Maxtor and Seagate harddrive

[kelvin1704]

For IDE harddrive, which brand is actually more reliable?

 

[Idoxash]

I never used Maxtor drives before but i have two seagate drives that are around 6 mths old running noon stop they are very fast i never had one thing happen to my data on them nor has they freaked up... I also have a 2.5 year old 40 gig WD that has been running noon stop and no probs so far all thoe it's a lill slower then the seagates... I say go with Seagate -- very good drives so far, eh!

 

[Wolfsraider]

3 maxtors 3.5 years old and run 24/7 (i never turn off the computers lol) no failures yet

 

[LostHiWay]

I only use Maxtor drives

 

[AluminumStudios]

In my support career I've seen more Seagates die than all other brands put together. The number of Segates I've seen die borders on obscene. I've worked in mixed environments with all kidns of hard drives ... so it's not just that I"ve worked around more Segates.

I HATE the company because of this and will strongly recommend all others above them. I'd take my chances with an IBM 75GXP before I used a Segate. I personally use Western Digital myself (I own 7). Maxtor is a respectable brand though.

 

[Mem]

Reliability is partly down to luck,so decide on price and performance/model, then pick one.

 

[AluminumStudios]

Reliablity has a lot to do with the quality of the company, their designs, and parts. I've found Segates to be a joke the the reliablity dept.

 

[GandalftheWhite]

I have owned both a Maxtor and a Seagate harddrive, and I love my Seagate! Hasn't given me any problems so far and the Maxtor game with bad sectors and then just died on me one day. My vote goes to Seagate most definately!

 

[BFG10K]

Seagate all the way. I've seen more Maxtors die than any other brand but I've never seen any problems with Seagates.

 

[Fulcrum]

One thing I've noticed about this particular question is that brand wise everyone has a different answer so I think you have go by current models more than brands. For the current generation of 7200rpm IDE drives, Maxtor and Seagate seem tied for first with WD in second, followed by IBM whose current drives seem to have too many issues (according to many users). I don't know for sure where Samsung stands as not many people use their drives. Their current drives seem OK reliability wise but the don't perfrom as good as the other brands current models (although they are quiet and run cool according to Storagereview.com).

I have a WD800JB and a Seagate Barracuda IV 40gb. Both work great for me. I'm thinking of getting an 80GB Samsung drive for cheap storage as Newegg has them for $90 which is a good price for an 80GB drive.

 

[Maggotry]

The only HD I've ever had fail was a Seagate that about 2 years old at the time of it's demise. I bought another one though about 8 months ago and it has been fine. Installed a Maxtor in my sister's pc and it has been fine too. I also have 3 IBM deathstars that have also been flawless (2 x 75GXP's are over a year old and 1 x 22GXP about 3 years old). All of my pc's run 24/7.

I guess I'd say buy whatever is the best price per GB.

 

[BFG10K]

I don't know for sure where Samsung stands as not many people use their drives.

I got a Samsung to replace one of the Maxtors that died at work and after one month it died too. I put a Seagate in its place (and got a warranty claim on the Samsung) and it's been going strong for months.

 

[kelvin1704]

the reason that i am asking is because our company will be buying at least 50 PCs... so we would be buying atleast 50 harddisk. Just want to be on the safe side for reliability.

 

[Gunbuster]

with 50+ drives you have a good chance of at least 1 failing

go with Maxtor for the great warranty, advance exchange can be a life saver

 

[Kevster]

I purchased a external 20gb usb hd a few years ago from fantom drives, and it was a piece of crap that always failed and never worked well, I cracked it open when I was building my new computer and found a seagate u-series inside, now i have been using it as an internal ide for a year and it has worked great and hasn't missed a step, i also sold the case for the usb drive on ebay for 100 bucks so it all worked out well, in my new computer i plan to put maxtor 80gb silent drive because what i read on tomshardware and other sites and the new drives and my friend's performance with one

 

[farmercal]

Recently I have used the 7200 Maxtors and Seagate Barricuda IV. I am on my third Maxtor (same purchase, two died), the Seagate Barricuda IV (60 GB) is virtually quite and hasn't had one flaw to date. My vote goes to the Barricuda IV series Seagate.

 

[amdskip]

It's a tossup pretty much. If you get good drives to begin with, they should last for a long time. I've used both and the newer seagate cuda's are extremely quiet and I haven't had any problems with them nor have I had any problems with my maxtors.

