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I've had nothing but Maxtors since my first 1.08GB IDE drive. Since then I've had 2 7GB-ers and now a pair of 20GB drives.
The fact that they are a little cheaper does show a bit, but none has ever failed on me, despite some hard treatment (like throwing one--with all my data on and no backup-- in my csrryon luggage and taking it on the 7 hour flight to Holland
).
All my problems with any drives by them has been due to either software (like Norton Utilities, which ate a drive, partition by partition), or Windows/hardwarew conflicts (moving a drive into a new PC with Windows already installed). You might say that that is a failure of the drive in some way, and maybe you'd be right, which is why I say that the cost savings shows a little, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the brand... I would just say try to treat Maxtor drives with care.
WD drives, on the other hand-- well, they seem fine if they work at all, but I've seen them fail almost right out of the box in a way that makes me very wary of the brand... to such an extent that even reformatting didn't make the drive operate properly. They do have good Customer Service, though, and lots of rebates and all...
I tend to think that Fujitsu drives, being even cheaper than Maxtor, are to be avoided, but I have no experience to speak of, and I've heard nothing but good things about Quantum and IBM drives, but again have no personal experience with either brand.
Good luck.
But you should know that you may not rule the world (sorry
), since I'm taking that spot as soon as I wrest it from Bill Gates' cold, dead, hands 
.
What I don't have already, that is
.
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Holly
The fact that they are a little cheaper does show a bit, but none has ever failed on me, despite some hard treatment (like throwing one--with all my data on and no backup-- in my csrryon luggage and taking it on the 7 hour flight to Holland
).All my problems with any drives by them has been due to either software (like Norton Utilities, which ate a drive, partition by partition), or Windows/hardwarew conflicts (moving a drive into a new PC with Windows already installed). You might say that that is a failure of the drive in some way, and maybe you'd be right, which is why I say that the cost savings shows a little, but I wouldn't hesitate to recommend the brand... I would just say try to treat Maxtor drives with care.
WD drives, on the other hand-- well, they seem fine if they work at all, but I've seen them fail almost right out of the box in a way that makes me very wary of the brand... to such an extent that even reformatting didn't make the drive operate properly. They do have good Customer Service, though, and lots of rebates and all...
I tend to think that Fujitsu drives, being even cheaper than Maxtor, are to be avoided, but I have no experience to speak of, and I've heard nothing but good things about Quantum and IBM drives, but again have no personal experience with either brand.
Good luck.
But you should know that you may not rule the world (sorry
), since I'm taking that spot as soon as I wrest it from Bill Gates' cold, dead, hands .What I don't have already, that is
.---------------------------
Holly
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