Maxtor Data Recovery

ACS Data Recovery specializes in Maxtor hard drives, and can perform successful recoveries on any model Maxtor hard drive, including Maxtor external hard drives. If you have a crashed Maxtor hard drive, please call us today to get a quote: 1-800-717-8974 or simply complete our Online Request Form, package your drive and ship it to us for evaluation. We never charge an evalation fee on standard IDE hard drives, and there is no charge if your hard drive is unrecoverable.

Common problems with Maxtor hard drives, specifically 20GB, 30GB and 40GB models, is system area damage. Many times this type of failure will manifest itself with a "hard disk fail" error, and in the bios the drive will simply be seen as N40P. N40P is the common family of 40GB hard drives, and they are especially prone to system area corruption. The system area is like the operating system for a hard drive, and it controls how the hard drive reads and writes data. With the help of highly specialized equipment we can work at the system level of any drive, and we can correct many of the problems that occur. Once we are able to repair the corrupted modules within the system area, we can then proceed with recovering the data from your drive.

We can provide data recovery on any size or model Maxtor hard drive, including those listed below:

• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 6K040L0 40GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 8 6E040L0 40GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 8s 6E040T0 40GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L080P0 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y080L0 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L080M0 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor QuickView 6L100M0 100GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y080M0 80GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L120P0 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L160P0 160GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y120P0 120GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L160M0 160GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200M0 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200P0 200GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L200S0 200GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V160E0 160GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 6Y250M0 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor MaXLine Plus II 7Y250M0 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L250R0 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V200E0 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V200E0 200GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor MaXLine Plus III 7B250R0 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor MaXLine Plus III 7L250R0 250GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor MaXLine Plus III 7L250S0 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L250S0 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V250F0 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor MaXLine Plus III 7L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V300F0 300GB 7200 RPM SATA
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor MaXLine Plus III 7L300R0 300GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V320F0 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor MaxLine Pro 500 7H500R0 500GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor OneTouch III F01E200 200GB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor OneTouch III F01A200 200GB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor OneTouch III F01H300 300GB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor Shared Storage H01P200 200GB 7200 RPM Network Storage Drive
• Maxtor DiamondMax 11 6H400F0 400GB 7200 RPM SATA
• Maxtor Atlas 15K II 8K036L0 36.7GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin
• Maxtor Atlas 15K II 8K036J0 36.7GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 80pin
• Maxtor Atlas 10K V 8J073L0 74GB 10,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin
• Maxtor Atlas 10K V 8J073J0 74GB 10,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 80pin
• Maxtor Atlas 15K II SAS 8K036S0 36.7GB 15,000 RPM Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
• Maxtor Shared Storage H01R300 300GB 7200 RPM Network Storage Drive
• Maxtor OneTouch III F01H500 500GB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor DiamondMax 11 6H500F0 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor DiamondMax 11 6H500R0 500GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 7H500F0 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 7H500R0 500GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor Atlas 15K II 8K073L0 74GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 68pin
• Maxtor Atlas 15K II 8K073J0 74GB 15,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 80pin
• Maxtor Atlas 10K V 8J147J0 147GB 10,000 RPM SCSI Ultra320 80pin
• Maxtor OneTouch III G01W010 1TB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L250S0 250GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor MaXLine III 7L300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6B300S0 300GB 7200 RPM Serial ATA150
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6V320F0 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor MaXLine II 5A300J0 300GB 5400 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133
• Maxtor OneTouch II E01H300 300GB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor OneTouch III F01G300 300GB 7200 RPM External Hard Drive
• Maxtor MaXLine Pro 500 7H500F0 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s
• Maxtor DiamondMax 10 6L080L0 80GB 7200 RPM IDE Ultra ATA133

Maxtor Corporation NYSE: MXO is world's third largest (as of December 2005) manufacturer of computer hard disks.

Maxtor targets both the server and desktop market, concentrating on disk capacity more than disk speed for desktops. They started in 1982 as a specialty disk maker, manufacturing large, fast hard drives for servers and power users. In 1990, they entered the mass market with their purchase of bankrupt MiniScribe; the transition was a tough one, with the early products of this union (notably the 7120 3.5" 120MB drive) having many QA and design problems. Later products managed to sell well despite the initial problems, and in 1996 they completely redesigned their drive lines, introducing the DSP-based "DiamondMax" series, which are currently regarded as some of the best ATA drives, quality-wise.

Maxtor sold the rights to their original "XT"-series drives to a company called Sequel in the mid-1990s, thus exiting the server SCSI drive market; around this time, SCSI versions of the 7000 series drives were also discontinued. In 2000, Maxtor purchased Quantum's hard drive business. This move made them larger than their rivals (notably Seagate Technology), and also returned them to the server-SCSI market.

Maxtor, in recent years, like many other hard drive makers, has been expanding into the external hard disk market, such as the Maxtor One-Touch II personal hard drive that is marketed to be convenient external storage for the home user.

Maxtor had initially made efforts to step into the 2.5" (notebook format) hard disk market, but in the beginning of 2005, new management made the surprising decision to discontinue development in this field. This was considered by many to be a particularly peculiar move, since the market for such hard drives (mainly notebooks and mp3 players) was already experiencing rapid growth, with no signs of slowing down in the forseeable future.

The TiVo utilizes a Maxtor 40-GB hard disk drive for its local storage.

In December 2005 Maxtor confirmed that it was to be acquired by its rival Seagate. The deal is worth $1.9 billion.