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    Maxtor harddrive

    SUCKS....THEY ARE NOT EVEN WORTH USING AS A PAPER WEIGHT.

    800gb of drives (2) and both crash around the same time.....

    One starting in the infamous click click click click. The other just shut down.

    Now I have to pay someone to recover all my data (about 600gb).

    ALL WAYS USE WESTERN DIGITAL

    ok...vent over.........DELOCK SMASH!
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    Tell me about it.. :furious: :aua:

    BTW Walmart has WD 1TB USB2 drives for $119.00.
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    • #3
      Oh....I did not know Maxtor had fallen behind on their quality, I used to use them religiously when building P2's and P3s.

      Sorry to hear that....

      CF
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      • #4
        Fallen behind? I have 4 drives total that have crashed on me within 3 years.

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        • #5
          I'm talking back in 2000 and 01 my friend.....back when Maxtor was making like 8 or 10 gig hard drives....

          CF
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          • #6
            Originally posted by CichlidFan View Post
            I'm talking back in 2000 and 01 my friend.....back when Maxtor was making like 8 or 10 gig hard drives....

            CF
            Further back... lol

            Solid state is the way to go, but I think they only go up to 256gb right now? I need 1 full TB for my computer needs.
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            • #7
              It does seem like decades ago, but those were good times, I enjoyed formatting and re installing, or just complete rebuilds....I miss those days....ah ...yes....DRAM.....that was sweet......almost as nice as PCI slots....whewwwwwwww....I'll tell you what...finding a driver for a used video card....how exciting was that..... :)

              CF
              Truth is the cement that holds the bricks and stones of a sane and civilized society together. Remove the former and the latter will crumble.

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              • #8
                If you have just one hd is always a risk, at least a raid 1 is the solution.

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                • #9
                  Derek, 4 disks in 3 years??? Did you use a good battery backup? Do you have electrict problems in your area?

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                  • #10
                    No electrical problems...the drives was used for storage only. I run my OS on a separate drive which is smaller and faster.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Delock View Post
                      SUCKS....THEY ARE NOT EVEN WORTH USING AS A PAPER WEIGHT.

                      800gb of drives (2) and both crash around the same time.....

                      One starting in the infamous click click click click. The other just shut down.

                      Now I have to pay someone to recover all my data (about 600gb).

                      ALL WAYS USE WESTERN DIGITAL

                      ok...vent over.........DELOCK SMASH!
                      Thanks for the heads up!

                      I have a slightly older 200gb Maxtor and will start backing up my info ASAP!!!

                      Originally posted by jeebus View Post
                      Further back... lol

                      Solid state is the way to go, but I think they only go up to 256gb right now? I need 1 full TB for my computer needs.
                      256gb x4 = 1 tb

                      What's 256 going for?

                      Originally posted by CichlidFan View Post
                      It does seem like decades ago, but those were good times, I enjoyed formatting and re installing, or just complete rebuilds....I miss those days....ah ...yes....DRAM.....that was sweet......almost as nice as PCI slots....whewwwwwwww....I'll tell you what...finding a driver for a used video card....how exciting was that..... :)

                      CF
                      I hear ya... or the win'98 to win2000/XP upgrade... that was a blast.

                      Hunting on the net for a graphic's driver while using the default video settings was great fun as well (couldn't see half+ of each website 'til the new driver was installed )

                      Originally posted by mgarrido View Post
                      Derek, 4 disks in 3 years??? Did you use a good battery backup? Do you have electrict problems in your area?
                      Originally posted by Delock View Post
                      No electrical problems...the drives was used for storage only. I run my OS on a separate drive which is smaller and faster.
                      Do you have a voltage monitor or multimeter? Might have voltage spike/surge/drop that's killing the HDs.

                      I'd assume you have a surge protector
                      Thanks,
                      AndrewH

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by andrewh View Post
                        256gb x4 = 1 tb

                        What's 256 going for?
                        256 SSD goes for $300 to 600 - depending on setup. As mentioned earlier in the thread, I can get a 1 TB HD for about $125.00

                        So 1 TB SSD = 10x the cost of platter media.
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                        • #13
                          was teasing, figured the SSD was outrageous still, and the large HD prices have been steadily falling.

                          $300 - 600 isn't too bad. Should be on par with the old HDs pretty quick (as least if the price of thumb drives is any indication ).
                          Thanks,
                          AndrewH

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                          • #14
                            Smoke or dust between the disk and the head has always been my biggest problem..... I small piece of felt taped over the air inlets pays for the effort.

                            solid state is the only way to go.
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                            • #15
                              Raid 1, NO use raid 5. More protection. Send the drive back to OnTrack . Might cost you a pretty penny, but they are good

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