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Maxtor 3100 External drive - dead?

Jul 5, 2006 3:25AM PDT

Hello Everyone,
I've seen several discussions about bad external drives, removing the enclosures, "clicks", etc... I think alot of this may apply to me also, but I'm not sure.

I have a Maxtor 3100 External 80Gb "Personal Storage" drive. I run a 500MHz PIII PC with Windows 98SE. The drive is connected via USB. Recently it was not recognized. I disconnected the drive (USB and power) and reconnected. The drive "beeped" for about 15 seconds and still was not recognized. I've tried a couple of things to get Windows to recognize the drive, but nothing works. Each time I get the beeps but that's all. I wrote to Maxtor and they simply stated the drive is bad. I too have used the drive for back-up and supplemental storage. I don't want to give up on trying to access it's contents.

Any sugestions? Could I also remove the enclosure and install as a slave drive?

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Yup. That's the consensus from...
Jul 5, 2006 9:52AM PDT

Please avail yourself of the longer discussion about this in the forums. Here's the short version.

"Yup."

Bob

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Thanks for the succinct answer. One more question...
Jul 10, 2006 4:02AM PDT

Could you recommend a Data Recovery service that has received good reviews?

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The usuals are...
Jul 10, 2006 5:53AM PDT

Drivesavers.com and ontrack.com

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Link, comment.
Jul 10, 2006 6:19AM PDT