Originally Posted by firebane
Do yourself a HUGE favor and stay as far away from Maxtor as possible. If you are gonna go large sized drives only go with Seagate. Maxtors are notorius for failing.
I just bought a 250g Seagate Barracude IDE for $150 after taxes.
please provide some backup that shows maxtor drives are notorious for failing.
Originally Posted by iNteGraz92
there's a reason seagate has a 5-year warranty on their drives :chuckles:
there's also a reason why they're #1. btw, read the fine print on their warranty. it's a sliding scale / prorated model