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I have a Maxtor one touch external hard drive. My Computer recognizes the
drive, but when I try to access the info I am unable to. The error message
I receive is "E:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed
because of an I/O error.". I ran the Maxtor diagnostics-no help. Any other
suggestions on what I can try to correct this problem before I send this hd
to a professional. Thanks in advance.

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:15:34 +0000, bhobit wrote:

> I have a Maxtor one touch external hard drive. My Computer recognizes the
> drive, but when I try to access the info I am unable to. The error message
> I receive is "E:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed
> because of an I/O error.". I ran the Maxtor diagnostics-no help. Any other
> suggestions on what I can try to correct this problem before I send this hd
> to a professional. Thanks in advance.

Try plugging in a different USB port with a different cable.


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"bhobit" <> wrote in message
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>I have a Maxtor one touch external hard drive. My Computer recognizes the
>drive, but when I try to access the info I am unable to. The error message
>I receive is "E:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed
>because of an I/O error.". I ran the Maxtor diagnostics-no help. Any other
>suggestions on what I can try to correct this problem before I send this hd
>to a professional. Thanks in advance.
>
Read this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323754/en-us

And if your OS is XP, you have upgraded to SP2? If not then do so.

I have tried new cables, new port and I am running XP SP2.


"Meat Plow" <> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:15:34 +0000, bhobit wrote:
>
>> I have a Maxtor one touch external hard drive. My Computer recognizes
>> the
>> drive, but when I try to access the info I am unable to. The error
>> message
>> I receive is "E:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed
>> because of an I/O error.". I ran the Maxtor diagnostics-no help. Any
>> other
>> suggestions on what I can try to correct this problem before I send this
>> hd
>> to a professional. Thanks in advance.
>
> Try plugging in a different USB port with a different cable.
>
>
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>
>

On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 21:32:41 +0000, bhobit wrote:

> I have tried new cables, new port and I am running XP SP2.

If it were mine I would remove it from its enclosure and try it inside a
PC with a spare IDE cable. If you can read it in that situation then it's
the case and/or power supply.


>
> "Meat Plow" <> wrote in message
> news...
>> On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:15:34 +0000, bhobit wrote:
>>
>>> I have a Maxtor one touch external hard drive. My Computer recognizes
>>> the
>>> drive, but when I try to access the info I am unable to. The error
>>> message
>>> I receive is "E:\ is not accessible. The request could not be performed
>>> because of an I/O error.". I ran the Maxtor diagnostics-no help. Any
>>> other
>>> suggestions on what I can try to correct this problem before I send this
>>> hd
>>> to a professional. Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Try plugging in a different USB port with a different cable.
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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