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Originally posted by agex000
Maxtor sucks. EVERY hard drive I have bought from them doesn't work anymore and the last one caught fire, almost burning my room down. I didn't even bother sending it in for a new one to avoid future problems.
I did some research and apparently EVERY single person (that I spoke to) who has had problems with there HDD had a Maxtor. There was not one person who complained about the Western Digital. Some even had them for up to 10 yrs with out problems.
Does anyone know why the **** Maxtor is so unreliable? 
And they have balls to claim that they are the leaders in hdd technology... They should be selling there HDDs as explosives. |
Funny, I have never had any problems with Maxtor. I think this issue is with another hardware device, such as a power supply or motherboard.. Those are the devices that route power and data to the HDD. If they are doing it incorrectly you suffer the consequences. I have however sent back about 3 WD HDDs due to sector damage. I will never purchase another WD HDD again. There is a reason why they are priced lower.. Also, Maxtor happens to have a three year warrantee, which WD drives do not.
Just my 2 cents..
Regards,
Chaos
BTW- This sytem has a 30GB Maxtor HDD that is about 5 years old. It shows no signs of quitting yet...