maxtor diamondmax plus 60 60gb

[siy98]

This drive has crapped out. 7200RPM ATA 100 Backed up except for some family pictures I would like to save. Under warranty but Maxtor will only replace. They told me it was probably the PCBA and not the drive. gave me a source for a replacement PCBA Looking for model "01A" but that was a dead end. Bought a defective drive on ebay with the same PCBA which made a clicking sound when installed on my drive(better than no sound) so I know that the drive can spin and need the right non-defective board. Anybody have a lead or such a drive laying around? Hope this is the right forum. thanks steve

[woodbutcher]

I don't understand, if the drive is under warranty why not just send it in for a replacement?

WB

[Ed_S]

WB, he's trying to recover the photos on the drive before sending it off to Maxtor.

Good luck, siy98, and welcome to TechIMO.

One question - does Maxtor have the exact drive available, and will they still do an advance exchange?

Havc them ship the new one, swap the PCBA, recover the data, swap back, ship.

[siy98]

They will send me a new drive but will not match the PCBA# of the old one. Will not replace the board alone. So I'm on my own. thanks

[Atomic Rooster]

If the pics are worth that much to you, you can always send it to one of those "data recovery" outfits and they can extract them for you.

[woodbutcher]

You might want to post over in the traders forum under WTB then.
I understand your frustration, this has happened to me as well except it was data for my business.
If you can't find the part I suppose the only option is to go Atomic Roosters route, though when I looked into Data recovery the expense out weighed the data lost.

WB

[siy98]

Data recovery is not an option for 2 reasons:
1. there is probably nothing wrong with the data
2. the recovery guys charge a fortune
3. I found one drive with the right board but busted and will find another. its just a matter of time. Maxtor probably made 10,000 of these. I think I posted at WTB also. Thanks for the support.