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Maxtor 3200 X-Drive problem

Jul 21, 2006 9:10PM PDT

I just bought a Maxtor Basics Personal Storage 3200 (100 GB/7200 RPM).

So I just plugged it in and managed to get about 7 GB of files transfered. Then it went ******** and my comp wouldn't recognize the drive in Explorer (there was no icon for an "F Drive"). Well, it's recognized in Disk Mgmt, and I can now create a partition and format the X Drive, it says with a max of 93 GB.

Question: If I partition and format now, will I lose that 7 GB of files I transfered earlier?

In case it matters, I have Windows XP and SP2 upgraded.

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Maxtor 3200 X-Drive problem
Jul 22, 2006 6:17AM PDT

I guess it seems I will lose those 7 GB if I partition and format now. Does ANYONE know how I can retrieve those files?

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my maxtor sucks too
Jul 30, 2006 8:02AM PDT

i bought my maxtor 3200 a couple of months ago and it had the same problem as yours. If you reformat you will lose that 7gb of data but theres a way you can get it back. If it is really needed you can download getbackdata for ntfs from their website. Its around $80 but i am getting back all my data from the malfunctioning maxtor that i hate with a passion now. Just go to that website and check it out. The program is free to download and free to see which files u can retreive u have to pay when u actually retreive the files. Download free to see if it can actually work for you and then either pay or find some kind of key generator for the program if you really dont want to pay for it. email me at teddypeikidis@yahoo.com if u want to know more info.