I have a Maxtor 20gb hard drive that recently died on me. I think it might be a firmware problem, as I unplugged it, plugged it back in and it stopped working.
I went and got a WD 80gb, but I want to recover the very important files on my 20gb drive. I did some research, and this is a very common problem with Maxtor. However, all the information on recovering my drive involves paying someone a bunch of money to recover it.
Can someone help me? Link me to a good recovery program or something. Can I do a firmware flash?
Will "Spinrite" recover my hdd? Someone please help.
I try putting it into a different computer, it still doesn't boot up. When I set it as a slave, the computer recognizes the drive, but I can't access it. Device manager even thinks everything is fine.
EDIT: Don't pay attention to this thread, I accidently posted it twice
