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Hi, I was googling around, trying to find a solution to this exact same problem, and I came across this site. (I instantly registered, of course, this is a site I will use regularly!) Anyway, I was wondering what I should do to solve this problem. Our Maxtor was "unsafely" removed, and has not been working properly since. And I have just built a new PC, so I backed up all the files from my old computer onto the external drive. Plus all our music and a most of my girlfriend's arts & crafts-files are on there, so formatting is NOT an option! Any help is greatly appreciated.