i have a Maxtor 40GB DiamondMax Plus 8 , 6E040L0
and when i load on bios it will mistakenly detect as N40P
and it fails to load,,

ive found many thread discussing this, but all suggesting the firmware or PCB failure..
i dont quite unerstand this

pls help asap
as i have all my project report on the HDD..

they mean ur hdd is dead.....

buy casket for ur HDD d, mayb not, try put ur HDD on freezer.. might have alitile bit of time

u try to update ur hdd firmware and see it helps or not,it's risky,but this is the only hope.

Sorry to hear that. You should backup your projects in other places such as pendrive, CD-RW/CD... To be safer..

download the freeware from http://www.salvationdata.com/downloads.asp can help.

back up your hdd as soon as possible and then follow acecombats advice on updating the firmware for your hdd. It being maxtor, hmm i dont what to say la but give it a go, if it still doesnt work, go rma if theres warranty left, or just buy a new hdd.

But remember, always back up your data

y dun put in freezer, it really work for a short time for u backup

Nowadays HDD soooo many problem...

bro, the freezer ah, if put and forget means how? and also the case of water condensation when its transfered from zero temp to the hot malaysian temp... isnt it a myth?

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Added on July 17, 2007, 10:51 pmi think that works for any form of equipment, there is no existence of 0% error bro, except for a mathematics prob

This post has been edited by a1098113: Jul 17 2007, 10:51 PM

Nowadays HDD soooo many problem...

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Added on July 18, 2007, 12:15 amNowadays HDD soooo many problem...

This post has been edited by ShuUemura: Jul 18 2007, 12:15 AM

first, u must put ur hdd in a plastic concealer, like the vegetable packet... vacum it

then freeze it in the freezer, for sure no water will get in.. it will give u 10 -20 minutes

any reviews or proof to support this statement? i would love to see it i mean a proof that this method works..

ok, i'll try the salvation repairer first.. then i might try the freezer... thx

DO NOT TRY THE FREEZER TRICK!

That will make things worse (and possibly making your data totally unrecoverable).

FYI, your HDD suffered the infamous Maxtor "N40P" firmware corruption issues. More information here:

Data recovery on Maxtor 6Exxx "N40P" hard disks:

Intellirecovery Data Recovery News and Updates: November 2004: Hard Disk Drive Failure Report: Increasing failures on Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 hard disk drives, AKA The N40P

In other words, not much can be done... either send to a professional data recovery service or find a repair software that can correct the firmware again.

Folks here, please do not mention the mythical freezer trick, methinks this is gonna be a warning.

This post has been edited by lex: Jul 20 2007, 11:34 AM

thanx, i almost put in the freezer... ^^'