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Maxtor HD stopped working !!!
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jmmijo 
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Posted 17 August 2004 - 07:25 PM
Along the same lines as what APK suggested, try another power connector from the power supply, the larger 4-pin Molex connector. I would also swap out the ribbon/data cable that connects the HD to the motherboard IDE connector just to be sure. These cables are UDMA 100/133 ribbon cables and are very cheap now a days 
The only other option is to get a new HD and jumper it as MASter and the old drive as SLAve and install a new OS onto the new HD. Then if the older HD still can't be accessed, I would try using a data recovery product like R-Studio, they have a demo version to let the user try it out first to see if it even works for them before purchasing the full-version
The only other option is to get a new HD and jumper it as MASter and the old drive as SLAve and install a new OS onto the new HD. Then if the older HD still can't be accessed, I would try using a data recovery product like R-Studio, they have a demo version to let the user try it out first to see if it even works for them before purchasing the full-version
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