Maxtor reliability?

Get the W.D. You'll be happier in the long run...

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DaveW



"@drian" wrote in message
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I've been reading the newsgroups via Google for a few hours, and Maxtor
seems to get a bad name for reliability. One person after the next made
comments like "bought a Maxtor brand-new and within two months it died".

Are they *that* bad? I only ask because Western Digital, who seem to get
a
good name, don't make the size of drives I need, where-as Maxtor does. I
find it hard to believe they are so bad, yet, I don't want to buy a couple
then have it fail then remember all the "evidence" I saw in the
newsgroups.
:-)

@drian.

"@drian" bowed out:
Thanks all for your comments. Much appreciated.


Hey, no! There's more! *My* Maxtor (a 17GB 5400
rpm wonder) has gone for 4 1/2 years with no problems.
It runs for about 10 hours per day inside my PII Dell
desktop. Dell does a good job of case design, in my
opinion, and it's kept cool by good airflow. Cooling
probably has a lot to do with HD longevity.


*TimDaniels*

I just had a Maxtor and a WD go on me. The 40 gig Maxtor I have been using
for over 3 years on a computer thats turned on 24/7 just went on me, it
didn't even die, it was just displaying some performance problems. I also
had a 20 gig Western Digital that went a little after a year unexpectedly,
died, caput, all data gone.
"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 04:05:41 GMT, "@drian" wrote:

I've been reading the newsgroups via Google for a few hours, and Maxtor
seems to get a bad name for reliability. One person after the next made
comments like "bought a Maxtor brand-new and within two months it died".

Are they *that* bad? I only ask because Western Digital, who seem to get
a
good name, don't make the size of drives I need, where-as Maxtor does. I
find it hard to believe they are so bad, yet, I don't want to buy a
couple
then have it fail then remember all the "evidence" I saw in the
newsgroups.
:-)

@drian.


I have had Maxtors and Western Digital go bad. I would go with a
well-known brand with longer/better warranty. Too bad IBM screwed
up--they used to be the best drives manufactured. Currently I have a
80 GB Maxtor, and it has been running fine for 18 months.