08-22-2006, 01:10 PM
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My Maxtor Died.......Again!
If there is one peice of advice I can give anyone is dont get a maxtor.
I had my second one fry last night :roll: A 120SATA.
See them fry at work like nothing....these things are just utter shit.
And Dells use them, so dont buy a dell. Or anything else that has one.
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08-22-2006, 02:13 PM
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i've had poor experience with Maxtor myself. i was using one for a secondary drive up until last school year when it started to crash.
i've never had a problem with my Western Digital 80gb w/8mb cache, but every couple days it'll make a worrying clicking sound. that's been happening a couple years, though, and i've had the drive since 2001.
i think today i'll be picking up a Seagate 120gb drive at Best Buy, they're on sale for $50 after an instant rebate They seem to be quite reliable based on what i've read on other forums and on storagereview.com
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08-22-2006, 02:15 PM
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Ive had 2 200 gig maxtors for around 4 years. I think they are just fine.
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08-22-2006, 02:52 PM
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Back in PC repair, and in the larger companies I've worked in, Maxtor's were on average the hdd's which died most often.
I personally won't be buying another Maxtor again... But your mileage may vary. Always have a second disk for backups.
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08-22-2006, 03:14 PM
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Originally Posted by racer_f50
i think today i'll be picking up a Seagate 120gb drive at Best Buy, they're on sale for $50 after an instant rebate They seem to be quite reliable based on what i've read on other forums and on storagereview.com
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You should be able to get 320gb harddrives online for $90.. no rebate...
http://www.directron.com/200gb.html
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08-22-2006, 03:53 PM
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Well I picked up a 320gb Seagiate 7200.10 SATA2 for about 90$ US before shipping and tax.
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08-22-2006, 04:21 PM
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try the old freezer trick, i hear it works
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08-22-2006, 04:41 PM
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thamar....even samsung?...I am always skeptical on it...
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08-22-2006, 04:55 PM
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Well what pissess me off is that I had an 80mm fan blowing right over the bastard and it still managed to fry....Twice....
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08-22-2006, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by thamar
Should've bought a mac
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Nah shoulda bought a WD
Cause my backup WD is still going strong
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08-22-2006, 06:04 PM
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Having a fan on your HD just keeps the heat down.. doesnt neccessarily turn your shitty HD into a better one
I've always known Maxtors to be problematic.. Didn't Seagate buy them out recently?
It's a good thing hard drives are dirt cheap.. but everyone should know to buy atleast 2 at a time for a back up.. You really never know when it comes to hard disks..
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08-22-2006, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by dutchmasterflex
I've always known Maxtors to be problematic.. Didn't Seagate buy them out recently?
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Yep, i actually just read that press release on Seagate's site last night. I think it said it will keep selling both brands in stores since Maxtor is such a big name in the retail market, but i'm sure technology upgrades will be applied to both brands.
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08-23-2006, 12:09 AM
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fUCK! I tryed to get an RMA number only for maxtor to tell me I need to run some diagnostic utility.
Too bad I dont even own a floppy drive to run the diagnostic :roll:
Edit they got a CD iso...........bloody waist of a blank dvd.....
Shit! It wont burn on a DVD and I dont have a CD-R.......SUCKS!
EDIT-Sucks for maxtor that google gives me error code list.
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08-23-2006, 12:29 AM
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freezer
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08-23-2006, 02:31 AM
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ahh the maxtor drive. I haven't bought one for like 7 years after having 3 or 4 of em die on me. I still have one running, but it makes an annoying whistling noise. I've stuck with Seagate ever since, because the only WD drives I want are the raptors. But they're a little expensive for me to justify a much lower loading time for games and applications I rarely use.
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