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I have a maxtor drive that shows in the bios and device manager but not in windows
I have a maxtor drive, 300G 6L300R0, that shows in the bios and device manager but not in windows. It also is not showing in Disk Manager. It is an IDE device set as slave and the OS is WindowsXP Pro.
The drive was working for about 8 months. Occasionally it would not show up in window so I would shutdown, disconnect the drive, boot up then shut down again, reconnect the drive and start up again. The drive would show up.
Now it doesn't. In device manager it says the drive is working properly. Any ideas?
The drive was working for about 8 months. Occasionally it would not show up in window so I would shutdown, disconnect the drive, boot up then shut down again, reconnect the drive and start up again. The drive would show up.
Now it doesn't. In device manager it says the drive is working properly. Any ideas?
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BTW I figured out the splitting the points part, thanks
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I have tried everything you people suggested and have come to the realization that the drive is indeed dying or dead. My only course of action is to send it to a data recovery company. As far as the points go you can all splt them. I really appreciate the wuick response and concern.
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PS. I'm not really sure how to go about dividing up the points. ANy help with that?