[Cialug] Maxtor drives

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I have two maxtor's, a 60GB and 120GB.  The 60GB has been going, very quickly
and reliably, for 2.5 years now.  I see Maxtor as second to seagate for IDE
drivers... I won't buy WD.
It seems Maxtor and WD both tend to produce lemon models.  I think it's best to
ask about complaints with older iterations of the same model.  And it's also
good to never accept the same model drive in exchange ....


Quoting "Nathan C. Smith" <smith@ipmvs.com>:

> 
> Does anyone else have the same disdain for the Maxtor brand that I do?  I
> will never knowingly purchase a drive marked Maxtor.
> 
> We have an inexpensive Compaq DL320 I use to store and image drives from.
> Unbelievably, it came with Maxtor IDE drives in it.  (It was from over three
> years ago - I chose IDE over SCSI at the time because it was non-critical
> and I could get more capacity for less $$$ with IDE). I have had two Maxtor
> drives fail in the unit over the past two years.  I have had other poor
> experiences with Maxtor at home as well - from before I knew better.  
> 
> Anyone have anything good to say about Maxtor?  Anyone else care to vent?
> 
> -Nate
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