Not here.
Small country ,small market. If i want to contact Maxtor ,i have to do it in Ireland.
Large drives even a smaller market here.
People do not buy it ,they buy a computer to each kid.
Houses with 3 ,4 ,5 computers are not that rare.
Same with TV ,video and DVD.
Each kid has it in his room.
Anyway ,i will deal with the shop i bought the drive.
It is a friend ,so on this side i can fell ok.
I did many other tests: the problem is the drive ,not the OS.
The only tool i can get from Maxtor reformat drives to check them ..so ,not now.
A friend sent me 2 programs to try to get the files back.
If not working ,i would try the 2 programs you gave me the name.
First i have to put some music on cd ,cause i do not have enought room left on my 3 other drives...
A big thanks for the help .
I let you know . But 8:19 PM here ,i have really enought for today.. I did a clean install to see if problem solved.
I have now to install all the stuff and make the TONS of 2000 updates.
I know ,i can make an image ...on drive E: Maxtor 160 giga let says....... and lost the image as well......