[aclug-L] Re: Warning about cheap Maxtor hds

[John Alexander <johnalexander@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Uh, are you sure your bios supports that big a drive? If not, it will exhibit 
the
symptoms you are reporting.

ja

james l wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> A 2 weeks or so back, My dad got a ~45 gig (41.9 really....) drive at compusa
> for ~200. I hadn't opened it until yesterday. When I put it in to my
> computer, it did not work. I thought ok, maybe I need to specify it as user.
> When I typed it in, it gave me a size of ~10 gig. I have a 10 gig (from the
> same company) for my computer, and thought maybe I had picked the wrong one,
> I which I hadn't. When I looked at the other drive I found the CHS to be
> exactly the same. I haven't taken it back yet (we bought their replacement
> thing, and if they don't, there may be some fireworks before the 4th), but I
> thought I would warn everyone. The drive was sealed in shrinkwrap from
> Maxtor. Oh yeah, it did not work at all.
>
> I hope that this is just one incident, but haveing it entirely packaged as it
> should have been causes me some concern that someone else might have been
> ripped off. I don't think that now even the fact that they are cheap and big
> (and slow) will make me buy Maxtor ever again.
>
> James L
>
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