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darkhorse

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I have a maxtor one touch II that I use for school(digital filmmaking) and the other day it decided to take a dive off the desk when I was finished editing in final cut. about a 2 and a half foot fall to carpet about 10 seconds after being unmounted from the mac desktop. Now my drive runs slow, file transfers take longer and I can't edit video from it because I get dropped frames. I know maxtor(and pretty much every other company) doesn't cover damage by the user in the warranty, but I was wondering, since I can't use my warranty anyway could I just crack open the case and replace the HD, or does it sound like that was damaged too?
 
You probably can.. but when you are in there, check the cabling.. it might just need to be reseated.

When a drive dies from a drop, it is usually dead dead, not slow dead.

==>Lazn
 
That is pretty odd...

One thing I'd do immediately is to move all the data off that and back onto a pc. You are at risk for data loss if its acting up.
 
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