hdd problems.!

[j12]

i bought a maxtor 200gb sata hdd. and after 3 months it would not be detected by my computer. so i returned it to maxtor and now i a refurbished on. so i have been using the refurbished hdd for 4 months maybe. and i was trying to open my music file in my 200gb hdd, then it said there was an I/O error. so i rebooted and the hdd would not show up.
when i boot up there is a pic that pops up and it says 0s/2 ware by ibm

 

[Ste]

Its going going and possible gone. Slave it in an another computer ASAP and recover any important data before trying to run repair/diagnostic programs.

If you cannot access the drive on another computer then its gone and data recovery will be difficult unless you want a Profess company to do it for lots o Cash.

 

[turtile]

Sounds like the circuit board died on you.

 

[j12]

dam maxtor, this was the second hdd that died on me within a year. i bought the 200gb at staples for 70$, after three months the hdd would not be recognized by the computer. and if i tried to load windows on it it would only show 120 somthin gigs. so the hdd was still under warranty and i gave it to maxtor. i got a "new" hdd from maxtor, but it turns out that its actually refurbished. i was like..ok i guess it will be fine, what are the chances that my hdd is gonna die. and yesterday after school what do u know...the ****in maxtor hdd died!

 

[j12]

umm i need more help. i am using a sata pci card and during boot up it can see that there is a 189gb hdd hooked up to it. and i tried to do a system restore and it said that "g" my hdd, wil not be able to be restored. if there was a restore point in september, can i see it even though it is october.

 

[j12]

bump

 

[turtile]

Restore points save install information on Windows. It will not back up files and otherthings you may want. If the drive dies, you pretty much loose whatever was on it.