Maxtor 300gb SATA drive (16mb) problems ...

[Safeway]

So the drive was working fine ... 13gb MP3s, movies, games, etc. Then, I had to move my computer from Austin to Dallas for the Summer. In doing so, I had to push the HDD securely into the mounting rails in a Sonata.

Now that its all setup again, the HDD is showing up on Samurize as "Disconnected". Attempting to browse it via Explorer results in a looong pause and (Not Responding). I left the computer processing while I ate dinner tonight and returned to see "Drive G: is not formatted, would you like to format?". WTF!

I thought it might be the SATA cable with a crimp in it from moving, so I switched cables. No luck. What else could it be?! When I put my hand on the drive, it is noticably warm and spinning, and there is an occassional bump or series of more defined jolts. No noise associated with those bumps though.

My HDD activity light is solid without anything running. Could a virus be causing all of this? I seriously doubt I have a virus, as it didn't do this before I left.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[SVT Cobra]

have you tried it in a diff comp??

id say cable cross talk..but you already tested that....

 

[keeleysam]

Reinstall windows 😛

Try booting with a Knoppix CD and see if you can do stuff with it.

 

[Safeway]

I was hoping to reinstall windows using the 300gb HDD as a backup ... and I'm not even sure that it would work after reinstalling windows. I used the second SATA socket on the mobo,and it still is screwed up.

keeleysam, have you had this happen with your drives?

 

[Safeway]

The good news is that this drive is in warrenty well into 2007, and Maxtor is great with RMAs. The bad news is that I will be losing alot of data ...

I'll try a reinstall first, as I was planning on doing that anyway. But if that doesn't work, I know I have an RMA to look forward to.

 

[Safeway]

Any more info?

 

[Venomous]

Double check your drivers and make sure youre using the proper sata ports. Some MB's use a variation of sata controllers.