Hard Drives

[Jumpman23]

I just gotta 200 gig 7200rpm ATA/133 HD by Maxtor......how does the performance and speed compare to other HD types??

[Mr Snatcher]

Its the same as any other 7200/133 drive. The only thing is that... flat out maxtor sucks!(My Opinion) Sorry be so blunt, but I have heard so many people complain about them, life of drive 2 years if that. And the only 2 maxtor drives we had at work are dead, they were made in Oct. 2002

[Jumpman23]

well, that SUCKS to hear, but I got it as a gift so hmmmm what to do what to do...

Anyways I was wondering how the performance compared to the ATA/100, SATA etcetcetce..... Can u/anyone break it down?

Thanks:beer:

[Lazza]

I've never noticed any difference myself between the 100 and 133 and not had any problems with Maxtors myself though I've heard the stories about not lasting long so there is obviously some truth in that.

Been using WD Caviar's on new system builds of late and they've been fine also. I really don't think there is much between most HD's these days. You pay your money and make your choice. :)

[Jumpman23]

Thanks guys......so crap I potentially gotta worry about losing that 200 gig of data in maybe a couple years???:sick: :yell1: :saywhat:

[Mr Snatcher]

Well, It seems like BigVal has already had his run in with them.

http://www.dvdrom-guide.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2147

[Jumpman23]

Damn, now I think I would be a fool to keep this Maxtor:saywhat:

[tursa12]

ive had the same maxtor since 1998 and have had no probs with it (apart from the fact its 3gb)

[Neo]

Western Digitals and Maxtor both have a reasonable close fail rates. Its like tryin got guess if a honda or a toyota will fail first.

[freakit]

I've had both Maxtor and WD die on me. the Maxtor was a 120 and the WD was a 200. Both were full at the time of crash. The sh**ty thing is I maintain my pc. It really made me mad, but what can you do? I guess it happens.

[dangerouseddy]

had a maxtor and a ibm fail on me. well theyve got moving parts so theyre gonna fail sooner or later, best to backup anything you want to save.

[Neo]

IBM is famous for their click of death.

[dragonmaster]

well my friend and me both have a fail on maxtor.... but the thing is... the OS won't load...??? but when i set it as slave drive.. another drive load the OS... it's fine for now... eh? don't know but the rest of the data is still good... and i had the drive for only a few months! but all is good now.. i guess

[Hornyman]

I got a maxtor 7200rpm 8mb 200gig and its murder has been since i got it after about a month all data becomes unreadable so you format and its ok for approx a month played this game for a bit cos i couldnt really do without it - but this month its suprised me its got 80gig of bad sectors so as soon as my new drive turns up its off to maxtor with it - pi$$ poor if you ask me wont be buyin maxtor in a hurry again :(