I honestly dislike Quatum Fireball drives. They tend to be very troublesome and fail quite frequently. To that end I haven't used Maxtor drives since they started putting their labels on Quantum Fireballs. As for your drive, is the motor or controller dead? The controller may be able to be replaced as the gentlemen before me noted. Though if it's the motor, replacing the controller won't help and you're looking at removing the platters and placing them in another drive to get the data off, a very risky and sensative operation that usually requires a very similar (generally the same model/make/etc) drive or a custom system. I know people that do that for a living and get paid about $800 just to look at the drive. So you can attempt it yourself, but for best results you're looking at shelling out some major money with no gaurentee that you'll be able to get the data off. If you so wish I can E-Mail you contact information regarding one of the companies that do this, though as per forum rules I shall not advertize them here. I wish you the best of luck with your dilemma there my friend.
