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  1. December 13th, 2001, 01:22 PM #1
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    I'm planning on getting a couple of 80gb ata/133 7200rpm Maxtor's (MODEL # 6L080J4) and I just wanted to check if anyone had any problems or comments about the drive before I do.

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    The only problem I can see is "how are you going to backup that much data"
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    [quote]Originally posted by MacGyver:
    <strong>The only problem I can see is "how are you going to backup that much data" </strong><hr></blockquote>

    well.... I'm getting them to replace my (2) awful 75gb IBM 75GXP's (ewwww)

    so there's not a whole lot of problem with that.
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  4. December 13th, 2001, 02:14 PM #4
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    I've never had a problem with my Maxtors but I hear that returns of bad drives to Maxtor is about as easy as discovering the theory of cold fusion.
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  5. December 13th, 2001, 05:43 PM #5
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    [quote]Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
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    well.... I'm getting them to replace my (2) awful 75gb IBM 75GXP's (ewwww)

    so there's not a whole lot of problem with that. </strong><hr></blockquote>

    Whatcha gonna do wif the IBMs???????
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  6. December 13th, 2001, 06:12 PM #6
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    I'm not directly familiar with any recent Maxtor products, as I've steered way clear of Maxtor after bad experiences with their drives like 5 years ago, but I know a couple people who swear by them.....as well as a couple that are like me =)

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  7. December 13th, 2001, 09:40 PM #7
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    Hafta disagree with ya,ilovetheusers Maxtor's RMA is the best, especially the advanced return that lets them ship you a new drive immediately (with your cc#), they ship a replacement out, you get it then return the bad one. Twice I've been able to move peoples data directly to the new drive with minimal loss. saves time and data...
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    Personally I don't like or use Maxtor for both bad experiences in the past and problems with RMA's. However these days it boils down to, who do you have luck with. I like and use Western Digital, but many people hate them. I think some of that is where you get your drives. Beyond that I can't really help, as I said, I no longer use maxtor because of past experience with them.

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  9. December 15th, 2001, 05:59 AM #9
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    If I remember correctly, my brother showed me somewhere yesterday that Western Digital is now owned by Maxtor......what HD do I buy now?
    I hope I'm wrong....

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