a HDD question.

[Helix666]

When reading one of the other forums I frequent, I found this:

Bad, Maxtor. Bad! Sorry to all of you with Maxtor drives, but ... blech!

And it seems that quite a few people seem to be opposed to Maxtor HDDs. Is there a reason for this, and should I avoid them (The HDDs, not the people. (although...))?

[Crazy Buddhist]

Never had a major problem with them.

CrazyB

[Helix666]

Ah, it was just that I'd read plenty of posts ,etc where people are urging others to avoid Maxtor.
Obviously, the people with the problems are the most vocal. But stories of entire batches of bad HDDs are a little scary.

[SgtM]

I'm running 3 of them right now. No problems. (knocks on wood).

[Helix666]

That's good. I'll stick with the Maxtor drive then.

[calumc]

one of mine is maxtor (i think) and ive never had any probs

[Airbozo]

ALL HD manufacturers at one time or another have had bad batches of HD's due to a manufacturing issue. It is best to check out the model you are interested in before purchasing _any_ HD. AT one time I would not buy any Seagate product and _only_ bought Maxtor (now the same company I think), due to the fact Maxtor used to warranty all HD's for 5 years. No more.

I have 2 seagate's and 2 maxtor's and 2 ibm's in my system and never had any issues, yet.

[r0adawg]

something to remember, keep them cool... that will help keep them around longer and make backups you may never need them but should the unthinkable happen, you'll be thankful for the backup.

[Spawn-Inc]

i only like Seagate and raptors. ^^ yes thats what i will do. 2 250's in raid 0 or 1 not sure yet. 750gb back up.

[OrsoDesigns]

I am running 2 maxtor's in my wife's computer and haven't had any problems.