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I have a Maxtor Quickview 6L250R0 hard drive which i've put into a caddy. hard drive bleeps when powered on and is unaccessable
I bought a Maxtor Quickview 6L250R0 hard drive a few weeeks back and installed it in a external caddy to provide extra storage for my laptop.
the drive was working fine and i've transfered countless images to the disk. After returning from holiday with it the disk makes an unusual bleeping sound when powered on
duhdahdah duhdahdah duhdahdah beep pause ... then repeats
i've tried getting the manual from maxtors site but can't find any reference to beeps.
the device is not detected in the caddy or when connected to any machines
is there anything i can try as the data on the drive is important
the drive was working fine and i've transfered countless images to the disk. After returning from holiday with it the disk makes an unusual bleeping sound when powered on
duhdahdah duhdahdah duhdahdah beep pause ... then repeats
i've tried getting the manual from maxtors site but can't find any reference to beeps.
the device is not detected in the caddy or when connected to any machines
is there anything i can try as the data on the drive is important
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"... the drive is not being detected in any machines at all ..." ==> Do you mean the drive in its external case; or have you removed it and tried directly connecting it to an internal IDE channel? ... if you've tried an internal IDE channel, then Yes, you need to send it to a recovery center; if you've not tried an internal IDE channel, then I would try that first (although the noise you described is not promising).
Expanding on gary's post above, when the drive is connected directly to a free ide port, does the BIOS of the PC see the drive, does it still make noise? If the BIOS can't see it, then recovery center, if the bios can see it and just the OS can't, you should try the software suggested above.
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Sorry guys for taking so long to respond. The drive turned out to be totally dead which i've since found to be a common problem on these new Quickvew drives (according to some data recovery specialists). had an advanced replacement from Maxtor. And sending duff drive back to them
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