Hi I need to replace a maxtor 6e040l0 drive the other number thats on the drive is NAR61EAO I have seen another maxtor but the second number is different it is NAR61HA0 whats the difference and can I use this one
Thanks to All

Will work fine if you are just replacing the entire HDD

U r replacing the pcb or what ??

Hi
Thanks for reply got the other hard drive put it in computer it is still saying saying primary hard disk faiure this is set as master with the correct jumpers I tried changeing jumpert to slave that worked I put xp in but i have another drive which was the slave so what do i set the jumper on for this one.
Thanks Guys

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The error message you are getting PRIMARY MASTER HARD DISK FAILURE is a common symptom of damage to the disks service area where the disks firmware is stored. The firmware is broken down into modules, each module responsible for something to do with the drives operation, and most of these modules are critical for the hard disk to work.

Is the drive being detected in BIOS? If Not try MHDD and what you might find id that the model has changed from 6E040L0 to N40P. This is a clear sign of firmware damage and as the firmware is stored on the platter rather than the PCB, the only way to get the data is to send your drive to somebody equipped with PC3000 who can fix this drive.

If you do not want or do not need the data on the disk then I would simply replace the drive.

If the hdd is giving the msg of Failure then it means that there is some problem with the Firmware which u cannot fix using any free software u need pc3k for that .