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Maxtor Shared Storage Drive question

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benwood

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I have a Maxtor Shared Storage Drive (MSS) which is a NAS connected to my wired Ethernet network. And I can no longer access the info on it and there are some files I need from it. I think that the hard drive may have been corrrupted. I pulled the hard drive out of the case and it spun up. The hard drive is a 200 GB IDE Maxtor. I don't know what OS the Maxtor Shared Storage drive uses (I think it's a Linux varient) or the file system but I know it isn't FAT or NTFS. Does anyone know what file system the MSS uses and a program that can access it? Thanks.
 
Chances are, it uses ReiserFS or EXT2/3/4. Slave it to a desktop, and boot a Linux LiveCD/DVD. Then mount that drive, and see if it mounts. You can also bring up Disk Utility, that will show the partitions, and hopefully, the filesystem(s) on those partitions.
 
Thanks Larry. Where do I find a Linux LiveCD/DVD? Also what's Disk Utility. And can it use USB as I'm using a USB to IDE converter because my computer doesn't have any IDE ports.
 
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