Yet another dodgy DiamondMax drive! It's no wonder they have a great support site, god knows they need it!
Mine died in December, Im>bE's died too, a couple of months back. If I were Andy, I'd see about getting back to the supplier and returning it ASAP, hopefully he can get a better made drive instead. EBuyer won't exchange mine for a different brand because I had it longer than 30 days, and I can't get a warranty replacement because Maxtor's software says it's fine... :-x