Firewire- unit crashes the computer (Maxtor)

I have a maxtor external hard disc that has worked fine until now. After installing Retrospect Express something strange happened to my startup objects (they all disappeared) and after that this maxtor unit crashes the machine if I try to mount it.
My question is; can I restore my startup objects and maybe more critical; can I get this external fire wire unit to work for me again. I must add that this unit actually has an usb-connector as well, and mounting it via the usb actually works.
Jon

It works. No more lock-ups for me with the legacy driver.
Here are the instructions (taken from the link above):
Windows 7's built-in FireWire (called IEEE 1394) drivers do not work properly. External devices connected via FireWire will either fail to be recognized properly, or lock up when initiating file transfers of any appreciable size. Luckily there is a relatively simple fix for this issue. Windows 7 includes the older Vista drivers, which work just fine. You simply need to roll back the drivers on your 1394 host adapter by doing the following: Open Device Manager, expand your IEEE 1394 Host Bus Controllers and right-click on your 1394 device, then choose "Update Driver Software". In the new window, click on "Browse my computer for driver software", then choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer", then select the driver with the word "legacy" in brackets.
Don't forget to restart after you do this.

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