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Hi, I've got a maxtor 200GB hard drive and its recently come up with a msg saying that the hdd needs formatting. The is no longer showing any data present. Any ideas on how to restore this? Thanks Adam

Name: Sabertooth
Date: October 15, 2006 at 09:39:28 Pacific

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http://www.x-ways.net/winhex/ The Secret Letter From Iraq

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Name: rhawk7938
Date: October 15, 2006 at 09:53:16 Pacific

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Sounds like the drive is failing. #1 Back-up any data you can. #2 Download and run Maxtor's diagnostic program.

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yeah thats what i thought, cheeers guys. I'll see how i get on with winhex too. Might try the freezer method too, i heard something catching earlier.

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Name: ham30
Date: October 15, 2006 at 12:48:02 Pacific

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XP is known to lose drives. Many times there is not a problem with the drive itself. If the data is valuable, try Partition Doctor. Do yourself a favor BACKUP!

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