 

[VFAA]

2 Seagate HDs died on me (I used them in servers).

Never had a problem with a Maxtor or IBM. Though I hear the new WD SE 8MB are excellent.

 

[Whitecloak]

seagate barracuda ata IV rocks.

 

[ssanches]

Originally posted by: whitecloak
seagate barracuda ata IV rocks.

Another vote for the Barracuda IV. Excellent drive, with an good build quality....and it's probably still the quietest HDD on the market even 1 year after it was first launched!

 

[SexyK]

I've been running two 'Cuda IVs in RAID-0 for about 9 months now without problems, and the truth is they are near silent. I can't wait for SATA Barracuda V's with 8MB cache though, those things are going to be smoking!

Kramer

 

[MSantiago]

Big thumbs up to Seagate from me. I worked for a short while last summer refurbishing computers for HP and I'd say that a slight majority of the drives that failed were Maxtors. In the lot were a few IBMs, a few Samsungs, and only a very small number of Seagate drives. I've also had good experiences with the Seagate drives I own; my first HDD (a 20MB MFM/RLL in an XT) is still working 15 years after my dad bought it, and 4-5 other drives that are 10 years old or so are still functional. My roommate's been using a Barracuda IV for a while and and hasn't had any problems with it yet.

 

[Fulcrum]

my first HDD (a 20MB MFM/RLL in an XT) is still working 15 years after my dad bought it, and 4-5 other drives that are 10 years old or so are still functional. My roommate's been using a Barracuda IV for a while and and hasn't had any problems with it yet.

Funny you should mention that. Just yesterday, I found out my first HDD still works. It was a 10MB unit found in a 4mhz 8086 (if I remember correctly) IBM PS2 PC. The whole PC still works. Who would have thought it. It came with the then brand new 3.5 floppy drive. In fact, it wasn't until a year or two afterwards that I could barley find any games that came on the new 3.5 floppy discs (Kings Quest 2 or Space Quest, I think). How long ago that was.

Not that anyone cares about this or that it's even on topic. But I'm telling you all anyways

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Down with Maxtor. I hate them sooo much. I had a 20GB take a shat on me while doing a routine back up, so I lost all the data. I had no warning signs or anything, just crapped out. RMA'd it for a new drive and now the new drive has bad sectors on it. I hope I can get this one backed up before it craps out.

Out of all the drives I've owned I've only had a problem with maxtor. I did have a WD that died but that's cause I dropped it.
I've had
IBM: 30GB 7200RPM, Still running
Seagate:4x9.1GB SCSI-2 full hieght drives. Still worked when I got rid of them.
Quantum: 2.1GB UW2 SCSI 10K rpm.(this drive got hotterthan Hades, but is still going strong in the dual P-Pro server) I got this when I worked at CompUSA almost 5 years ago. Drive was marked as DOA Goes to show what setting jumpers can do)
And a 9.1GB 10K RPM Atlas III. Drive makes a strange click,click,click noise(barely audible) every once in awhile but never has given me any problems and is my main capture drive for video editing for the last year and a half.
WD: 2x18GB, 1x45GB IDE, 4x9.1GB SCSI Enterprise drives.
Fujitsu:500MB IDE still works.
I've never owned a Seagate drive, but I'd recommend one of those over a Maxtor any day.

 

[MSantiago]

Originally posted by: Fulcrum

my first HDD (a 20MB MFM/RLL in an XT) is still working 15 years after my dad bought it, and 4-5 other drives that are 10 years old or so are still functional. My roommate's been using a Barracuda IV for a while and and hasn't had any problems with it yet.

Funny you should mention that. Just yesterday, I found out my first HDD still works. It was a 10MB unit found in a 4mhz 8086 (if I remember correctly) IBM PS2 PC. The whole PC still works. Who would have thought it. It came with the then brand new 3.5 floppy drive. In fact, it wasn't until a year or two afterwards that I could barley find any games that came on the new 3.5 floppy discs (Kings Quest 2 or Space Quest, I think). How long ago that was.

Not that anyone cares about this or that it's even on topic. But I'm telling you all anyways

Hey, nostalgia is great. I learned DOS on that XT and played my first video games on it (even before my parents bought me my Nintendo). Countless hours of playing Space Quest, Police Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, and other great Sierra games when I was in elementary school. Really disappointed that Ken and Roberta sold the company off--it's just not the same anymore. Hardly anyone even understands anymore.