20 Most Recent Maxtor DiamondMax 80 (96147H6) 61.4 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Select the maxtor HDD as master by setting the Jumper to the extreme left of the hdd; i.e. next to the data cable.
Remove all jumpers from the other HDD which you want to put as slave.

You may have damaged the heads in the drive

You can try it on another computer but I expect you will need data recovery help. I can suggest http://FreeDataRecovery.us

Take a look at this pdf:eshop.macsales.com/Tech/manuals/idehdsettings/Maxtor72.pdfSo If this is layout " : : : . : " then...slave ----------- " : : : . : " master -------- " [:]: : . : "cable select -- " :[:]: . : "

Do you have the jumpers set correctly for your setup? Check it against the diagrams on this pdf:http://eshop.macsales.com/Tech/manuals/idehdsettings/Maxtor72.pdf

are you sure this is the error code ca699178 ?click start control panel administrative tools computer management then select event viewer this may vary depending on what operating system you have

extend the events there you will see errors in red you will no what exactly what the error was and at what time it occured

you might be able work your way through the problem

hope this helps you

your las hope is to replace the Pcb Controller with a working and exact same one ,

Link 1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ec_BG1BrTXhPWyMgJtbfMAAmrV1lrTY7/view?usp=share_link Link 2https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wni-u68YQaeCs7eMNhgIEeUgg1fRUO0Q/view?usp=share_link

I assume it is a USB connection? Does it also have a power adaptor or a USB dongle that has 2 USB connectors? If you cannot get it to power up, the only other option to retrieve your data is to take the HD out of the case and connect it to a PC or laptop using a SSD or SATA to USB adapter and see if you can get the PC to recognize it.

I doubt they are still available but usually one can be found on the maxtor web site, (many years ago).

Find it in lazda

I replace my hard drives after 2 or 3 years. Yours seems to have quit early, possibly the transformer is not working. If your external drive lights up, the electronics could be bad. At any rate, the bad news is it sounds like time for a new drive. I hope you have a backup of the contents.

The application that was used to create those files is not in your laptop. Ergo, they cannot be read.