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Thread ID: 6364	2000-11-05 10:53:00	Maxtor or Seagate HDD??	Guest (0)	Press F1

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6971	2000-11-05 10:53:00	I am planning to purchase a new 20gig hard drive, but what brand should I choose? The MAXTOR DiamondMax DM45 Plus 20GB IDE Hard disk Drive *Ultra ATA100 *<8.7ms *7200 RPM *2MB cache. OR The Seagate Barracuda II 20Gb, 7200rpm, UDMA 66, 2MB Cache, IDE Hard Drive. Thanks for any help.	Guest (0)
6972	2003-05-30 22:32:00	I have had very good luck with Maxtor hard drives- 4GB, 30GB, and 40GB. But my luck with Maxtor ran out when I tried a new 80GB. And I noticed around the begining of May they shortened their warranty from 3 yrs to 1.	WILLWILLWILLWILL (236)
6973	2003-05-30 22:40:00	most drives only come with a one year warranty these days. Personally I've had no problems at all with any Seagate drives, and I swear by them. Maxtor used to be good but as of late their drives seem to have picked up the habit of dying. It's only really been since Maxtor acquired Quantum that that's happened, and Quantum drives have a terrific reputation for death and data destruction. Western Digital seems to be going strong at the moment... By the looks of it, you're buying second hand, so either way you're taking a risk. Personally I'd look at the cuda II.. but that's just my pro-seagate bias talking.	whetu (237)
6974	2003-05-30 22:42:00	oh.. the original post was done in 2000.. dont I feel stupid *slaps forehead*	whetu (237)
6975	2003-05-31 00:03:00	That seals it then. w2k! definitely go with the Seagate far superior to the Maxtors in the olden days :^O Cheers Murray P	Muzzer (238)
6976	2003-05-31 03:41:00	Rofl. How did you manage to find a post that old to reply to? Some tech support forum this is: 3 years for a reply. ROFL	PoWa (203)
6977	2003-05-31 06:28:00	Will probably picked it up while searching for something else and didn't notice the date.:| It happens from time to time & proves that the archives work. :D Cheers Billy 8-{)	Billy T (70)
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