Maxtor 2B020H1 3.5″ hard drive with a storage capacity of 20GB and featuring an IDE interface.
All information about the Maxtor 2B020H1 hard disk drive: technical parameters, failure symptoms, frequently asked questions, reviews, HDD repair and data recovery.
Maxtor 2B020H1 Technical Details:
Manufacturer:
Maxtor (Quantum Corporation technology heritage)
Hard Disk Model:
2B020H1
Disk Family:
Fireball 541DX (Slim/Low-Profile series)
Form Factor:
3.5″ (Slim 17mm Height)
Capacity:
20 GB (20,000,000,000 bytes)
Formatted Capacity:
Approximately 18.6 GB
Number Of Disks:
1 (single platter)
Number Of Heads:
1 (single active head)
Rotational Speed:
5400 RPM
Average Seek Time:
12.0 ms (read, typical)
Disk Interface:
IDE Ultra ATA/100 (ATA-6)
Buffer Size:
2 MB
External Transfer Rate:
100 MB/s
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF):
500,000 hours
Maxtor 2B020H1 Hard Drives:
- 2B020H1, firmware versions WAK21R90 or WAH21PB – Maxtor 20GB IDE 3.5″ Hard Drive
Maxtor 2B020H1 Failure Symptoms:
- Electrical Failure Symptoms:
Drive is powered, but shows no sign of function;
Disk knocking as the motor fails to spin;
Clicking sound as the heads search or initialize; - Mechanical Failure Symptoms:
Clicking, grinding sounds;
Completely quiet due to “motor freeze”;
“music” tone as the disk is powered up; - Logical Failure Examples:
Accidental deletion, accidental format, file corruption, software bugs, file system corruption, viruses and malware, and many, many more. - Firmware Failure Symptoms:
drive powers up, but is not recognised by the computer;
Drive powers up, but is recognised wrongly, sometimes with nonsensical characters;
Drive freezes during booting up; - Bad Platter Area Symptoms:
Hard disk still accessible but appear to “hang” or “sluggish”;
Constant Cyclic Redundancy (CRC) errors;
Unable to access folders or files which could be seen; - Complex Failure Model
Maxtor 2B020H1 Data Recovery & HDD Repair:
When it comes to data recovery one of the most common problems Maxtor 2B020H1 hard drive experience is a burned circuit board (PCB). Therefore, if you need to replace the PCB, be sure to match the “PCB Number” of the current board, such as 301430100, 040104900, etc.