On 7/5/05, Menachem Shapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was looking at the Maxtor One Touch Hard Drives
> <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1230498,00.asp>, and was
> wondering if anyone has created an open source version of the software
> that would work on Linux.
>
> >From the information I found on Google, it appears that the drive will
> work fine on Linux, but the "One-Touch" functionality will not work.
> It looks like the only reason the "One-Touch" functionality won't work
> on Linux is because the program is Windows based (as opposed to some
> kind of incompatibility preventing it from working).
>
> Does anyone know if there is anyone working on an Open Source
> One-Touch solution that will work with Linux and the Maxtor One Touch
> Hard Drives? If not the Maxtor drive, are there any other One-Touch
> Hard Drives that work with Linux (e.g
My recent experience with Maxtor drives in Maxtor boxes can be
summarized as follows: the warranty on a drive in a box is two years
less than the warranty on a bare drive (3 yrs vs. 5 yrs at the time).
The warranty on a drive in a box is voided if you open the box to see
what went wrong. (0 yrs vs. 5 yrs)
carl
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