the power is gone on the HD. Easy solution buy a new one on ebay. But the Maxtor's have had a bad name for these products failing in the past. Has anybody else experienced this and what was the problem / result.

    Thanks in advance.:cool:


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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    Shazer01 wrote: »
    Hi,
    I have a Maxtor 640GB Ext HD. It is a few years old but I always thought it was ok cause I have it stored safely. It has photos, music, movies on it. I plugged it in tonight to my lap top and found that my lap top does'nt register that it's there. I also have no power light on the Ext HD. I'm thinking maybe the power is gone on the HD. Easy solution buy a new one on ebay. But the Maxtor's have had a bad name for these products failing in the past. Has anybody else experienced this and what was the problem / result.

    Thanks in advance.:cool:

    You could take the HD out of it, mount it in a computer (probably be SATA) and get the data back that way! If the power board inside the drive is f*cked I wouldnt bother fixing it and just buy a new external, Maxtor are quite a unrelyable brand btw!

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