My external Maxtor drive won’t be detected on my linux machine. I have the power cord all tight and I have firewire that I think that came with the Maxtor drive itself. It just won’t be recognized. Any help.

  • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    2 days ago

    If the drive’s mechanism has indeed failed, there are data recovery places that can probably deal with it, as long as the platters aren’t damaged. They’ll put it in a cleanroom, physically open the drive, very carefully take the platters out, stick its platters into a known-good drive of the same version and revision, pull the data off and send it to you.

    I don’t know what the going rate for this is, but last I looked, it was hundreds to thousands.

    kagis

    Sounds like that’s still accurate.

    https://www.handyrecovery.com/how-much-does-data-recovery-cost/

    Mechanical Failure (Expensive)

    • Cost: $500–$3,000

    Whenever your hard drive starts making strange noises, experiences an unfortunate encounter with water, or simply dies without any warning, you have a big problem because mechanical issues can be very expensive to repair, requiring replacement components, advanced techniques and equipment, and controlled cleanroom environment.