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    Maxtor external 160 gb

    I was at compusa today as they had this drive on sale for $160.00 but they were out of it. When I inquired about getting a rain check, they said, the item is being discontinued. Does anyone know of any problems with this hd and that is why it is being discontinued? I recently lost 120gb...
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    Maxtor external not being recognized

    Thank you lesgray. I will contact the data recovery place. Mainegeek, the drivers that came with the machine is only for windows 98 or mac so I called the manufacturer and wrote to them but no answer. But, I would think that the computer technicians would have figured that out. I guess there...
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    Maxtor external not being recognized

    The drive did make noises so I guess it is spinning. I took it to Compusa (where I bought it from) and a computer technician and both have confirmed that the hard drive is dead and there is no way to get the data unless I take to data recovery place and put out $1000.00.
  4. msingi

    Maxtor external not being recognized

    Yes, I have a mouse in a usb port and it works fine.
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    Maxtor external not being recognized

    I own a maxtor 120gb 7200 ulta ata/133 hard drive. I have used it for the last 3 months without any problems. I am using it for video editing purposes and have large files on it. This morning, my computer would not recognize it. It comes back with E: not accessible. I checked the plugs. Nothing...

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