Maxtor Diamond 9 Series

hi
my harddrive has recently been having problems

one day, after turning on my computer i was unable to move certain files around, message was "data corrupt."
then i removed the harddrive to try it in anothing comuter, and it said the same thing.
now, i put the harddrive back into my computer, and i cannot see it. The hardware manager can see it, but no drive icon shows up. i tried a couple recovery tools, but they just hung then quit.
it sounds like its not turning
any ideas on problem and fixes?
all help appreciated!
thanks in advance

i think u hav bad sectors try repair with victoria or mhdd using advance remap option then use prosoft media tools for recovery of data .

thank you for your reply! i shall give it a shot and report, thanks again

Hi,

if u need the data, U should not run victoria!
just create an image of the bad drive and try some logical recovery SW on the image.

regards,
pepe

i think his hard drive has bad sectors so i have given him the solution to repair then recover .

rameez wrote:i think his hard drive has bad sectors so i have given him the solution to repair then recover .

Is not a good idea!!!

hi
well i already tried creating an image of the disk, from DOS before windows load.. but the program just halted and wouldn't get past the loading screen

is there another way to make an image of the drive?

what prog did U use?
pepe

hi
it was Drive Clone
the one that just stalled all the time :/

try copyr or media tools.
logical recovery SW will fail on the bad drive very probably.

regards,
pepe

hi again
no luck

copyr won't boot up
and media tools can't read the drive, neither can DivX (if thats correct, i forget)
bios reads the drive just fine, hardware manager as well; but nothing else :-/
any more ideas? do i need a new board?

How do u run the media tools but up in DOS then try .

You need PC3000 for this case, may be some module on it is damage. If can not repair, you need Data Extractor for recover data.