Any problems with Quantum drives?

[Haervii]

I'm just about to buy one from staples, a 10gigger@7200RPMS.
I would buy the 20gigger@5400, but the 25off100 coupon won't work for it...its $99.99!! Geeeez....bastards. So last minute confirmation...good drive?

 

[Vinny N]

What model is it? I'd say all Quantum drives are pretty good(the Fireball+LM is awesome, or AS are nice) since they stopped making those crazy Bigfoot drives that were so problematic.

 

[frover2000]

great drive i have the exact same one if it's the LM, performs very well too, a little noisy though.

i'de jump on that deal

 

[bernse]

My 30GB AS so far is flawless.

My old P200 system still has a 5.25 bigfoot circa 1995 that has been reliable too. I think their drives are pretty darn good.

 

[Bigdude]

You are lucky if your Bigfoot is still working, they really suck, slow and unreliable. IBM is tops, then Maxtor, then Quantum, WD, Seagate, in that order.

 

[divinemartyr]

Yeah the Quantum Fireball drives are great especially the LM, the only complaint I have with mine is it's a BIT loud but doesn't really bother me much. I just stuck a piece of thick gloss paper between the hard drive cage and the case to dampen it. Fine now. Very fast drive also.

dm

 

[Regalk]

Have the CR and KA fireball drives for a while now - appears to be reliable but noisy. Had some initial problems but long gone. Just bought 2 new AS drives and they are very quiet (similar to Maxtor and Ibm) and much better/faster than the previous models.

 

[rb56]

I've had the 30GB AS in my system for awhile and I really like it. It is a little loud at times I agree but over all I am very happy with it. This is the third Quantum I've owned and all have been good drives.

 

[Bigdude]

I just installed a Maxtor 60gig 7200rpm drive this week, it's so quite, almost silent, very fast too. I got it for $170 delivered, from ubid.com