Maxtor: The Worst Hard Drives Ever

ag3 · 06-16-2004, 09:28 AM

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.

Kangaroo · 06-16-2004, 09:50 AM

I have a Maxtor and a WD working together, suppose that halfs the load. Haven't had any problems with mine.

Shumway · 06-16-2004, 12:21 PM

I have had my maxtor for 4 years now and all that's wrong with it is a little noise.

Mission · 06-16-2004, 12:38 PM

mines fine..going on 2 years in august i believe...maybe the inside of your computer is to hot..and thats wy they catch fire...try a hard drive cooler

hilowe · 06-16-2004, 01:52 PM

I haven't owned a Maxtor, but I have had a WD that went bad on me. 80 G drive, had it in the computer for maybe 3 months when the BIOS started reporting bad smart status. RMA'd it, and got a new one sent to me before I had to send the old one back. Heads must have been going bad, because I couldn't get all of my stuff of the old hard drive. I was royally p***ed off. I haven't had any problems with the new drive, yet, and I've had it about 4 months.

Mission · 06-16-2004, 01:58 PM

i have a 120 gb seagate, a 60 gb maxtor, and a cute little 4 gb maxtor from an old pentium 2, i use it to transfer stuff...

heavywx · 06-16-2004, 08:03 PM

I have a Maxtor 80gig and a WD 40 gig in both of my towers. I'm a firm beliver in WD's, but they came with the Maxtors. But I haven't had a problem (knock on simulated wood grain) with my maxtor's so far.

didi · 06-16-2004, 08:36 PM

I also got a MAxtor but nothing wrong, maybe the MAxtor u brought too sensitive.

sethduncan · 06-16-2004, 08:51 PM

I've had a couple old maxtors go bad. and a seagate scsi of mine is going out. never had a problem with WD though.

ChaosBlizzard · 06-16-2004, 11:25 PM

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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...

06-16-2004, 09:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
ag3 Monster Techie Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,536	Maxtor: The Worst Hard Drives Ever 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.

06-16-2004, 09:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
Kangaroo Ultra Techie Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 722	I have a Maxtor and a WD working together, suppose that halfs the load. Haven't had any problems with mine. __________________ [size=0.5]Full Aluminium ThermalTake Case Asus A7N8X-E-Deluxe AMD Athlon XP 3200+ 400 FSB Barton (2.2GHz) ThermalTake Volcano 11+ Xaser Edition Air Cooling 1024MB Corsair TwinX XMS 3200 (Dual Channel 2x512) 2-3-2-6 256Mb XFX 7800 GS EXTREME 2x WD Raptors (10krpm 8MB Cache) 36.7GB using RAID -0 Video Logic SonicXplosion 5.1 Soundcard[/size]

06-16-2004, 12:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
Shumway Master Techie Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ontario - Canada Posts: 2,359	I have had my maxtor for 4 years now and all that's wrong with it is a little noise. __________________

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hilowe Ultra Techie Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 558	I haven't owned a Maxtor, but I have had a WD that went bad on me. 80 G drive, had it in the computer for maybe 3 months when the BIOS started reporting bad smart status. RMA'd it, and got a new one sent to me before I had to send the old one back. Heads must have been going bad, because I couldn't get all of my stuff of the old hard drive. I was royally p***ed off. I haven't had any problems with the new drive, yet, and I've had it about 4 months. __________________ $\"www.Statgfx.com\"$

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06-16-2004, 12:38 PM	#4 (permalink)
Mission True Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 141	mines fine..going on 2 years in august i believe...maybe the inside of your computer is to hot..and thats wy they catch fire...try a hard drive cooler

06-16-2004, 01:58 PM	#6 (permalink)
Mission True Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 141	i have a 120 gb seagate, a 60 gb maxtor, and a cute little 4 gb maxtor from an old pentium 2, i use it to transfer stuff...

06-16-2004, 08:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
heavywx True Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 172	I have a Maxtor 80gig and a WD 40 gig in both of my towers. I'm a firm beliver in WD's, but they came with the Maxtors. But I haven't had a problem (knock on simulated wood grain) with my maxtor's so far.

06-16-2004, 08:36 PM	#8 (permalink)
didi Ultra Techie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 827	I also got a MAxtor but nothing wrong, maybe the MAxtor u brought too sensitive.

06-16-2004, 08:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
sethduncan Newb Techie Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 35	I've had a couple old maxtors go bad. and a seagate scsi of mine is going out. never had a problem with WD though.