I now officially HATE maxtor.

Fred_G · 11-December-05, 11:03 PM

I had 2 more maxtor drives die this weekend! One was a replacement from maxtor for a dead drive, the other is from office deho. Lets see, one was made in Feb 05, the other is from Oct 04, so no warranty on it.

I am going to call maxtor Monday and see what they say. I do not think it will do any good, but now 8 or so maxtor drives have died at my job and home computers.

All the drives were the 1 year warranty type. But still, that is bad! And when I say a dead drive, it will not boot, and the maxblast software will not detect the drive, so I think they are dead.

Well, live and learn, and think nice thoughts about WD and Seagate...

E

Error404 · 11-December-05, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred_G


	I had 2 more maxtor drives die this weekend! One was a replacement from maxtor for a dead drive, the other is from office deho. Lets see, one was made in Feb 05, the other is from Oct 04, so no warranty on it. I am going to call maxtor Monday and see what they say. I do not think it will do any good, but now 8 or so maxtor drives have died at my job and home computers. All the drives were the 1 year warranty type. But still, that is bad! And when I say a dead drive, it will not boot, and the maxblast software will not detect the drive, so I think they are dead. Well, live and learn, and think nice thoughts about WD and Seagate... E

I've never had a problem with Maxtor hard-drives.. I got a old 15Gig, and it runs like a champ.

Dreyco · 11-December-05, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred_G


	I am going to call maxtor Monday and see what they say. I do not think it will do any good, but now 8 or so maxtor drives have died at my job and home computers. E

We had all 40 computers harddrives die at the lawfirm I worked at. Guess what? They were all Maxtor!

Hibiki · 11-December-05, 11:54 PM

My condolences, and I agree that Maxtor drives suck.

My brother's computer died do to a Maxtor, and it took Seagate's Data Recovery Service to get his data back.

WD is good, but my brother's post-Maxtor RAID 1 array made up of 2 WD SATA drives was busted up due to 1 of the drives crapping out. WD's RMA department sent us a replacement before we sent the unit to them, now that's customer service.

Seagate is great, except their SATA connections are less thought out than WD's.

Ator · 11-December-05, 11:56 PM

I would take a look at some Samsung hard drives. They are quiet, fast, and very reliable from what i've seen. They just FEEL solid. I put a 160GB Spinpoint drive in my parents computer, and it is impressive.

Fred_G · 11-December-05, 11:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreyco


	We had all 40 computers harddrives die at the lawfirm I worked at. Guess what? They were all Maxtor!

Class action suit! lol

beachbum86 · 12-December-05, 12:06 AM

yup ive had total of 6 maxtor drives die including a 120gb last week, now im just waiting for this 300g sata maxtor to go out in my main rig, im switching to Western Digital, samsung, and hitatchi for all my upgrades.

Fred_G · 12-December-05, 12:06 AM

The odd thing to me, is the old maxtor drives still work... I have 2 of my borgs up on some really old maxtor drives. One is 6 years old or so, the other is a scavenged thing that by the numbers I traced to maxtor, quantum fireball I think.

I still hate maxtor...

E

Ator · 12-December-05, 12:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Fred_G


	The odd thing to me, is the old maxtor drives still work... I have 2 of my borgs up on some really old maxtor drives. One is 6 years old or so, the other is a scavenged thing that by the numbers I traced to maxtor, quantum fireball I think. I still hate maxtor... E

I think that their old stuff is good, just like old WD stuff is good. For NEW stuff, Samsung and Hitachi are your best bet.

THRiLL KiLL · 12-December-05, 12:19 AM

from what i have seen from maxtor, they have a higher failure rate when one of these 2 condtions are met... I am speaking of ide maxtors only

1. they are put in a raid formation

2 they have little or no cooling on them

JimsZR2 · 12-December-05, 12:20 AM

Maxtor = Quantum which then = teh ghey!

I stand by Western Digital and Seagate. There HDD's are probably the best ones I have ever had.

Fred_G · 12-December-05, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by THRiLL KiLL


	from what i have seen from maxtor, they have a higher failure rate when one of these 2 condtions are met... I am speaking of ide maxtors only 1. they are put in a raid formation 2 they have little or no cooling on them

It is funny you mention that. I am taking an A+ class, and our equipment is well, not up to date. I decided this weekend that I would try some RAID stuff this weekend with my 2 80G IDE drives that passed scandisk.

RAID 1 worked out great! My computer 'seemed' to boot a little faster. RAID 0 was great! Well, untill drive 2 died, then drive 1 installed windows, then died soon after...

I think maxtor drives just hate the future, so they kill themselves.

E

Dreyco · 12-December-05, 12:41 AM

Yea, they were Quantum's...

11-December-05, 11:03 PM		#1 (permalink)
Fred_G !! Sm-hoe-k Free !!	I now officially HATE maxtor. I had 2 more maxtor drives die this weekend! One was a replacement from maxtor for a dead drive, the other is from office deho. Lets see, one was made in Feb 05, the other is from Oct 04, so no warranty on it. I am going to call maxtor Monday and see what they say. I do not think it will do any good, but now 8 or so maxtor drives have died at my job and home computers. All the drives were the 1 year warranty type. But still, that is bad! And when I say a dead drive, it will not boot, and the maxblast software will not detect the drive, so I think they are dead. Well, live and learn, and think nice thoughts about WD and Seagate... E

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11-December-05, 11:54 PM		#4 (permalink)
Hibiki Apex Tech Maniac Supreme	My condolences, and I agree that Maxtor drives suck. My brother's computer died do to a Maxtor, and it took Seagate's Data Recovery Service to get his data back. WD is good, but my brother's post-Maxtor RAID 1 array made up of 2 WD SATA drives was busted up due to 1 of the drives crapping out. WD's RMA department sent us a replacement before we sent the unit to them, now that's customer service. Seagate is great, except their SATA connections are less thought out than WD's.

11-December-05, 11:56 PM		#5 (permalink)
Ator At-Whore	I would take a look at some Samsung hard drives. They are quiet, fast, and very reliable from what i've seen. They just FEEL solid. I put a 160GB Spinpoint drive in my parents computer, and it is impressive.

12-December-05, 12:06 AM		#7 (permalink)
beachbum86 Apex Tech God	yup ive had total of 6 maxtor drives die including a 120gb last week, now im just waiting for this 300g sata maxtor to go out in my main rig, im switching to Western Digital, samsung, and hitatchi for all my upgrades.

12-December-05, 12:06 AM		#8 (permalink)
Fred_G !! Sm-hoe-k Free !!	The odd thing to me, is the old maxtor drives still work... I have 2 of my borgs up on some really old maxtor drives. One is 6 years old or so, the other is a scavenged thing that by the numbers I traced to maxtor, quantum fireball I think. I still hate maxtor... E

12-December-05, 12:19 AM		#10 (permalink)
THRiLL KiLL PcApEX's PuNK ROckER	from what i have seen from maxtor, they have a higher failure rate when one of these 2 condtions are met... I am speaking of ide maxtors only 1. they are put in a raid formation 2 they have little or no cooling on them

12-December-05, 12:20 AM		#11 (permalink)
JimsZR2 Apex Elite Expert Tech	Maxtor = Quantum which then = teh ghey! I stand by Western Digital and Seagate. There HDD's are probably the best ones I have ever had.

12-December-05, 12:41 AM		#13 (permalink)
Dreyco PCApex's Mac Man	Yea, they were Quantum's...