20 Most Recent Maxtor Shared Storage II N01R010 1 TB USB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

If you hear a click-click sound it means that your drive's mechanics ia failing. BAD NEWS !!

Hello,

yes, this is very possible. You can gain access to your hard drive by opening the unit. Thereafter, you can make use of the drive and of course, recover your data.

I wish you good luck.

Check Control Panel, System, Device Manager and make sure windows see's the connection. If you see a yellow triangle, that means the drivers are not correct. If you don't see it at all, that is a problem. Give Maxtor a call. You may need to update your motherboard bios, chipset drivers. At worst, you might have a problem with the motherboard or maxtor II device.

Hi,
Try a more reliable brand. Maxtor isn't. You don't want to take chances with your files!
Here are two options:

1 www.carbonite.com this company will back your computer up automatically for 50.00 a year unlimited.

2 here is a much more reliable external drive at the link below.

http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Essential-External-WDH1U10000N/dp/B000VZCEUI/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1234779508&sr=8-2

Hope this works for your needs
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good luck,

eric

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).

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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.

40GB?

First thing I would do is test the hard drive to make sure it is good. If new, that does not guarantee that it is good. Use a hard drive adapter that allows you to connect it to the USB port of another computer and run a full test.