Sounds as if the device has a hardware problem. Does Maxtor offer software
to test the drive? If so that's where I'd start.
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"BaPW" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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> I have an USB Maxtor harddrive. It has been working fine but now it
> shows up under my computer but I cannot access it and when I go to
> Device Manager it is listed and says that it is working properly but
> still it will not access. Have tried to get it to access from inside
> Word and other applications but no and it will not allow me to save to
> it. Any help would be very much appreciated. Under My Computer it lists
> the drive but does list any facts about the drive such as how much space
> and is used and how much is left.
> When I tried to open a location from the open dialog box it came back
> with
> F:\ is not accessible
> The request could not be preformed because of in I/O device error.
>
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