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Maxtor 3200 X-Drive problem

Jul 21, 2006 9:17PM 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 6:18AM 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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an external HD discussion
Jul 22, 2006 11:14PM PDT