Any experience with.....

[CreepingDeath]

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.

thanks

[MacGyver]

The only problem I can see is "how are you going to backup that much data"

[CreepingDeath]

[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.

[ilovetheusers]

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.

[O.G. Lycia]

[quote]Originally posted by CreepingDeath:
<strong>

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???????

[DSTech]

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 =)

-Danyll

[Ahcoraj]

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...

[Shard92]

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.

GLSmith

[DSTech]

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....

-Danyll
>Well I havent had any problems with my Quantums, yet<