"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> Then you should contact Maxtor and see if you simply have a defective unit
> that should be rma'd or return to the vendor for a refund. Don't continue
> to drive yourself nuts with it.
>
The drive is likely fine. This error is caused by an old security driver:
mxopswd.sys. The fix is to download the software for the Maxtor OT 4...which
contains the updated (and compatible!) sys file.
Here is the link:
http://www.seagate.com/support/softw...up_OT4Plus.exe
Hope that helps!