Thread: Maxtor drives
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Old 01-05-2006, 02:21 AM
Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)
 
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Default Re: Maxtor drives

Chris

Out of six, I have had four fail within a year.. one lasted only three
days.. a visit to a forum re. Maxtor drives showed that I was not alone by a
substantial margin..

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Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"ChrisC" <cuke2u(remove)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:efcwAtvBGHA.2036@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Hi, been purchasing Maxtor drivers for years. Currently maintain around
> around 150 PC's with them in, only had one failure to date. What's your
> problem?
> ChrisC
> "Ryan" <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:330FC5ED-50FD-4FF2-9CAE-FE70618C3268@microsoft.com...
>> Mike,
>>
>> Hitachi does not compare to Seagate. So, your point is invalid.
>>
>> "Michael Cecil" wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 21 Dec 2005 15:26:01 -0800, "Ryan"
>>> <Ryan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> >have been sold to Seagate for $2 billion dollars.
>>> >
>>> >Anyone hesitant about buying one of their drives can now buy in
>>> >confidence
>>> >now that Seagate has bought them.
>>>
>>> By that logic, you can now also buy a IBM Deathstar in confidence
>>> because
>>> Hitachi bought them, right? Wrong.
>>> --
>>> Michael Cecil
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~macecil/
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~safehex/
>>>

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