Also, I read that the upgrade to Service Pack 3 lead to many compatability issues with other Maxtor 3200s. Do you think it could be an issue with the BIOS? If so how do I set them to auto detect the HD. In the meantime, I put the jumpers back to how they were when I took the HD out, and tried a few more times with no success. I tried adjusting all of the plugs to make sure that they are in tightly, I also tried adjusting the jumpers to each possible position that I could come up with. I started up my computer but nothing comes up. I didn't initially adjust the jumpers as they were already set to slave. Finally, I opened up the casing of the hard drive, took out the HDD and plugged it straight into my computer. I moved onto the Microsoft Code 10 troubleshooting page but still no success.
I checked the drivers and all that, but still no success.
I did as you said and ran into another issue. for Maxtor HDD Charger, 12V AC Adapter for Maxtor OneTouch II III IV 3100 3200 1tb MSS-II HDD,Maxtor OneTouch 4 Plus Personal Storage 9NT2A4-500 DSA-36W1230 SD81 K01ONEPWR K01PWR3100 ONE Touch 7000 4. I would open the enclosure, remove the hard drive.and attach it directly to the motherboard to see if it is recognized when attached directly. If the enclosed drive came with drivers/software.I would uninstall same.and then reinstall a fresh copy of same. It could be the drive, but an enclosure is much more likely to fail, IMO. Since it's an external drive (which should not require a driver, since it's USB-connected.I would assume that there is a failure of the enclosure.not the hard drive. For more information about Code 10-related errors, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 943104 ( ) Description of Code 10-related errors that Device Manager generates on Windows XP-based computers View the article in the Microsoft Knowledge BaseĬomplete troubleshooting information is provided in the following article. If you are asked for the driver and you do not have it, you can try to download the latest driver from the hardware vendor’s Web site.Ģ. Windows may have the driver built-in, or may still have the driver files installed from the last time that you set up the device. You may be prompted to provide the path of the driver.
Follow the instructions to update the driver. Added to your wish list Maxtor Personal Storage 3200 500GB USB 2.0 3.5' External Hard Drive. In the device Properties dialog box, click the Driver tab, and then click Update Driver to start the Hardware Update Wizard. Here are some things that you can try to resolve this problem. If there is no FailReasonString in the hardware key, you receive the following error message: The driver or enumerator puts this registry string value there. If the device has a FailReasonString value in its hardware key, that string is displayed as the error message.