Maxtor loosing quality?

Tamerz · December 6th, 2002, 04:53 PM

Well I had my RAID 0 array working for a whole week before the 60GB Maxtor I bought dropped dead. My old (about a year) Maxtor 60GB it was paired with is still functioning perfectly. Searching through here I've seen a LOT of people having problems like this (although mine didn't start beeping).

I just don't like purchasing a product, having it loose all my data, have to give them a credit card in order to get a new drive right away, and also having to pay to ship the POS back to them.

jman01pa · December 6th, 2002, 04:57 PM

I have RMA'ed more Maxtors than any other drive. My preference is Western Digital.

If you took a poll, you would find that everyone here has different results and satisfactions with different brands...

Jay

**ScottW** · December 6th, 2002, 05:33 PM

Yeah I'm beginning to wonder - mine was the one that beeped

. They are good about the RMA though so long as you don't mind giving them a drive with your data on it.

agathodaimon · December 6th, 2002, 05:49 PM

yeah, my Maxtor 40-Gig got kinda screwy after a while.

So I recently installed a SAMSUNG 40-Gig in my machine and boy, I think Samsung is the "sleeper" of the HD market.

Very nice Hard drive to say the least.

Mntsnow · December 10th, 2002, 11:25 AM

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so long as you don't mind giving them a drive with your data on it.

I just take the drives to work and run them over the degausser and presto. would take more work than what it's worth to even begin to get any usable data

You could probably get a "vcr bulk tape eraser" (basically a electro-magnet from RadioShack) and accomplish the same thing

Inferior · December 10th, 2002, 11:57 AM

Strange all you people have had bad luck with maxtor, they are by far the best hardrives I have ever used.

I currently use a D740X-6L series 80 gig, and boy is this thing great. I work it extremely hard every day and not a glitch.

The D740X-6L series (non-quiet version) is probably their best series, and I've seen nothing but good reviews on them all over the net.

thekemp · December 10th, 2002, 12:11 PM

aint the maxtors built with quantums technology?
by i never had a quantum last more than 2 years

Inferior · December 10th, 2002, 12:13 PM

Well since maxtor bought out quantum, they have taken whatever design features that quantum used that they like, and implemented them into their own hardrives.

They are more of a hybrid, not "just" quantum technology.

**Whir** · December 10th, 2002, 12:19 PM

<knocks on wood> I haven't had any major brand hard drive die on me yet. Currently, I've got a Maxtor 40GB, an IBM 40GB, and a WD 40GB in this machine. My linux box as a slower Maxtor 40GB. My last machine had an IBM 40GB. Nary a quirk! I don't think anyone is better than any else, just sometimes drives die. That's the way it is. (Except for the DeathStar GXP75s, which were pretty much proven to have a design problem, though I've seen a few people here who have them and have had no problems).

-Whir

Scott Tiger · December 10th, 2002, 12:24 PM

I've got a couple Maxtors that need RMA'd but I've got lots of personal data on them. I don't have access to a degausser. Would running a magnet over the HD wipe the data? I'd like to get that off before I send it in. I drive won't boot at all so (it just clicks and it's already been through several refrigerator cooling cycles) so I'm really short on options.

Thanks..