[Tru_Inferno]

I'm not sure if anyone will know but I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask.

I got this external hard drive a few months ago, tha Maxtor 3200



at times either my laptop or my computor wouldn't recognized it & I managed to take care of that. Well this past Friday, my laptop nor my ccomputer wouldn't recognized it at all. So I tried this method I found online. Well it worked but now I got a hugge problem. When I click on the drive, it will say "This drive isn't formatted. Would you like to format it now?" Meaning, all tha stuff I had in there (almost all of my anime, almost all of my music, almost all of my beats, websites, pictures, my designs, & videos) I can't gain access to. And if I do formatted, then all of it will be gone & very hard to get back.

So do anyone have any ideas???

[Clueless]

Hmm... Let me guess... Vista?

Don't we have another thread on this as well?

[Jim3535]

I would like to know more about this "method I found online".

If the case is openable, you might try putting it inside the computer. Failing that, you can always try recovery tools.

http://www.knoppix.org/
http://www.shockfami...cedric/knoppix/
http://www.pcinspect....htm?language=1

[MestHoop]

I bought a maxtor

recapped that for ya

[Tru_Inferno]

http://www.fixya.com...ersonal_storage

& u kno any good recovery tools, I search & tried some but they wasn't good

This post has been edited by Tru_Inferno: 18 February 2008 - 04:44 PM

[Clueless]

recapped that for ya

Yeah... I've never heard of that brand...

[loeakaodas]

It probably developed bad sectors, happened on my external Seagate. Nothing "chkdsk /R" couldn't fix

[Tru_Inferno]

chkdsk /R ???

[Belisarius]

It's a DOS command for checking/repairing drives. /R unmounts the volume and attempts to repair it.

[Tru_Inferno]

ok I'm trying that right now...it's a long process so I left my laptop at home while I'm at class

[Tru_Inferno]

yeah imma get a brand new external hard drive from a different label...500 gb for $120 bucks

[MestHoop]

Yeah... I've never heard of that brand...

it's quite famous actually

to bad it's famous for sucking as well

get a seagate

[Tru_Inferno]

i forgot what label it was, but it isn't Maxtor

[loeakaodas]

lol, Seagate bough Maxtor

I would check what warranty the external has as mine only had a 1 year warranty, but the hard drives from Seagate come with a 5 year warranty. So buying a drive and an enclosure separately is the better way to go

This post has been edited by loeakaodas: 19 February 2008 - 02:15 PM

[Tru_Inferno]

that chkdsk/f didn't work cus it's RAW

[Jim3535]

So I tried this method I found online. Well it worked but now I got a hugge problem.

Can you please elaborate on this? Your method may have toasted the partition table. If windows doesn't want to see the drive, then the built in tools probably won't work. If this is the case, you'll need a data recovery program that can piece some stuff back together.


As for hard drives, there are only a few manufacturers: Seagate, WD, Hitachi, Fujitsu and Samsung. Drives vary widely by model, so you need to research the specific one you want to buy. It's not enough to simply say one company sucks or another is great.

I would agree that it is better to buy an external box separately from the drive. Not only do you get a better warranty, but you can also get a nice enclosure. Most boxes sold with hard drives suck when compared to nice ones like the Venus DS3. That $20 enclosure you are eying will cost you more when you have to keep replacing it after parts die / break. Cheap boxes also have super loud fans or inadequate passive cooling, crap build quality, poor electronics, and no support.

[Tru_Inferno]

http://www.fixya.com...ersonal_storage

& u kno any good recovery tools, I search & tried some but they wasn't good

i post ed yesterday i think