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| Thread ID: 30394 | 2003-02-17 23:55:00 | Hard Maxtor hard dive failure | R.M. (561) | Press F1 |
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| 122137 | 2003-02-17 23:55:00 | Those of you who replied to my queries about a possible virus last may be interested to know that the problem has turned out to be a failed hard drive - 6 weeks from new . This was a 60 Gb Maxtor (?7200 whats its!) . Has anyone had problems with this brand of hard drive before? The guys tell me this is probably just 'one of those things' . However, this was the second one I purchased after Xmas, the first one the computer couldn' find . Thanks for any comments - life is indeed frustrating without my trusty (?) computer at home . |
R.M. (561) | ||
| 122138 | 2003-02-18 02:16:00 | Maxtor drives generally ok... well, the newer ATA133 ones are good anyway... have had a 40gb one for about 2 years now, and never had a problem with it... was planning on getting another 2 X 80 gb Maxtors myself... Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 122139 | 2003-02-18 02:18:00 | I purchased a 60Gb Maxtor Fireball as a second drive for DV. It's OK after 15-months, so far... Your failure shows the importance of Back-ups tho. Hope you didn't loose too much. P. |
Peter (676) | ||
| 122140 | 2003-02-18 02:34:00 | It's probably one of those things. Failures for most electronic things fit a bathtub curve: A very short period with failures, then a long period with no faults, then a gradually increasing rate after that long time. Yours was in the "infant mortality" category. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 122141 | 2003-02-18 03:24:00 | No - if all else fails, there is the old hard drive, current up till Xmas time, sitting in the back bedroom. I tend to be a bit of a squirrel as far as computer bits/pieces are concerned. I must take up my 'big son's' offer of building (at some stage) a back-up computer from what is there!! | R.M. (561) | ||
| 122142 | 2003-02-18 04:04:00 | Hi R . M . I've had a Maxtor hard drive for 2 years now, it's running sweetly with no problems . I did have a Seagate Barracuda, but after having 3 fail in rapid succession, I have gone back to the Maxtor brand . Having a hard drive suddenly fail on you is no fun, especially when it is still new . You mention that you also have the old hard drive, so why don't you install that into your current PC as a slave and backup all your data onto that as protection against further incidents? I invested in Nortons Ghost and now store a current image on my second drive so that if a drive is lost, or if windows spits the dummy in a big way, it is only a matter of 20 minutes to restore my PC back to a fully working version again . |
Jen C (20) | ||
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