Maxtor Diamondmax 8 recovery

[Tom Del Rosso]

I have a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 30GB that appears as 'no drive present' in
a few PCs I've tried it in. There are only some files to recover since the
last backup so it may not be worth a recovery service. What are the
prospects that it's just the logic board, which I can get from another unit?

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

I have a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 30GB that appears as 'no drive present' in
a few PCs I've tried it in.

It appears, but it doesn't. Interesting.

There are only some files to recover since the
last backup so it may not be worth a recovery service.

What are the prospects that it's just the logic board, which I can get
from another unit?

Probably the same as for those myriad of people who asked the
same question. Any reason why it should be any different for you?

 

[Rod Speed]

I have a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 30GB that appears as 'no drive
present' in a few PCs I've tried it in. There are only some files to
recover since the last backup so it may not be worth a recovery
service. What are the prospects that it's just the logic board,
which I can get from another unit?

Reasonable and worth a try if you can find one.

 

[Arno Wagner]

I have a Maxtor Diamondmax Plus 8 30GB that appears as 'no drive
present' in a few PCs I've tried it in. There are only some files
to recover since the last backup so it may not be worth a recovery
service. What are the prospects that it's just the logic board,
which I can get from another unit?

Impossible to tell with this info. Does it spin=up or try to
spin? What was its last behaviour before?

Arno

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

Impossible to tell with this info. Does it spin=up or try to
spin? What was its last behaviour before?

All I know of what it did before is that it was sudden. The backup worked
the night before, and it died between quitting time and backup time. It
spins, but there isn't any sound of a seek test.

 

[Odie Ferrous]

All I know of what it did before is that it was sudden. The backup worked
the night before, and it died between quitting time and backup time. It
spins, but there isn't any sound of a seek test.

The heads have probably failed.

Replacing the motherboard is not an option for recovery.



Odie

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

The heads have probably failed.

Replacing the motherboard is not an option for recovery.

Can you elaborate on how that prevents the drive from being detected at all?

 

[Rod Speed]

Can you elaborate on how that prevents the drive from being detected at all?

The logic card decides that the heads are ****ed and so doesnt show up as a drive.

 

[Tom Del Rosso]

The logic card decides that the heads are ****ed and so doesnt show
up as a drive.

I guess, but it's hard to believe that they designed it to make diagnosis
through software impossible. If I get a hold of another one I'll try it,
but it's just for curiosity now because I found another backup (of the kind
that Quickbooks creates).

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

Can you elaborate on how that prevents the drive from being detected at all?

It doesn't, not necessarily. It depends on the drive.
Older drives kept the identification on the platters.
Newer drives that can powerup in standby mode identify from silicon.

 

[Folkert Rienstra]

I guess, but it's hard to believe that they designed it to make diagnosis
through software impossible.

That's IDE for you, cheap and cheerful throw away trash.
Btw, if the drive disappears you don't need software to tell you that
it's dead.

 

[Svend Olaf Mikkelsen]

It doesn't, not necessarily. It depends on the drive.
Older drives kept the identification on the platters.
Newer drives that can powerup in standby mode identify from silicon.

From
Information Technology -
AT Attachment
with Packet Interface - 6
(ATA/ATAPI-6)

If bit 2 is set to one it indicates that the content of the IDENTIFY
DEVICE response is incomplete. This will
occur if the device supports the Power-up in Standby feature set and
required data is contained on the device
media. In this case the content of at least word 0 and word 2 shall be
valid.

 

[Arno Wagner]

Can you elaborate on how that prevents the drive from being detected at all?

I would suspect that it fails its self-test and then goes into a
do-nothing mode.

Arno