[logan_657]

Hello,

I have a Maxtor 5000Le 80GB external unit. I am running Windows XP Pro. I've had this unit for years and it has been great. About a month ago my computer locked when booting and after checking out all my external hardware, I found out that this unit had caused the problem. It seemed that the usb port or the cable was the problem. When I unplugged the usb, plugged it into another port, and even replugged it into the original port all of a sudden it started working again. It has been working fine since then until today. . . Now the problem is: . . . . Windows boots just fine. . it just doesn't recognize this external hard drive at all. The hard drive is not making any noise at all, the green light on the unit is turned on showing that the unit is powered up. . .just no noise. I tried it with a new usb cord and still nothing. It's like an internal switch is out or maybe the internal usb connector on the unit is damaged or something. Please help. This unit has years and years of information in it and I really need to be able to get to it.

Thank you,

[kevin_476]

Did you try to open your external box with a drive, and connect your drive directly to your computer (slave it) if you'll see it in windows, that means problem with a box
if you still wont see drive in windows, that means problem with a drive.
Also, if you are saying drive isn't making any noise, make sure it’s spinning up
listen to the box when you press power button. And unfortunately if you still face problems then I guess you must contact a data recovery Lab. One I know is SAlvageData Recovery Lab INC, an ISO 9001 company and here is the address of the lab: -76 Progress Drive, Corporate Park, and Stamford, CT 06902. My friend has faced dangerous problems regarding data recovery and we have seen how this lab has given best result and recovered data. You can also. May be this will help.

[Captain Obvious]

Originally Posted by kevin_476 

. One I know is SAlvageData Recovery Lab INC, an ISO 40 company and here is the address of the lab: 6 Progress Drive, Corporate Park, and Stamford, CT 9000. My friend has faced dangerous problems regarding data recovery and we have seen how this lab has given best result and recovered data. You can also. May be this will help.

Oh yeah I used SalvageData Recovery Lab when I had a hard drive crash on me a while back. Paid them $15,000 and three weeks later all they were able to recover from the HDD was a copy of oregon trail, some animated Hello Kitty gifs, and my AOL chat logs.

All the other sensitive and important data they were unable to find.
So I used Norton Disk Doctor v2.1 and it was able to restore all the files that I thought were gone.
Those Salvage Data guys are incompetent morons.

don't use them. ever.

[effgee]

Especially creepy since logan_657 is standing in front of a mirror, talking to himself thinking his name is kevin_476. Only good thing about MPD ... you'll never be lonely.

[OreoCookie]

Originally Posted by Captain Obvious 

Oh yeah I used SalvageData Recovery Lab when I had a hard drive crash on me a while back. Paid them $15,000 and three weeks later all they were able to recover from the HDD was a copy of oregon trail, some animated Hello Kitty gifs, and my AOL chat logs.

15 Grand!!? I knew it was expensive, but I thought it was more in the lower four-digit range to recover data from a harddrive

[effgee]

where's the damn [sarcasm] tag when you need it?

[OreoCookie]

It was in my coffee I hadn't had when I read this thread this morning