Posted: 9/22/2007 1:09:41 PM EDT
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I have a Maxtor 40 G Hard Drive which I got from Maxtor under warranty last year as a replacement. It is installed and being used as a primary slave drive. I also have a Seagate 120 G Hard Drive which is installed and being used a a Primary Master Drive. The POS Maxtor is again providing me with lovely error warnings and Win XP Checkdisk says she knows the Maxtor is gonna die. I already copied everything from the Maxtor to the Seagate HD. My questions: Would you mess with another Maxtor replacement, it is under warranty but I'd still have to pay shipping, plus the hassle. Should I just throw the POS Maxtor in the pond and be done with this company and then replace it with another Seagate? What HD would you suggest as a replacement? I like to keep my important stuff on two hard drives, you know, stuff like gun pics, posed action shots of me doing various outdoor stuff, that type of stuff. Thanks! |
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I never liked Maxtor. Costco has a 1 terabyte (1000 gig) external drive (2 500 gig drives) that you can set up as a RAID (meaning you have 500gig duplicated over 2 drives) or you can have a 1 terabyte drive with no RAID. I am a big believer in external drives now. My Mac Mini has an 80 gig external powered by the USB port. I can unplug it and plug it into another puter with no configuration headaches. |
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If this is your second try, go with another Seagate. I ahve a 300 gig SeaGate as my Primay (SATA II) and a 40 gig maxtor for more important files.... The smaller HDD's have much larger and more stable bits, and are much less likely to develop bad sectors. Maxtor is good, but they're warrenty only being 1 year scares me. Go with another brand and try them out. |
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Click here for a replacement For the money its worth it. (0_o) keep in mind, today is the last day for the rebate. |
Both are f-ing crap... Stick with a Seagate. They've been much more reliable historically, than just about anything else, short of maybe fujitsu drives. Or.... Do it RIGHT and go SCSI. Costs more, but you get what you pay for, as in everything else in life. Bargains, seldom are. Never go cheap on storage media, period. |
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