great deal deserves its own thread
CompUSA has a HOT deal on the
Maxtor 250GB HD w/16mb cache
on Sale for $99.99
CompUSA has a HOT deal on the
Maxtor 250GB HD w/16mb cache
on Sale for $99.99
HOT Maxtor 250GB w/16mb HD $99.99 w/free ship
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ActuaryTm
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It should be noted shipping is not free. There is however a $0.01 shipping offer on orders of $150.00 or more.
Link to product page.
Link to Shipping Promotion.
of course 5 year warranty, I got all my things backed up, not worried about losing anything but a year of warranty doesnt seem to be very appealing.
The Maxtor name hasn't been known for reliability recently. I would totally jump on this if it were an 8gb seagate 
Good price. I really want a 74gig raptor but for $50+ less.... Is in store pickup available?
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Yeah a maxtor I bought for my brother as a replacement for a dead 60gxp died within 2 months =(
The 60gxp I expected to die on me sooner or later since it's part of the 75gxp legacy, but the maxtor was just plain pathetic. Oh well
Does anyone know BB's price match policy? It looks to be "instant savings" and no rebate or coupon, am I right?
VirtualLarry
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LOL. Ironically, the same thing happened to me, more or less. Bought a 60GB Maxtor DM+9 drive, to replace a 30GB 75GXP that started showing early signs of problems, and yet, the DM+9 only lasted six months before encountering a catestrophic failure. The DM+9 had strange performance anomolies ever since I purchased it though, it's possible that it suffered handling damage that affected the head assembly, and it eventually just failed.
Interestingly, before that happened, I read on a Singaporean web board that some people were claiming that the 60GB DM+9s, specifically, were worse than the "Deathstars". I found that hard to believe - until it happened to me. Interestingly, those DM+9 drives are also made in Singapore, or were.
I swore off Maxtor - for a while, anyways. The newest drive in my rig is a Maxtor 250GB DM+9 drive, slightly newer than those supposedly-problematic ones. I'm keeping an eye on it.
Elixer
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*ALL* HDs fail. I had 1 Maxtor die, yet 3 other that have been in the machine for 2 years, 1 is going on 4 years & it still is working great.
I have also had WD & Seagates & hitachi die on me within the first 4 months of heavy use.
You can't make a blanket statement saying that maxtors sucks or hitachi suck or whatever brand based on warranty. It all depends where they are made, and the quality of the parts they use.
I got a buddy who works for a major maker of "noname" computers, and they go through all sorts of drvies, and the failure rate is pretty constant on all drive brands. They are all within .05% of each other he said, so they go with the cheapest supplier 99% of the time.
The only thing you can do is backup your data, and hope for the best.
That is a good price on the drive though.
I have also had WD & Seagates & hitachi die on me within the first 4 months of heavy use.
You can't make a blanket statement saying that maxtors sucks or hitachi suck or whatever brand based on warranty. It all depends where they are made, and the quality of the parts they use.
I got a buddy who works for a major maker of "noname" computers, and they go through all sorts of drvies, and the failure rate is pretty constant on all drive brands. They are all within .05% of each other he said, so they go with the cheapest supplier 99% of the time.
The only thing you can do is backup your data, and hope for the best.
That is a good price on the drive though.
from experience.. if a hard drive is due for failure it's bound to fail within the few months of use... I had a WD that died on me once and it happend within a matther of 3 month of usage. I also tried maxtor and now i'm running seagate.. they're all about the same and have lasted easily for 6 months to 4 years already. Don't get me started with my old scsi fujitsu ultra2 drive that sucker is still going at it after 7 years hehehe.
that sucker is still going at it after 7 years hehehe.Longer warranty doesn't mean something is more reliable. It doesn't mean your "data is protected."
In all my years of buying hard drives (close to 200 drives) I've had the best luck with Maxtor. I only had one Maxtor out of about 50 go bad. Maxtor replaced that drive and it is still going strong. Every other brand I've tried has had worse reliability, regardless of warranty.
Also remember, a longer warranty isn't going to "protect your data." If a drive goes bad, you data is toast, regardless of whether it is under warranty or not. The key to protecting your data is to backup your data the first instant you get any indication of possible hard drive problems. This is why having multiple drives in your computer is critical. I can ghost image my boot drive in a matter of about one hour, provided you have another internal drive.
Also having another computer, or a friend with a computer, is a key to retrieving your data on a failing drive. For example, let's say your boot drive goes south and your OS won't boot. Many times you can't reinstall without erasing the entire drive. What you do is open your computer, pull the drive and connect to another computer and backup the data, provided the drive isn't actually physically shot. This is where a portable drive enclosure is nice. This is the key to saving your data. This is the one step computer repair stores will charge you an arm and a leg. Doing it yourself is simple. Just make sure your friends computer has good virus software, because the reason your drive "crashed" is probably more because of software problems than hardware problems.
Finally, if your drive is going bad physically, clicking and stuff. Sometimes you can nurse it just enough to get the data off it intact. This is where having a second computer and portable enclosure are key. I've done this many, many times. Sometimes halfway through the process, it starts clicking and failing. I turn it off, turn it on again and sometimes you can get the rest of the data.
This even works for notebook drives. All you need is a notebook to EIDE converter which allows you to connect the drive to desktop computers. I got one from Geeks for around $5. It has proved invaluable a couple of times.
In all my years of buying hard drives (close to 200 drives) I've had the best luck with Maxtor. I only had one Maxtor out of about 50 go bad. Maxtor replaced that drive and it is still going strong. Every other brand I've tried has had worse reliability, regardless of warranty.
Also remember, a longer warranty isn't going to "protect your data." If a drive goes bad, you data is toast, regardless of whether it is under warranty or not. The key to protecting your data is to backup your data the first instant you get any indication of possible hard drive problems. This is why having multiple drives in your computer is critical. I can ghost image my boot drive in a matter of about one hour, provided you have another internal drive.
Also having another computer, or a friend with a computer, is a key to retrieving your data on a failing drive. For example, let's say your boot drive goes south and your OS won't boot. Many times you can't reinstall without erasing the entire drive. What you do is open your computer, pull the drive and connect to another computer and backup the data, provided the drive isn't actually physically shot. This is where a portable drive enclosure is nice. This is the key to saving your data. This is the one step computer repair stores will charge you an arm and a leg. Doing it yourself is simple. Just make sure your friends computer has good virus software, because the reason your drive "crashed" is probably more because of software problems than hardware problems.
Finally, if your drive is going bad physically, clicking and stuff. Sometimes you can nurse it just enough to get the data off it intact. This is where having a second computer and portable enclosure are key. I've done this many, many times. Sometimes halfway through the process, it starts clicking and failing. I turn it off, turn it on again and sometimes you can get the rest of the data.
This even works for notebook drives. All you need is a notebook to EIDE converter which allows you to connect the drive to desktop computers. I got one from Geeks for around $5. It has proved invaluable a couple of times.
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