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harddrives: the good brands?

Where did you hear WD was bad? I've never had a problem since I've started using them. I've had nothing but problems with the Maxtors I've owned though. Seagate, WD, Hitachi, Samsung, they're all good.
 
Originally posted by: d2arcturus
Where did you hear WD was bad? I've never had a problem since I've started using them. I've had nothing but problems with the Maxtors I've owned though. Seagate, WD, Hitachi, Samsung, they're all good.
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Oh god, here it goes again.

Each person will claim that they have had one manufaturer fail on them more than others, so therefore they believe that it is not a reliable HD manufacturer. This happens ALL THE TIME.

Ill say this...

Where did you hear Maxtor was bad? Ive never had a problem since I've started using them. I've had nothing but problems with the Western Digitals I've had though. Seagate, Maxtor, Samsung, they're all good.

That was easy, wasn't it.
 
I don't necessarily think they are bad. I've gone through numerous WD hard drives without having failure once. I usually get WD because of their cheap PATA drives after rebate. But from what I hear, Seagate would be the best. If you want SATA, get a WD Raptor!
 
Excelsior is right, but I can say this.
In my experience, Maxtor hard drives fail more than they work... literally. they are utter junk and I will never buy one ever again.

YMMV!

but I do prefer Seagate because they never go bad on me... (talking corporate environment too)
and I have no bad opinion on WD.. I don't use them much, but the ones I have work fine. (I still have an 800JB at home that works great)
 
Agreed with Excelsior...

It's just like cars, or snowmobiles, or 4 wheelers, or whatever. Everyone has a preference, and you'll never get a solid agreement. I can tell you from a retailer perspective, where we sell maxtors, WD's, Hitachis and Seagates, we don't see any one of them as a "worse" brand than the next.



 
I've NEVER had a hard drive fail on me yet 😉 Guess I'm just lucky... I'm running 3 pretty new WD's right now, and they're fine. Have a 20GB Hitachi in my old computer that's been around for like 4 years already.
 
Ive had 10 or so Maxtors, one finally failed when I checked it this year (730 meg, that should tell you something) and a 40 gig that is several years old has developed a whining bearing (very anoying) so it finally went into a firewire external enclosure. Other than noise its fine. The rest were simply retired for experimental/emergency purposes while they still worked. They run 24/7. So my experience is pretty good.
 
I've had 4 Maxtor's, 2 Seagates, 3 WD, and a Quantum. I've never had a problem with any of them (knock, knock). My Maxtor's have been the quietest overall, and my first WD sounded like a jet taking off, but 8 years later, it's still alive and ticking. You can get a lemon with any brand, and the real test will be how the Mfr. handles it from that point on. I've heard Seagate is great in that regard, but I can't speak from first hand experience.

I'd say determine the specs you're looking for and how much you're willing to spend. Then find a drive that fits the profile. I wouldn't artificially limit your choices.
 
I've had a Maxtor 60GB die after 4 years...and I abused it a lot 😛. Now I have another Maxtor 160GB and been running awesome for 4 months, and silent, I can't hear it. I also have a WD 80GB running for 3 months in my other comp. I have many friends who buy Maxtors and none have failed on them.....

I guess its all about luck? Or how much you abuse it
 
I like WD because that two I have are running strong and I've never had a problem with them. The fact that they also pay out their rebates is another reason why I like them. I also have one Seagate drive that came with my computer and it too has run flawlessly. On the other hand, I have heard horror stories about Seagate rebates so my favorite manufacturer at the moment is WD. As far as Maxtor is concerned, I personally know two people who have had Maxtors die on them. That plus all the horror stories I hear online make me weary of the company and I would never buy one of their harddrives unless I pay about $.10/gig.... and even in that case, I would never put anything of any value on them...
 
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