best hard drive manufactuer?

[beedubaya]

Do maxtors always crash? I have one, and you all are making me think that I shouldn't trust it.

 

[TheMajor]

My Maxtor works fine. 7200RPM, 10GB lol

 

[Smokin-A.I.]

all drive will crash sooner or later , look at the hours marked on the box , correct me if im wrong but it seems to me that most will let go after about 10,000 hours of use . also shutting down instead of logging off will put the hard drives head on the disk right where it was instead of the park location its supposed to be in !

 

[TheMajor]

all drive will crash sooner or later , look at the hours marked on the box , correct me if im wrong but it seems to me that most will let go after about 10,000 hours of use . also shutting down instead of logging off will put the hard drives head on the disk right where it was instead of the park location its supposed to be in !

headcrashes don't occur anymore when you cut power. Modern drives have a mechanism to move the head to the landing zone without electricity. And the platters have a protective layer to withstand abuse by crashing xMR heads.

 

[OIDanTheManIO]

Samsung is also a good brand that is not on that list.

-Dan The Man

 

[TheMajor]

I have used a samsung for a very long time... never had any problems.

 

[southernlady]

I've had 5 Maxtor hard drives and only 2 have died and they were over 4 years old when they did. Liz

 

[ThirtySixBelow]

I've had 5 Maxtor hard drives and only 2 have died and they were over 4 years old when they did. Liz

The Maxtor HDD I had lasted for 6 years before it died. With that kind of life span I would say I got my moneys worth. Go Maxtor!

 

[mikesgroovin]

Maxtor for sure....but also Seagate. i've received 6+ years on both and most head seek problems can be rectified by placing the HD in the freezer for a couple of hours.

 

[Apokalipse]

I like Seagate best, they are fast, very high quality and extremely silent
I've had my 40GB Seagate for about 3 years now without a problem, and is still without a problem
I've now got a 160GB drive which is also Seagate

my second preference is Western Digital though, they are good quality drives, and I would be using them if I couldn't use Seagate