[aclug-L] Re: IDE Hard Drives

[Michael Holmes <maholmes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I really believed in the old maxtor harddrives, the computers I sold had
them---that was 8 years ago.  In the last few months at work, we are replacing
close to 7 or 8 maxtor hard drives -- each of which are only 6 to 12 months
old!!!  You do the math.  When maxtor was new and hungry they worked, now our
net admin will not allow maxtor to be purchased.

Michael

Dale W Hodge wrote:

> > *cough* *cough*
> >
> > Don't buy a Maxtor if you value your data.
>
> Oh really?  I've had Maxtors running 24/7 for 8 years now and no problems. I
> can't say the same thing about WD's though.  I think it's more a luck of the
> draw sort of thing.  The larger the manufacturer, the more likely  you are
> to see their drives, and hence more likely to see a failed drive.
>
> > (There's a reason CompUSA only sells Maxtor drives  :-)
>
> I suspect that CompUSA has a stake in Maxtor.  At least their corporate
> headquarters is two doors down from Maxtor's.  And CompUSA has private
> labeled Maxtor Drives.  Just coincidence?
>
> --dwh
>
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