maxtor hardrive

[DaveyG1980]

my maxtor hardrive is having a few problems, iv heard that they are good. i currently have the maxtor basic with 320g.

what other maxtors are around which will be a better buy.

[Vibrant Sounds]

None. Maxtor drives are pants.

They had the highest failure rate in quite a few drive tests. They were worse before they were taken over by Seagate, but some reports still do not rate them.

[Steve Hart]

I got a 320g hard drive from Maplins when they were on offer and aint had any probs with it yet,, touch wood...

[pulsemobiledisco]

It may be better to look for an erternal hard drive enclosure which you can pick up for about £10 - £20 and then buy a hard drive to put in the enclosure. Seagate are probably one of the best makes of harddrive you can buy and they come with a 5 year warranty.

[CRAZY K]

It may be better to look for an erternal hard drive enclosure which you can pick up for about £10 - £20 and then buy a hard drive to put in the enclosure. Seagate are probably one of the best makes of harddrive you can buy and they come with a 5 year warranty.

Been using my 320 Seagates for a while--no problem--using them tonight -fingers crossed.

So whats the problem with the Maxtor?

My son has one but seems to be ok so far.

I saw Maplins selling Maxtors this week pretty cheaply:eek:

After this--think ill stick to Seagate:D

CRAZY K

[DJWayne]

None. Maxtor drives are pants.

They had the highest failure rate in quite a few drive tests. They were worse before they were taken over by Seagate, but some reports still do not rate them.

Have to disagree i have had at least 12 maxtors still have 8 of them after selling the others on in old PC's and have to say they have been brilliant with one exception which to be fair to the drive it didnt work when it was delivered which was probably due to the fact the packaging looked like the couriers had played football with it. Quick look on the maxtor website rma number and new drive within a few days.

Have fitted loads of them in work as well and have never had issues with them yet :)

[Vibrant Sounds]

Everyone will have good and bad stories to tell of various makes of hard drive, but, it is a fact that a couple of years ago the failure rate of Maxtors in the 80GB to 160GB range were alarmingly high and many companies refused to fit them in their systems, they were then bought out by Seagate and one would suppose they improved the quality control, but, once bitten twice shy.

My first choices for an OEM drive would be a Western Digital or Seagate Baracuda. But I expect there are others with horror stories of these drives too.

[Corabar Steve]

Both Ian & myself have had problems with WD

[spin mobile disco]

WD used to make the caviar drives they were considered the most reliable drives in the world for a whil. Mainly mid 90's. Maxtor drives have some of the fastest access times which is why people like them but reliablilty was sacrificed for speed.

[kilmeedyman]

Interestingly, IBM (Hitachi) drives in the 80-160Gb range were incredibly unreliable. So much so that IBM dumped Hitachi as their oem.

Maxtor sell millions of drives every year and do not have a reputation (especially since their takeover by Seagate) for unreliability. Remember people tend to only make a noise when their drive fails not when it works ok for years.

The 300Gb drives are a completely different range/model from the 80Gb ones mentioned as unreliable.

The answer to the OP's original question is to buy another drive of similar size (maybe from a different manufacturer like Western Digital if unsure) and use the original Maxtor as a backup rather than an everyday drive.

If the data is really vital you could consider a motherboard containing a RAID function. The list of options goes on and on and on........