Not to start a Holy Jihad or anything here but....
I've had Maxtor drives on and off (mostly on, and by preference the last few
years) since my fourth HD, way back in 1990 (a 212 MB drive, HUGE back
then... but all my drives after the 1st were big for the time). The 212
finally gave up the ghost when I was doing a low level this past summer and
had a power out half way through... I think it would still work (BIOS still
finds it!) but I can't get FDISK or Disk Druid to spot low level it.
At any rate, that's the FIRST Maxtor drive I've lost. Here's a run down, by
drive and manufacturer.
Seagate 20 MB 1989 (MFM) - Power Spike killed it in 1990.
Seagate 80 MB 1889 (MFM) - " " " " " "
Connor 100 MB 1990 (first IDE) - Died 1996 after abuse by my nephew. Came
in my old 386/33 when purchased.
WD 30 MB 1990? (MFM) - Don't remember exact year, but 1989-91 time frame.
Died within 6 months, got my money back.
Maxtor 212 MB 1990 (IDE) - Died last summer as I mentioned.
Seagate 120 MB 1990 (RLL) - Replacement for 20 and 80 in an XT. Still
worked through 1998, not used since then, should still work.
WD 100 MB 1992 (IDE) - Died 1995, unknown reasons (just died).
Maxtor 540 MB 1992 (IDE) - Still working, in use in my kids machine until 2
months ago.
Maxtor 110 MB 1992 * (IDE) - This drive was given to me. Works great in
my dad's machine.
Connor 100 MB 1993 * (IDE) - Kind of flaky, still working though. In dad's
machine.
Fuji 205 MB 1993 * (IDE) - Died 1995ish. Big disappointment.
Maxtor 200 MB 1994 * (IDE) - Given to me in 1998, still working in dad's
machine.
Maxtor 200 MB 1994 * (IDE) - " " " " 1997, " "
" " "
Connor 1.2 GB 1994 * (IDE) - " " " " 1997. Died 1997.
Never was reliable (not even to original owner). Power problems.
Seagate 1.0 GB 1994 * (IDE) - " " " " 1998. DOA (worked
when pulled, never worked again).
Maxtor 850 MB 1994 (IDE) - My wife's HD when I met her. Working in Kid's
machine.
Maxtor 1.6 GB 1994 (IDE) - My Big Drive for a good long time. Removed from
my machine two months ago (added in a CDRW instead). Working in kid's
machine now.
Maxtor 1.6 GB 1995 (IDE) - Still in use in my wife's machine.
WD 6.2 GB 1997 (IDE) -Working in wife's machine.
Maxtor 6.4 GB 1997 (IDE) - In my machine
Maxtor 9.6 GB 1998 (IDE) - Wife's machine, works great.
Maxtor 13.2 GB 1999 (IDE) - In my machine.
Fuji 3.6 GB 1999 (IDE) - Refurb drive picked up cheap for kids machine at
same time I picked up my CDRW. Works fine, but slow as molasses. Don't
remember when manufactured.
Somehow, I'm still missing two drives off the list, but I don't remember
where or when I picked those up (yes, I DO have a lot of drives...) I
believe both are dead, but haven't tested that fact. (300 MB and 200 MB, one
Fuji, one Connor). Out of the drives that are being used today, only the
refurbed 3.6 GB Fuji, the 6.2 GB WD, and the flaky 100 MB Connor are not
Maxtor. So I've had a lot of luck with Maxtors.....
Bill Ward
-----Original Message-----
From: David Krings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 8:25 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: RE: [OT] build a Linux box for $800
Hi !
Working with hardware setups on a daily basis i warn everyone to
purchase
a Maxtor drive, it is really not worth the low price. If i had problems
with a harddrive in the past years it was because it came from Maxtor. So
if you want more disk space, get it from a better company - and you will
get some customer support, too. Dunno why, but Maxtor sucks in any way
(excuse my german ;) ).
Greez, Dave
>I'd put a bit more money into the hard drive. Maxtor 20gig. drives are
>ridiculously cheap these days. If I'm not mistaken, a 27gig. Maxtor
>goes for less than a 540*meg.* Western Digital went for five or six
>years ago.
>
>You can NEVER have too much disk space.
>
°bigsnip°
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