Maxtor OneTouch 4 1TG - Access is denied

[simhup]

Out of sudden, I can't access my Maxtor One Touch 4 1000G External hard drive.

Under My Computer, I can see it as drive: G.

When I try to click on drive: G, I get the following error message "G:\ is not accessible. Access is denied."

Is there anyway to "open" the hard drive without having to reformat it and losing some precious data?

I have tried the following methods (none is helpful):
1) Use another USB cable
2) Power down the unit for a few minutes
3) Try it on another computer

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[shahij]

seems bad sector, after imaging the drive contents should be accessible to the target drive.

[simhup]

seems bad sector, after imaging the drive contents should be accessible to the target drive.

What are the procedures?

[poehere]

Google software cloning or imaging software and read manual on this one. Good software is RStudion to do this job for you. Manual is on line with software or can be found on the help menu of the program.

[networkpc3000]

Out of sudden, I can't access my Maxtor One Touch 4 1000G External hard drive.

Under My Computer, I can see it as drive: G.

When I try to click on drive: G, I get the following error message "G:\ is not accessible. Access is denied."

Is there anyway to "open" the hard drive without having to reformat it and losing some precious data?

I have tried the following methods (none is helpful):
1) Use another USB cable
2) Power down the unit for a few minutes
3) Try it on another computer

Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thanks.

for my suggestion please stop these operation. as head is no stabilize. you continue try will make it worse. you can try with RStudio like Poehere mention. but don't make any mistake on it.