Maxtor Drive Died

Add me to the list that has had a Maxtor drive die.

Funny thing is, I have yet to experience any other drive, even ones from 5, almost 6 years ago die, but the ones that have died were the Maxtor ones.

Interesting stuff.
 
Quote from jebara:

I know western digital bought Maxtor and you will see there drives being sold cheaply, stay away from them.
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Uh no, Seagate bought (is buying) Maxtor.

In terms of market share, here is one article I found:
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,122254,00.asp

Seagate Technology and Western Digital remain atop the market, research shows.

U.S. drive makers benefited most from the demand surge. Scotts Valley, California-based Seagate Technology extended its lead in the market, accounting for nearly a third of worldwide shipments during the three month period, iSuppli says.

The company made 30.5 percent of global hard drive shipments during the second quarter, up from 28.6 percent in the first quarter. Western Digital retained its second-place ranking in hard drives during the same period, at 17.6 percent, while Maxtor fell one spot to fourth place with a 13.5 percent share of shipments, according to iSuppli.

Japanese companies fared worse than their U.S. rivals, but Hitachi Global Storage Technologies rose a notch to third place with a 15.5 percent share of global hard drive shipments.

Toshiba remained in fifth place with a 7.7 percent share of unit shipments. The company started this week shipping 1.8-inch hard drives based on new perpendicular recording technology.

Perpendicular storage technology is a method of data storage that is only just beginning to come into commercial use in hard drives. It allows much more data to be stored on a disk because the magnetic particles on which data is stored stand perpendicular to the disk's surface, so more of them can be packed onto the disk than in the current longitudinal recording method in which they lay flat.

Fujitsu's hard drive operations placed seventh with a 6.7 percent share of hard drive unit shipments. The company does not serve the fastest growing segment of the hard drive market, the consumer electronics segment.

South Korean technology powerhouse Samsung Electronics took sixth place, with a 6.9 percent share, up from 6.6 percent during the first quarter, according to iSuppli.
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I was looking around for an external drive. It seems like the ones that are within range of what I want to buy are all Maxtor. Can you guys recommend something that will work well for backups? I need about 140 GB or so.
 
Quote from FuturesTrader71:

I was looking around for an external drive. It seems like the ones that are within range of what I want to buy are all Maxtor. Can you guys recommend something that will work well for backups? I need about 140 GB or so.
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Buy an external enclosure with the interface of your choice (USB 2.0 or firewire or both) and add your own drive. Its cheaper that way and you get exactly the drive size you want.

The official external ENCLOSURE thread :
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?start=400&catid=28&threadid=496281
 
Quote from winter:

Buy an external enclosure with the interface of your choice (USB 2.0 or firewire or both) and add your own drive. Its cheaper that way and you get exactly the drive size you want.

The official external ENCLOSURE thread :
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/messageview.php?start=400&catid=28&threadid=496281
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Great idea. I actually looked at enclosures a while back and thought, "Great idea!!!" .... duh....

I will look into this and pop the 250GB drive I just bought into it. I will now need to look into USB 2 vs. firewire. If speed is the same, I will probably go with USB.

Any thoughts?
 
Quote from FuturesTrader71:

Great idea. I actually looked at enclosures a while back and thought, "Great idea!!!" .... duh....

I will look into this and pop the 250GB drive I just bought into it. I will now need to look into USB 2 vs. firewire. If speed is the same, I will probably go with USB.
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I use USB for single drive enclosures and firewire for a multibay (4 drive) enclosure I have because firewire supports chaining and USB does not.

From everything I've read the speed between the two is really a wash but most PC's have USB 2.0 ports but most desktops do not have firewire ports so that may be a consideration for you. There is a small discussion about this in the thread I linked (see 3. Which interface should I choose, IEEE1394a(firewire400) 1394b(firewire800) USB2.0 or SATA?)

If you want to go the multidrive route this ebay seller has a pretty good offer which is nearly identical to one that I put together on my own (parts purchased separately): http://cgi.ebay.com/4-BAY-FIREWIRE-...Z8782831038QQcategoryZ167QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Each drive bay has its own removable caddy (with a separate fan) so you can swap drives as you need to. This unit is both USB and firewire (I went firewire only).

http://www.cooldrives.com/ has a lot of cool stuff but its a bit pricey IMO.
 
I cancelled my order for the WD 250. I was lucky it didn't ship. I went with this deal instead:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...ffiliateID=Es5Ekr9eEBk-PbD9Mx7VAL41ZOy5Nmctfg

It gives me a Seagate 250GB in an enclosure that is both firewire and USB 2.0 ready. There is a rebate of $50 until the end of the month. The whole package costs $108 delivered. The drive is a bit slower than a SATA or a 10,000 rpm drive, but the USB 2.0 interface limits the transfer rate anyway, so why bother. I can always upgrade the drive later.
 
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