Troubleshooting 'WARNING 0200: Failure Fixed Disk 0' Error with Maxtor Hard Drive

It is a nightmare when your computer tries to boot up but cannot do so because of a failed hard drive. The situations may go worse when you don't have any proper backup in place. Symptoms of hard drive failure include a completely dead hard drive or some error messages that suggest hard drive failure. Whatever the case may be, Hard Disk Data Recovery service is the solution that can aid you recovering lost data even from a severely damaged hard drive.

Maxtor is one of the top brands when it comes to reliable hard disks. But these hard disks can also get failed due to common causes that may affect other hard disks. In such circumstances, the hard disks may fail initial POST test and give the following error message:

“WARNING 0200: Failure Fixed Disk 0”

The number '0' can change according to the number of installed hard disks and BIOS type.

Note: POST or Power-On-Self-Test is the initial test performed by a computer when it is turned on to determine if the computer hardware is working properly. If the test finds hard disk not in proper state of working, it generates an error message, such as above.

Cause

Two main reasons for this problem to occur are:

• Maxtor hard drive is not attached to the computer properly

• Maxtor hard drive is physically crashed

Solution

You need to troubleshoot the depicted behavior using the below steps:

• Check if all hard disk cables are properly connected and in good state. If required, replace the cables

• Make sure that the hard disk is correctly configured in BIOS

• Ensure the proper jumper settings

If the hard disk is still undetectable, the hard disk is physically crashed. You can safely replace the hard disk if a suitable backup for data restoration is available. In other cases, you should consult the Data Recovery Services experts to extract the lost/inaccessible data from it. The Hard Disk Data Recovery technicians employ careful and advanced procedures to treat a physically failed hard drive and recover data in usable format.

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