Hard-drive Lifespan

[Kunal]

i never had a single prob wid maxtor! me 1st comp had 1 (13 yrs old) and dat 1 still wrks!

[RedRival]

Originally posted by Somebody1234@30 September 2003 - 15:17
I would check the electical connections to the drive. It sounds like a loose connection. Try using another IDE cable and use another 4 pin power supply connector. Wiggle the plugs on the drive themselves. Maybe you can get it to work long enough to retrieve your files.

nup double-checked that, im working with my cpu case open right now. Using an Aopen case, so one side is open so everything in there, hopefully cools faster.

fact is, i want that maxtor drive to be working so i can store or my junk in there. I have about 23 game ripz in that hdd plus lotsa other stuff, i won't want those to be dumped on my seagate drive.

looks like i haf to chalk/choke up some money to get a new slave drive.

EDIT: I got about 80bucks aus dollars in all, juz got 50 from my dad for my b'day, and i don't work nor get allowance any other time...if someone can sell me a western digital drive for 80 bucks ooh yeh...

[clocker]

Originally posted by RedRival+30 September 2003 - 10:45--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (RedRival @ 30 September 2003 - 10:45)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Somebody1234@30 September 2003 - 15:17
I would check the electical connections to the drive. It sounds like a loose connection. Try using another IDE cable and use another 4 pin power supply connector. Wiggle the plugs on the drive themselves. Maybe you can get it to work long enough to retrieve your files.

nup double-checked that, im working with my cpu case open right now. Using an Aopen case, so one side is open so everything in there, hopefully cools faster.

fact is, i want that maxtor drive to be working so i can store or my junk in there. I have about 23 game ripz in that hdd plus lotsa other stuff, i won&#39;t want those to be dumped on my seagate drive.

looks like i haf to chalk/choke up some money to get a new slave drive.

EDIT: I got about 80bucks aus dollars in all, juz got 50 from my dad for my b&#39;day, and i don&#39;t work nor get allowance any other time...if someone can sell me a western digital drive for 80 bucks ooh yeh... [/b][/quote]
Maybe you could take some of that &#036;50 and invest in some blank CDs and transfer those precious games to them...

Unless you find a reason for that HDD to be malfunctioning you are living on borrowed time.

[RedRival]

that&#39;s my topic here.

go rant and rave in the lounge. i have cds to burn my games on, but i&#39;m looking into a long term investment. I don&#39;t necessarily want to keep this games for a long time, every so often, i&#39;ll delete and download new ones. but as for now, i need to save em on my hdd if it boots up fine the next time.

[LTJBukem]

I agree with somebody1234, it does sound like a loose connection. Have you tried swapping ide cables/mobo sockets and power supply cables?

To my knowledge, there are no reliability issues associated with Maxtor drives in particular.