Maxtor mayhem
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- BigDee
Anyone else had problems with Maxtor Hard drives? Getting loads of coruptions without a commonality, different file types etc. Right pain in the arse....
Running a 160gb external on a G4.
- normal0
I had two 120GB DiamondMax Maxtor drives fail on me last year within the space of about 4 months. Of course after much googling the problem seemed at the time fairly common. But no one had really put 2 and 2 together. I've seen similiar reports on here in regards to the same drives. I would hazard a guess that they're pieces of crap. Though I was thinking that since one of the drives was under warranty and they replaced my 120gb with a 160gb there must've been some sort've hush-hush hardware upgrade. But of course a HD manufacturer would probably keep any critical information like that under lock and key.
- normal0
BTW I would backup all files immediately and treat it as a HD failure as the two that I had failed beforehand started acting up before they finally went. Meaning turn it off, get a replacement drive and turn it back on crossing your fingers and praying to the gods that everything will be alright.
- version30
I was totally happy with my 2 yr old drive until my brothers dog ran through the office turning off the power strip. the comp doesn't see it anymore.
anyone want to eat a dog? cuz i'm going to kill it
- horton0
file corruption could mean many things, not necessarily the maxtor disk inside.
are you sure all the firmware is up-to-date? your firewire ports/ card ok? do you unmount the disk before power-off?
LaCie had some crucial firmware updates last year for their ExtFWs.
- fullerc0
we had a huge Maxtor thread going on a few months ago. The verdict. Maxtor sucks. Everyone has had problems with 'em.
- version30
i remember that thread very well
this comp is all up to specs, always unmounted it always worked fine as it sat on my desk, i can still hear it spinning, no bad sounds, the comp doesn't even see it though.looking into possible fixes now
what i miss most is some personal videos i was working on
:(
- fullerc0
I had some problems with a few maxtor drives in my life. When I saw the Maxtor HQs off of i-5 in cali I flipped them the bird. That'll show 'em.