Just connect you hard drive to another healthy system as a slave and see if the drive is recognized.
If yes, then you can try Data Recovery Software to retrieve your lost files. If the drive is not recognized then, it has experienced some mechanical fault and you need to contact data recovery...
Try attaching your Maxtor drive, to some other healthy system and see if the drive is detected there. If not, then the only way to gain access to the data on your Maxtor drive is to use a recovery software. Try FAT Data Recovery Software. You can use the demo version to see whether the software...