20 Most Recent Maxtor (H01R300) 300 GB Hard Drive Questions & Answers

Hi gogoc_da_man,

Take the CD out of the drive, and then reboot your system, then insert the CD again, and you'll get the install icon back.

Good Luck

Mark

- Do you hear any beep sound when you plug in the USB drive into the laptop? - You can also try a different USB cable - Try connecting the hard drive to a different computer and see if it works All those steps will help you determine where the issue is. Please revert back with any other observations. Good Luck

Try uninstalling then installing the software once the Maxtor is plugged in your PC, make sure your anti virus software is disabled while doing this.

Hope That Helps!

That is a personnal Preference some would say turn off while I always leave mine on. I use externals for backups for off site backup the only time they are turned off is when I rotate them to the next building. The safe thing to do is fi you have something you want on that extrenal harddrive make sure you have it saved in another location as well sometimes harddrive just stop working.

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?