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thanks Spacesurfer. I can open the case, and i can see a rectangular unit attached to the motherboard, not sure what to do next. Ner - you mentioned you'd done something similar yourself, the Maxtor model is the: Maxtor Seagate STM305004EHDB01-RK Basics Personal Storage 3200 500GB USB 2.0, any ideas on if that can be fixed? CHEERS

Hi all, thanks for your comments. For the record, the Maxtor model I have / had is: Maxtor Seagate STM305004EHDB01-RK Basics Personal Storage 3200 500GB USB 2.0 Does that hold out any hope with regards taking out the disc and intalling into another pc ? Thanks,

Hi, thanks for the feedback all, and yes I dont have the knowledge to reassemble the drive, i thought it might be as "simple" as taking the drive out of the broken unit and replacing into a new identical Maxtor. Will get the details and post later today. Thanks

Hi DJ MyRinX, it is an External drive, i looked at it last night but couldnt see how to remove from the casing as it looked like a sealed unit. I took out 2 screws but couldnt seem to slide it out. I think the loose bit is inside, my hope is that the drive is ok and its either the part that connects to the USB or something else other than the drive that has loosened. When you say "When you do remove it, you could connect it to an other pc"; what would be the best way to do that ? buy maxtor and stick the old hard drive into the new one ? (sorry for seeming stupid, i just havent done that before). thanks again.

Thanks Ponch, that is disappointing as there were 1000s of songs on there. No way to take the hard disc out and put into another machine ?

Hi, I have a 500gb Maxtor external harddrive, i accidently dropped it down my stairs and whilst it powers up, there sounds like there is something loose inside and my Windows XP fails to recognise it when i plug in the USB cable. What are my solutions, i have a lot of films and music on there so really want to be able to fix it. I am willing to buy a new Maxtor unit, take out the harddrive and replace it with my old one from the "broken" unit. is that possible? I had a look last night and couldnt see how you get into the inside of the Maxtor. Thanks for any help you can give. Scott.