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Maxtor HD died again

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  • 24-12-2009 12:21pm
    #1
    Beno
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭


    My second 500gb Maxtor diamond-max drive died recently after only 14months. Fairly pissed off, lost my game saves :(
    Worst thing is this is the second one I bough two of them and the first one died 6 months after I bought it. Surely I cant be that unlucky and its just that maxtors are a pile of ****e. I'm back to using my 160gb samsung that must be 5 or 6 years old at this stage.

    Has anyone else had any bad experiences with maxtor or any other drive.

    I have yet to claim under the warranty since it is quite expensive to do so and if you don't pack it a certain way they are likely to reject it.
    I suppose it might be worth while to claim since both the ones I bought are dead

    Looks like I'll just have to buy a samsung again. A nice Big one:)
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    #2
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    Maxtor have always been absolutley dire. I havent touched them since the maxtor fireball back in 97(ish). Since probably about 2003 ive been using samsung drives, and never looked back once.


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    #3
    slowlydownwards
    Registered Users Posts: 326 ✭✭slowlydownwards


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    #4
    cherryghost
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 17,134 Mod ✭✭✭✭cherryghost


    my maxtor 320GB IDE exploded about 6 years ago. never again. :pac:


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    #5
    Beno
    Registered Users Posts: 215 ✭✭Beno


    Just to clarify I bought them both at the same time...

    So I was only duped once but just twice as bad.


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    #6
    dogpile
    Registered Users Posts: 629 ✭✭✭dogpile


    Of the 4 hard drives I have only one has fried and that was a Samsung!

    the other 3 are Maxtor.....funny world


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