[Cialug] Maxtor drives

[cialug@cialug.org]

I second your accessment as I too own a 60gb and a 120gb maxtor over two years 
old, and two brand new 160gb maxtor's in a striped raid zero configuration.  No 
problem's so far. 


> 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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