Data Recovery for Maxtor Hard Drives.

We support Maxtor hard drive recovery, and can perform successful data recovery on all of the Maxtor hard drive models and sizes. If you have a Maxtor hard drive crashed, the most important thing you can do is contact us immediately. Maxtor drives are not an exception and like all other hard drives, occasionally experience a failure in a variety of ways. In fact, there are two main forms of failure: logical and physical. Logical failure is usually a result of a file-system corruption and can occur due to a virus, accidental formatting of the drive or deletion of the key files. The drive is still recognized by the system BIOS, but data appear to be inaccessible. If the system BIOS does not identify the presence of the hard drive and your drive is being inoperative, then the symptoms of physical failure have occurred.

Some common types of physical failure:

- Firmware corruption:
If you have seen these names on the BIOS screen - Maxtor N40P, Maxtor Athena, Maxtor Ares C64K, Maxtor Calipso, Maxtor Falcon, Maxtor Proxima, Maxtor Vulcan, Maxtor Romulus, Maxtor Rigel - instead of the real model name, it means that the BIOS does not identify the presence of the hard drive or identifies it incorrectly, putting alias instead of its original ID.

- Mechanical:
It is usually a result from a motor bearing failures. It occurs if the motor overheats and stops spinning. The hard drive's heads and/or platters are most probably damaged, when you can hear a clicking, scraping or grinding noise.

- Electronic:
The hard drive will appear dead, not spinning and not being recognized by the BIOS. All hard drives have a circuit board, and this board allows the drive to communicate with the computer and vice-versa. Burned chip on the PCB controller or damaged circuit are common reasons of electronic failure. Heat can cause the electronics to fail. Power surges are also one of the most common problems. The smell of burnt circuits combined with the sight of smoke coming out of your computer is something indicating about the damage of the PCB board.

Maxtor desktop hard drives listed by family and by model name:

DiamondMax 22: 160,250,320,500,750,1000 GB 7200-RPM SATA

Models: STM3160813AS, STM3320614AS, STM3500320AS, STM3750330AS, STM31000334AS, STM31000340AS
DiamondMax 21:
80,160,250,320 7200-RPM ATA/SATA, Ultra ATA/100

Models: STM3250820AS, STM3320820AS, STM3250820A, STM3320820A, STM380215A, STM3160215A
DiamondMax 20:
40,80, 160 7200-RPM ATA/SATA

Models: STM340211AS, STM380211AS, STM3160211AS, STM3402111A, STM380211A, STM3160212A
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 ( Calipso ):
200, 160, 120, 80, 60 GB ATA HDD, 7200 RPM

Models: 6Y250P0, 6Y200P0, 6Y160L0, 6Y120L0, 6Y080L0, 6Y060L0, 6Y200P0, 6Y160P0, 6Y120P0
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 ( N40P; Poker):
40, 30, 20 GB ATA HDD, 7200 RPM

Models: 6E040L0, 6E030L0, 6E020L0
Maxtor DiamondMax 16 ( Falcon ):
250, 160, 120, 80, 60 GB ATA HDD

Models: 5A250J0, 4A250J0, 4A160J0, 4R160L0, 4R120L0, 4R080L0, 4R080J0, 4R060J0
Maxtor Fireball 3 ( ARES 64K ; POKER ):
40, 30, 20 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 2F040L0 2F030L0 2F020L0 2F040J0 2F030J0 2F020J0
Maxtor Fireball 541DX / D541X ( ATHENA; DSP / POKER ):
20, 15, 10 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 2B020H1 2B015H1 2B010H1
Maxtor Fireball 531DX (NIKE; DSP):
20, 15, 10 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 2R020H1, 2R015H1, 2R010H1
Maxtor DiamondMax 540-4D / D540-4D (Romulus; DSP/POKER):
80, 60, 40, 30 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 4D080H4, 4D060H3, 4D040H2, 4D030H2
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 536DX (VULCAN ):
100, 80, 60, 40, 30 GB UDMA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 4W080H6, 4W060H4, 4W040H3, 4W030H2
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 60 ( RIGEL; DSP):
60, 40, 30, 20 GB ATA HDD, 7200 RPM

Models: 5T060H6 5T040H4 5T030H3 5T020H2 5T010H1
Maxtor DiamondMax 40 VL (VL40; Proxima; DSP):
40, 30, 20, 15, 10 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 34098H4, 33073H3, 32049H2, 31535H2, 31024H1
Maxtor DiamondMax 40 VL (VL40; Proxima; DSP):
40, 30, 20, 15, 10 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 34098H4, 33073H3, 32049H2, 31535H2, 31024H1
Maxtor D740X,Quantum( D740X-6L ):
Models: 6L080J4, 6L060J3, 6L040J2, 6L020J1, 6L080L4, 6L060L3, 6L040L2, 6L020J1

MX6L080J4, MX6L060J3, MX6L040J2, MX6L020J1, MX6L080J4, MX6L060J3, MX6L040J2, MX6L020J1
Maxtor D540X-4K,Quantum:
80, 60, 40, 30, 20 GB ATA HDD, 5400 RPM

Models: 4K080H4, 4K060H3, 4K040H2, 4K020H1
(MX4K080H4, MX4K060H3, MX4K040H2, MX4K020H1 )

The model names for some Maxtor drives might be identified by the first seven characters in the model string at left bottom corner on the back of the drive. For example, DiamondMax Plus 9: If you see 6Y160PO042211, the model is 6Y160PO(BIOS name). DiamondMax Plus 8: For 6E040L0510605 the model is 6E040L0

Maxtor External Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery:

Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire and USB 300
Maxtor OneTouch II FireWire and USB 250
Maxtor OneTouch USB 2.0 80GB
Maxtor OneTouch USB 2.0 120GB
Maxtor OneTouch USB 2.0 160GB
Maxtor OneTouch USB 2.0 200GB
Maxtor OneTouch USB 2.0 250GB
Maxtor OneTouch FireWire 160GB
Maxtor OneTouch FireWire 200GB
Maxtor OneTouch FireWire 250GB
Maxtor OneTouch FireWire & USB 2.0 250 GB
Maxtor OneTouch FireWire & USB 2.0 200 GB
Maxtor OneTouch FireWire & USB 2.0 160 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 5000DV 200 GB External Drive
Maxtor Personal Storage 5000DV FireWire & USB 2.0 160 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 5000DV FireWire & USB 2.0 120 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 5000LE USB 2.0 Drive 80 Gb External Hard Drive
Maxtor Personal Storage 5000XT 250GB FireWire & USB2
Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 7200 RPM 80GB USB 2.0
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000DV Firewire 80 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000DV Firewire 60 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LE USB 2.0 120 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LE USB 2.0 40 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LS USB 2.0 60 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000LS USB 2.0 40 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3000XT Firewire 160 GB
Maxtor Personal Storage 3100 USB 2.0 80 GB
Maxtor 1394 External Storage (IEEE 1394 Firewire) 80 GB
Maxtor 1394 External Storage (IEEE 1394 Firewire) 40 GB
Maxtor OneTouch 4 250, 320, 500, 750 GB, 1 TB
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus 250, 500, 750 GB-1 TB
Maxtor OneTouch 4 Mini 160, 250, 320, 500 GB

People from all over the world send their Maxtor Hard Drives to our office. With our company being located in Montreal (Quebec), we have many customers from all around Canada, United States of America (US), European countries, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, just to name a few.

If you are experiencing any data loss related problem from Maxtor hard drive call us for friendly advice and the fast and confidential data recovery service. We are ready to answer any questions that you may have. Please call us toll free at1-888-570-0775.