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MAXTOR?? wht the hell is wrong?
« on: August 02, 2004, 06:14:01 PM »

Hey guys, I have a couple of MAXTOR HDD's ; an old 4GB and a newer 40GB. both have failed on me. the 4GB had a life time of 4 years but the 40GB lived for less than 2 years of use. I've heard similar complaints from more than a couple of friends about MAXTOR drives failing way more than other brands. I've always respected MAXTOR and always thought that they were among the best HDD manufacturers, but I'm having second thoughts now. have you guys had trouble with MAXTOR too or am I -and my friends- just plain unlucky?


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Re: MAXTOR?? wht the hell is wrong?
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2004, 06:17:02 PM »

A long time ago, i had a 4gb maxtor drive and it DIED pretty fast, like after half a year i think, lost a lot of stuff because of that... From then on and still today I try and keep away from them Grin


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« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2004, 09:01:00 AM »

man, I really hate that.


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« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2004, 09:09:10 AM »

i have never had a maxtor die on me. I have had aseagate drive die though. Ity just started making clunking and pinging sounds and wouldnt be detected by the bios.


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« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2004, 09:18:00 PM »

I've just lost a 30gig maxtor, I also have an 80gig and 40gig in my pc and have noticed they get very hot. I now have the 80gig hanging outside the case and it stays just warm. while the 40gig still gets hot and I also have a 30gig IBM which hardly get warm at all.


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« Reply #5 on: August 03, 2004, 09:27:36 PM »

i havent heard a lot of good things about IBM either...i perfer to stick to seagate or western digital...


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« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2004, 08:37:31 PM »

I think Seagates are fine, I just lost my confidence in MAXTOR's drives.


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« Reply #7 on: August 10, 2004, 09:09:00 PM »

Got a 120, 200,300 gb maxtor drives & built numerous systems with them in never had a problem Grin


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« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2004, 04:31:57 AM »

i never had a problem with mine either...


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« Reply #9 on: August 15, 2004, 06:56:43 PM »

I built a friends computer with a maxtor drive and it it's been running fine. 1 hiccup when i was building it, it would not boot off the 80GB drive. I don't know if this was bios or the drive at fault, but i fixed it by using a 15GB IBM I had lieing around for the bootsector, the 80GB shows no other unusual problems.


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Re: MAXTOR?? wht the hell is wrong?
« Reply #10 on: September 02, 2004, 08:55:16 AM »

You mean you couldn't get it to boot off the 80? that's unusual, I've booted from 80GB Maxtors before without a problem, guess it's ur BIOS. Anyway, I don't think I'll be buying any MAXTOR any time soon. I think I'll start going with Western Digital or SAMSUNG. Any remarks about SAMSUNGs?


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« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2004, 08:22:39 AM »

No idea about samsungs, I would go with western digital or seagate...


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« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2004, 10:55:28 AM »

Don't go with samsungs... they're cheap in price for a reason

. Cyclone has it right though, WD or segate (I prefer WD).


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« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2004, 11:25:38 AM »

WD or Seagate they are basically the same the seagate drives now come with a 5yr warrenty BUT its not what its cracked up to be this is part of an email that i gto from Seagate (due to where i work)

" (1) The Warranty covers all drives excluding the External units

(2) Seagate ( via Distribution)
(i) First 3 Years Seagate offer Replacement or credit in following manner:
Replacement (Refurbished) or 100% credit for first 180 days from ship date
Replacement (refurbished) or 90% credit for 181 - 365 days from ship date
Replacement (refurbished) or 75% credit for Year 2 from ship date
Replacement (refurbished) or 50% credit for Year 3 from ship date
25% Credit ONLY for Year 4 from ship date
10% Credit ONLY for Year 5 from ship date

Note Credit calculated at current market price or last advertised price

(3) Seagate direct to end user
Seagate offer only Replacement (refurbished) for full 5 years to endusers, faulty drive sent Seagate at enduser expense and responsibility.

Therefore the Distributor holds the responsibility of the 4 and 5 year"

so the 5yrs is basically BS


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« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2004, 11:43:30 AM »

I had a maxtor and it died too , i have three seagate hdd's 80,40,14 gb and they all good , the 40 ive had for like 2-3 years ripped out from my cousins HP and its still running fine.


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« Reply #15 on: September 03, 2004, 07:39:45 PM »

Well until a week ago I had never had a seagate die on me, then the two 20s in my sisters computer died, but since they both died at the same time makes me think that there was something wrong with the computer, not with the hard drive ....


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« Reply #16 on: September 03, 2004, 09:03:03 PM »

Check temps once in awhile (*Bios , or Sis Software Sandra) , listen for any odd noises , and try to notice any slow down.


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« Reply #17 on: September 03, 2004, 11:33:00 PM »

And if you have a feeling your drives dying, make sure that SMART thingys turned on...


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« Reply #18 on: September 06, 2004, 12:59:14 PM »

i have a total of 9 western digital drive not one ever had a problem i have had 5 maxtors in my time they are all dead


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